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Cher & Gene Klosner

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Buy Cher & Gene’s latest cd, Stardust , online at the following locations!
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Stardust is also available locally at these fine locations:Nebraska Furniture Mart Borders Homer’s Parables Belly Bump Cosgrave’s
Here are Cher & Gene on "The Simpsons" - Cher is an "extra" in many episodes - usually wearing a headband :)

Cher & Gene at Ware House Productions recording their lullaby cd "Stardust’
Play "Stardust Swap" created by hubby Ben Lane and fellow Simpsons animator and Emmy award winning Director Chris Clements. For more games, visit www.stardustlullaby.com
About Cher & Gene Klosner

Omaha and Los Angeles residents, Cher & Gene Klosner (KLOZE-ner), a sister-brother, singer-songwriter duo, originally from Omaha, Nebraska, have been performing their signature harmony-driven acoustic sound across the United States for many years. Their rich, intricate vocal sound has been described as "audible chocolate." Performance highlights include World Youth Day , with Pope John Paul II , former President Clinton and a half a million teens from around the world (which led to the release of their CD, Denver ), The Grand Ole Opry , American Magazine , College World Series , the 6-city Autumn Festival and Spring Festival tours, and many 9/11 tribute events in New York and L.A.
In addition to their performances at music festivals and colleges, Cher & Gene Klosner have been heard on radio stations, jingles, and on various television and animation projects produced by Cher’s husband, Emmy-award-winning " The Simpsons " animator/Assistant Director, Ben Lane*. Their song "Please Don’t Send Me Fruitcake," from their Christmas album, Ribbons and Pine , was featured on the nationally syndicated Dr. Demento radio show, and was recently recorded by The von Trapp Children , along with Cher’s "All I’ll Ask This Christmas." "Please Don’t Send Me Fruitcake" has been performed by several symphonies, including the Omaha Symphony , the Atlanta Symphony , the Minnesota Symphony , and the Cincinnati Symphony , conducted by the legendary Erich Kunzel .

Cher & Gene Klosner were commissioned by The United in Memory Foundation to compose a song for the unveiling of the United in Memory 9/11 Memorial Quilt , which took place aboard the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California. The resulting song, " Tower of Love ," was also performed in New York on the second and third anniversaries of 9/11 at the opening ceremonies of the United in Memory 9/11 Memorial Quilt display. The song evoked such a tremendous response that Cher and Gene decided to make "Tower of Love" available as a free download on their website, www.cherandgeneklosner.com . "Tower of Love" has since been used in many 9/11 memorial tributes.

While touring around the country during the week, Cher & Gene spent many Sundays visiting churches in whichever city they happened to be performing, introducing one of their side projects called Light the Fire! - a collection of contemporary liturgy/worship music. These visits inspired their third album, a sacred album entitled, Sunday . Their series of liturgical music was launched nationally this summer and is now available at Light the Fire Music website.


Cher and Gene have just released their fourth CD, Stardust - a two-disc collection of lullabies for all ages, many of which were sung to them as children by their own mom, and that Cher now sings to her own little boy, Benjamin. Stardust features a veritable Who’s Who list of musicians from the Midwest and LA, including members of the Omaha Symphony, the Omaha Conservatory of Music and top shelf jazz players. Stardust has won the coveted iParenting Media "Best Products - Audio - 2008" Award.
Cher & Gene are presently working on Here in the Distance , a singer/songwriter collection, and are also recording their second Christmas collection. They will be touring in the Spring.

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Member Since: 4/30/2007
Band Website: chergene.com
Band Members: Cher Klosner Lane (songwriter, vocals, guitar, mandolin)

Gene Klosner (songwriter, vocals, guitar, piano)
Influences: Elton John, Joni Mitchell, The Carpenters, Three Dog Night, Jimmy Webb, John Denver, Dan Fogelberg, Carole King, James Taylor, The Monkees, The Beatles, Nilsson, Todd Rundgren, Burt Bacharach, Eagles, Judie Tzuke, David Wilcox, Shawn Colvin, Mary Chapin Carpenter, The Guess Who, Chicago, Earth, Wind & Fire, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Kansas, Neil Diamond, Simon & Garfunkel, Etta James, Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughan, Steely Dan, Jackson Browne, Stephen Bishop, Gordon Lightfoot, Sting, Bread, Linda Ronstadt, Fleetwood Mac, Cat Stevens, Stevie Wonder, Kenny Loggins, Badfinger, The Mamas & the Papas, Sly & the Family Stone, Peter, Paul & Mary
Sounds Like: Elton John, The Carpenters, Diana Krall, Dan Fogelberg, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Three Dog Night, John Denver, James Taylor, Amy Grant, Eagles, Shawn Colvin, Bread
Record Label: Audible Chocolate Records, CGKRecordings
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

I’ve Got Dreams...and Buddy Miles... to Remember

I've Got Dreams...and Buddy Miles...to Remember I saw Buddy Miles perform at the University that I would attend less than a decade later. He was the embodiment of blues, soul, R&B, funk, and h...
Posted by Cher & Gene Klosner on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:29:00 PST

"Stardust" gets another great review!

Boy, I am just on cloud nine. I woke up yesterday morning to an e-mail from a wonderful Dad out in the blogosphere letting us know he had written a review on our CD - I know that everyone has their ow...
Posted by Cher & Gene Klosner on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:52:00 PST

Stardust Lullaby's First Official Review!

Stardust Lullaby's First "Official" Review!!! Oh my gosh!! I am SOOOOO excited!!!!! We just received our first official review from Chip Withrow - a wonderful guy from Muse's Muse - a well respecte...
Posted by Cher & Gene Klosner on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:33:00 PST

Total Eclipse of the Moon

Last night was beautiful. It was freeezing here - been way too cold a winter - but that didn't stop us from enjoying "The Total Eclipse of the Moon" as my 7 year old son calls it... Had it been just...
Posted by Cher & Gene Klosner on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 07:35:00 PST

Valentines Day Special Broadcast for Entrepreneurs

Hot off the Press!! Read all about it :)   Valentines Day Special Broadcast For Entrepreneurs Omaha Nebraska, (February, 2008) - Listeners to the Christian Work-At-Home Moment Radio Show are in ...
Posted by Cher & Gene Klosner on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 07:59:00 PST

Can Lullabies Soothe the Savage Beast?

"Music hath charms to soothe the savage beast - to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak" - written by William Congreve, an English playwright in 1697. This theory has always intrigued me. I know how mu...
Posted by Cher & Gene Klosner on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 11:55:00 PST

We’re on the Donny Deutsch show tonight!! (The Big Idea)

Big News!! Check out the last 5 minutes of "The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch" tonight on CNBC! They always feature a 30-second video as part of their American Dream Team segment, and our video got sele...
Posted by Cher & Gene Klosner on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 04:59:00 PST

"Please Dont Send Me Fruitcake" performed by Symphonies with the Von Trapp Children

Hi!  Here's a fun little note - one of the silliest songs I have written, "Please Don't Send Me Fruitcake," was released on our Christmas CD, Ribbons and Pine.  Years later, The von Trapp Ch...
Posted by Cher & Gene Klosner on Fri, 07 Dec 2007 10:22:00 PST

Calling Omaha Songwriters

Hey Omaha Songwriters - are there any songwriters groups in Omaha that get together and write, hang together, brainstorm, interact, support, email etc.?  If not, would anyone be interested i...
Posted by Cher & Gene Klosner on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 07:25:00 PST

Billboard of Stardust went up today!

Hope you are well!!  Today was fun - we got to see a billboard of our Stardust CD go up. I know - I'm a dork, but I had to go watch them put it up at 8 a.m...  We stood in the freezing cold ...
Posted by Cher & Gene Klosner on Sat, 01 Dec 2007 05:14:00 PST