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Hans Mayer is a singer/songwriter who has performed with numerous musical acts for both adult and family audiences. As a bass player and vocalist Hans has toured, written and recorded with the Grammy winning artist Bill Miller.

Hans knew when he was five years old that he wanted to play the guitar, but it took until he was twelve to convince his parents to get one for him. Lessons went along with the guitar, but they didn’t last – the teacher wanted Hans to go in a classical direction, but he was already playing by ear all the songs he wanted to play off the radio and albums. Hans started writing almost as soon as he could play cords and once his younger brother Kit had learned to play guitar, it was the start of a series of bands fronted by the brothers, playing a mix of originals, Southern Rock and reggae influenced tunes.

By his early twenties, Hans and Kit and their band, Northern Comfort, had moved to La Crosse in Southwest Wisconsin (it was where the tour bus broke down). A beautiful river town on the Mississippi, La Crosse was also a great college town that provided dedicated fans for their bands Blind Baby Olin and the Workbenches and Jawbone. It was during the early part of their stay in La Crosse that Hans played and toured in a duo with folk musician / singer / songwriter Johnsmith.