Jeff Bohnhoff

Jeff and Maya Bohnhoff have been playing music together since 1979. Jeff is a guitarist, songwriter, producer and recording engineer. Maya, in addition to having a gorgeous singing voice is a respected science fiction and fantasy author. They are known for writing both parodies and haunting original songs.

Jeff and Maya have recorded several CDs: Retro Rocket Science - a collection of wicked parodies of classic rock songs; Manhattan Sleeps which showcases original songs; another CD of parodies, Aliens Ate My Homework!; and a second CD of original songs, Möbius Street. They kept to the pattern and their latest release was another CD of parodies, Grated Hits. The video Jeff created of his parody Midichlorian Rhapsody (from Grated Hits) went viral on YouTube in late 2010.

Jeff and Maya have collaborated with ex-Duras Sisters Chris Dickenson and Elizabeth Burnham on the CD Harmony Heifers, which Jeff produced and arranged. Jeff also produced and arranged Nancy Freeman's CD Blues for Dumuzi on which he also played many instruments. He also produced, arranged and engineered Seanan McGuire's recent CD Red Roses and Dead Things.

In addition, Jeff has been keeping himself busy by producing Dr. Mary Crowell's new album Acolytes of the Machine, Seanan McGuire's next CD, as well as working on a new project with Tricky Pixie's Betsy Tinney.

When not working in their studio, they can usually be found at cons loitering around filk circles late at night. Jeff and Maya are the co-creators of three children: Alex, Kristine, and Amanda.

Representative work for the 2012 Pegasus Awards (Note: this song is NOT a Pegasus nominated song- it is a representative work for Best Performer and/or Best Writer/Composer categories):

Come to Mordor

Copyright © 2002 by Jeff Bohnhoff
Can be sung to the tune of "Come Together" by the Beatles
Used by permission.

Here come old Ringwraith he come moving up slowly
He got Sauron eyeball he one unholy roller
He got robes down to his knee
Got to find a hobbit he got only one need.

He see no sunlight he got nine-ring lust and he was
King of Angmar now he just a shadow
He say "I smell you, you fear me"
One thing I can tell you is he'll never be free
Come to Mordor right now, with the Ring

He Bag-end hunter he got shriek of terror
He got empty sockets he one Nazgúl blackguard
He got knife down below his knee
Stab you with his dagger you will feel his disease
Come to Mordor right now, with the Ring

He chase Frodo with no early warning
Can't cross muddy water he just curse Isildur
He say "One and one and one (three rings)"
Got to be a Ringwraith cause he's so hard to see
Come to Mordor right now, with the Ring