Bing Futch

Bing Futch (b. Hollywood, California, December 16, 1966) is a musician whose primary instrument is the mountain dulcimer. He is the grandson of the late boxing hall-of-famer Eddie Futch. Relocating to Orlando, Florida in 1993, Futch formed Americana band Mohave in 1999 with Mike Burney playing acoustic bass, and Rob Buck on drums. Over a span of 16 years, the band performed numerous shows throughout Florida, including multiple nights in the House of Blues at Walt Disney World, and Hard Rock Live at Universal Orlando, opening for The Crests, and Molly Hatchet along the way.

Futch began performing as a solo act in 2006, stating that his instrument of choice helped get his foot in the door of many venues. "While cutting my teeth as a performer in bars, clubs, and resorts, the mountain dulcimer often bought me a second look when people walked into the place." Encouraged by fans to write a song about the incident, and after seeing Dave Carroll's "United Breaks Guitars" on YouTube, Futch penned "Only a Northwest Song" on July 10, 2009, and posted it to the service, hoping it would help to avoid a "lengthy reimbursement battle." Within a day of the video's posting, Northwest Airlines contacted Futch to offer their apologies along with compensation.

Question on Jeopardy!

On February 16, 2010, during the finale of a three-day Jeopardy! pitting returning champs Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter against IBM's Supercomputer Watson, Futch's name appeared as one of three possible questions for the answer "Nearly 10 million YouTubers saw Dave Carroll's clip called "this friendly skies" airline "breaks guitars." Watson offered up "United Airlines" with an 81% probability of being correct, "United Breaks Guitars" was the second choice with a probability of 13% and "Futch" was the third choice with a probability of 7%.

Discography Castaway: Original Soundtrack, 1986 Kansas, 1987 Buy Dis Album Ore God Will Disconnect My Fone, 1987 The Girl and the Book, 1987 21, 1987 Fantasy Amidst The Storm, 1989 70 mm, 1994 Dulcimerica: Volume 1, 2006 Dulcimer Rock, 2007 Kokopelli Rising, 2008 Christmas Each Day, 2008 Dulcimerica: Volume 2, 2010 Storm's Sigh, 2011 Live At Old Songs!, 2012 Dive!, 2013 All Songs Lead To The Gift Shop, 2014 Unresolved Blues, 2015 Dulcimerica: Volume 3, 2015 Sweet River, 2015 Return Of Live At Old Songs, 2016 Live From Ditty TV, 2016 Synth For A Season, 2016 What's Old Becomes New Again, 2017 The Improv Files: Year One, 2018 The Beauty and the Terror, 2021 Remain Seated Please, 2023 Acting My Age, 2026

With Nutty Faith: It's Our Job, 1985

With Crazed Bunnyz: Achtung: Musik Klirrfaktor, 1986 Live!, 1987 Transition, 1987 Blutgasse, 1988

With Mohave: Homegrown, 1999 Spider Rock, 2000 Live At Leu Gardens, 2003 Clear Blue Trickling, 2005

With Naked Head: Beautiful Disruption, 2002

With Manitou: In The Garden Of The Gods, 2009

As Producer: Wendy Songe Test Drive, 2015 Wendy Songe Driven, 2016