Geoff Berner reportedly started in the Vancouver suburb of Kerrisdale. Apparently suggestible when drunk, Geoff learned to play the accordion after someone at a party asked him why he didn’t. He then brought his accordion skills to the punk band “Terror of Tiny Town” (because why not). After being deported to Norway in 2000, Geoff went on to study Klezmer under masters in Romania.

Geoff Berner makes music and trouble in equal measure.

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Geoff Berner (born 1971) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and musician from Vancouver. Berner originally studied piano in his youth. At a party, somebody asked him why he did not play the accordion. As a result, he began learning to play the accordion.