Nat’s panoramic songwriting and baritone vocals play a defining role in Hot Buttered Rum’s sound. Since founding HBR in 1999, Nat has played thousands of shows all over the world and written hundreds of songs. For 19 years now, Nat has produced and presented the Nat Keefe Concert Carnival, a holiday cabaret variety show, with cast and crew of 25+, at the Independent. This has become a cherished San Francisco tradition. 

When not touring, rehearsing, and recording, Nat lives in the Mission District of San Francisco with his wife and two young boys. Outside of music, Nat enjoys the same things since he was a boy: flyfishing, backpacking, skiing, urban-adventure bike riding, running on roads & trails & beaches, organizing the garage, and of course, SF Giants baseball.