Brendan Benson

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Brendan Benson is a Detroit, Michigan born musician and . He plays guitar, bass guitar, keyboard and drums. He has released four solo albums and is a member of the band The Raconteurs.

His music is typically labeled as , though he doesn’t completely agree. His major musical influences include The Cars, David Bowie, Electric Light Orchestra, Elvis Costello, The Kinks, Robyn Hitchcock, Paul McCartney, and Todd Rundgren.

His debut album, One Mississippi, was released in 1996 on Virgin Records. The album featured several contributions with Jason Falkner and gained many favourable reviews in the music press but failed to sell in sufficient numbers and Benson was dropped by Virgin.

It would be another six years until Benson issued the follow-up, Lapalco. Again the critical plaudits poured in but this time the record enjoyed a certain degree of success.

While touring this record Benson played the Reading and Leeds Festivals and finished his Leeds set with a performance of the track “Jet Lag” featuring guest appearances from Meg White of The White Stripes along with members of The Datsuns and Soledad Brothers.

In 2003 Benson re-released his debut album along with bonus tracks including the unreleased six track extended player, Welfed Boy EP, featuring songs from a demo session with Falkner.
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In-Store Signing Today

25 Nov 2011 | from lapalco.com

Brendan will be signing copies new album “Upstairs at United” at Grimey’s today at noon.  Come by Grimey’s to pick up your copy and meet Brendan.  Click here for more information.

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