Rocky Benton Blues

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Member Since: 05/02/2007
Band Website: www.sonicbids.com/rockybenton"www.rockybenton.COMwww.sonicbi ds.com/rockybenton
Band Members: ROCKY BENTON * VOCALS - ROCKY is BLESSED WITH THE GOD GIVEN GIFT OF PERFECT 'ABSOLUTE' PITCH - BELTING OUT FIVE (5) OCTAVES OF PURE RAW SOUL! * SIGNATURE HARMONICS THAT ARE ONE OF A KIND. ROCKY'S instrument of choice. * DRUMS - ROCKY began his career as a jazz drummer at the age of 10 * KEYBOARDS- ROCKY is a natural on the keyboards ROCKY has performed at numerous festivals and events for over 48 years and has traveled extensively sharing the stage with as well as opening for bands such asB.B. King, Billy Preston, Percy Sledge, Bo Diddly, Clarence GateMouth Brown, John Campbell, Leon Russell, Mallford Milligan, Three Dog Night, Asleep at the Wheel,Toni Price, Mike Cross, BR549, Fiddlin Frenchie Burke, Joe Ely, Bugs Henderson, Joe Jonus, Darrell McCall, Dicky Neely, Omar & the Howlers, Jerry Jeff Walker, Bobby Mack, Jim Allison, Johnny Clyde Copeland, Freddie Fender, Doc de Ocala, Sam Neely & Clifford Antone.BOBBY DOHAHO: Drums/Vocals - Bobby has played with the Monkees, Coasters, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddly, 1978 Austriailia Tour with Fats Domino in which he was introduced as their 'Token White' & seasoned studio musicianROBBIE JOHNSON: Keyboards/Vocals- whose talent is so versitle to include Country (5 Card Draw & Sam Neely), Blues, (Rocky Benton), Southern Rock, Pop. Listen to him playing Floyd Cramer,"Last Date" or Ray Charles, "Gerogia On My Mind"CHRIS ARELLANO: Guitar/Saxaphone/Percussion/Keyboards/Vocals. A 20 year old self taught musician...A music protoge'. Tx.A & M. Kingsville Music MajorTOM ENGLE: Bass/Vocals- Music education major. Variety, Blues, Country, Jazz, Latin, Rock. A bass player who believes in holding down the bottom end & believes it's about pocket & groove. Toured nationally & in AsiaJONUS QUINTANILLA: Saxaphone/ Percussion/Acoustic Guitar/ Keyboards/Bass/Vocals. All state Jazz Band member King High. Awarded"Best Horn Player" at the 1997 Tejano Music Awards in San Antonio for his work on the Experenza release by Brando
Influences: B.B. King, Ray Charles, Little Walter Jacobs, Sonny Boy Williamson, Dr. John, Otis Redding, Taj Mahal, Susan Tedeschi, Johnny Taylor, Lowell Fulson, Buddy Guy, James Cotton, Bonnie Raitt, Junior Wells, Jimmy Smith, Slim Harpo, Buster Brown, The Mighty Clouds of Joy, Louis Jordan, Jackie Wilson, Walter Hardin, ZZ Hill, Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry, Wilson Picket, Lavern Baker, Dixie Hummingbirds, Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Stanley Brothers, Rufus Thomas, Issac Hayes, Grand Funk Railroad, Big Joe Turner, Leadbelly, ZZ Top, Charlie Parker, Little Richard, Sister Little, Junior Parker, Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Honeyboy Edwards, Big Mama Thornton, Ella Fitzergald, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Stevie Wonder, Blind Willie McTell, Mahalia Jackson, Hank Williams Sr., Jimmy Rodgers, Rosetta Tharpe, Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, Ronnie Millsap, Johnny Cash, Charlie Pride, Bill Doggett, Steve Warner, Travis Trett, Rickey Scaggs, Bill Monroe, James Brown, Rene Sandoval, Sleepy John Estes, Allison Krouse, Albert Collins, Otis Rush, Albert King, Freddy King, Miles Davis , Big Joe Turner, Ruth Brown, Muddy Waters, Johnny Clyde Copeland, James Cotton, Bob Segar, Sam Cooke, Blind Boys of Alabama, Doc Watson, Blind Willie Johnson, Vince Gill, Clifton Chenier, Sam Myers, John Mayall, Luther Allison, Shemekia Copeland, Golden Gate Quartet, Etta James, Pinetop Perkins, Howlin' Wolf, John Lee Hooker, Bo Diddley, & Clarence Gatemouth Brown.
Sounds Like: Remembered, & Loved & Forever In Our Hearts Linger The Legends Whose Impact Has Gone Down In History: Ray Charles, Blind Lemon Jefferson, & Blind Boy Fuller & The Signature Haromonics Of Such Legends As: Sonny Terry, Big Walter Horton, & Little Walter & Who Could Ever Forget The Sweet Sexy Sounds Of: Johhny Taylor, ZZ Hill, & Frank Sinatra & *ROCKY IS SIZZLIN' & HE IS OUT TO LIGHT A MUSICAL FIREBALL TO FILL YOUR VERY SOUL! **
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: Indie