Member Since: 7/21/2005
Band Website: anniebenjamin.com
Band Members:My Album "SOME KIND OF WONDER" includes : Cam King,( guitars, bass, percussion, vocals) Freddie Krc ( drums), Andrew Hardin,( guitar, tipple) Keith Carper (upright bass), Ross Holmes (fiddle) and Rahim Quazi (vocals). Cam King engineered it and co-produced it with me. I am currently working with guitarist Jon Wallace and Bassist Jeff Wallace and April Samuels in my band ROCKET GIRL!
I am playing classical flute/woodwind duets with David Lee Schloss. I perform as a solo act as well on both accoustic and electric guitars. I have worked with numerous bands in Texas including, The Rahim Quazi Band. Former acts include Colorwheel, Skirt, Chattervox, The Texas Mood Elevators.
Influences: Anything that can motivate folks to get up and make a positive difference in the world. Music and a good performer can do that- I try to do that, too---
I grew up listening to anything and everything I could get my hands on- I still do-Any human out there who is putting passion into a cause of any sort that elevates
the soul condition is an inspiration.Beethoven, Kitty Wells, Ian Anderson, Miles Davis, Beck ( yes, both of them) Bjork, Kate Bush, Willie Nelson , Buck Owens, Roland Kirk, Billy Bragg, BEATLES, Bee Gees, Queen , Foreigner, The Jam , The Clash, Lambert, Hendricks and Ross, Duke Ellington, eWilliams, Lena Horne, Billie Holliday, Woody Guthrie, Gershwin, Patsy Cline, Dolly Parton, Heart, The Donnas , The Alarm, Chet Atkins, Pat Benetar, Patti Smythe, Carol Burnett, Nat king Cole, Madeline Khan, MLK, Ghandi, Janis Joplin, Buckminster Fuller, Annie Lennox. Pete Seeger, Mary Shelley, Leonard Cohen, Trent Reznor, Alan Jackson, Carole King, K.D. Lang, Julie Andrews, Judy Garland, Cole Porter, Paul Hindemith, Elgar, Loretta Lynn, Ornette Coleman, Julius Baker, James Galway, Edith Piaf, Kermit, Racheal Carson, Oliver Sachs, U2, The Replacements, Dead Kennedys, The Pretenders, Blondie, Franz Ferdinand, Echo and the Bunnymen, Rilke, Bob Dylan,Patti Smith, Bessie Smith, Phoebe Snow, The Clash, The Waterboys, Danny Elfman, Nat King Cole, Bowie
Sounds Like: strong assertive flute lines, power vocals and hooky melodies and lyrics
Record Label: rocket girl music
Type of Label: Indie