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Ben Curtis

About Me

Ben Curtis is a singer-songwriter who performs both original music and covers. His music draws from a wide range of musical styles; from folk, to early rock and roll, blues, and contemporary country. His song, "A. J. Meerwald" is featured on the A.J Meerwald myspace page. Currently he is playing solo acoustic sets featuring originals, Jimmy Buffett, the Beatles and contemporary country. He is also a member of the No Request Band. He resides with his wife Kathy on the Delaware Bay.

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Member Since: 04/04/2008
Band Website: facebook.com/bencurtisiv
Influences: Rick Vito and the Redcoats, Steve Martino, Lightning Gattenella, Chip Roberts, Clayton West, Ricky Nelson, James Burton, The Everly Brothers, The Beatles, The Stones, The Bryds, The Buffalo Springfield, Hendrix, Clapton, The Airplane, Procol Harum, Moby Grape, Spirit, Lowell George, The Band, Richard Thompson, Del Shannon, Tom Rush, Gram Parsons, Chris Hillman, Roy Orbison, Dylan, Tom Waits, John Hiatt, Van Morrison, BillyJo Shaver, Jimmy Buffett, Jerry Jeff Walker, Robert Earl Keen Jr., James McMurtry, Eric Church, Brad Paisley, Toby Keith, Todd Rungren, Boz Scaggs, Robert Cray, The Fabulous 49ers.
Record Label: Unsigned
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

"New" Old Music

Since myspace increased the number of songs that can be posted, I've added some tunes that I wrote and recorded in the 90's. Some were done on tape, and converted to MP3. As usual, bare with my lead p...
Posted by on Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:44:00 GMT

New Music

Well... here is another one. I am trying to get back into writing again. This one was inspired by our many trips to Mexico. Hope you enjoy it. :)
Posted by on Mon, 04 Aug 2008 07:59:00 GMT

More New Music

Please check out "We're Gonna Make It". It was written and recorded on 6/25-6/26/08. Hope you like it. I am working on getting back into writing. All the recoding was done without effects on my laptop...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:47:00 GMT

New Recording

I wrote the "A.J. Meerwald" when a friend of mine told me about what seemed at the time to be a real Phoenix project. To say the least, when she was pulled from the mud, she needed a lot of ...
Posted by on Mon, 19 May 2008 08:47:00 GMT

New Music

I uploaded two acoustic songs today. They are "Running Across the Harbor"  and " Turn Back to Me". Hope you enjoy them. Ben
Posted by on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 09:02:00 GMT

CF Martin DC-15E Cutaway Dreadnought

C F Martin DC-15E Cutaway Dreadnought After playing a Sigma DR-35 (Martin Japan) as my main acoustic guitar for twenty two years I decided to buy another guitar for live performance.  I looked ...
Posted by on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:58:00 GMT

Online

Hey all: Back from 6 weeks in Florida. Finally got this page up. Please excuse the lead work, as I am basically a rhythm player. Will add more later.   Ben
Posted by on Sun, 06 Apr 2008 07:04:00 GMT