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Ben Glaros

About Me


Read the full ReveilleMag.com review of "Lovesong Roulette" HEREBen Glaros is a longtime member of the Twin Cities music scene, having contributed his distincive guitar playing to a stunning variety of musical projects since the mid 1980's.He's performed indie pop rock with the Wraparounds, Second Nature, the Pedestrians and Middle States, melancholy folk pop with Fire Under Water, blues with the Cooker John Band, and jazz with Your Neighborhood Trio and Bent Quartet. (Click on "View more pics" for some photos...)Now Ben is breaking out as a singer and songwriter on his own. He has combined the inspiration of his songwriting heroes (Neil Young, Robyn Hitchcock, Paul Westerberg...) with his years of musical experience to create his first CD, 'Solo'.For more of Ben's history, free song downloads and streaming audio and video please visit www.benglaros.com ."Ben Glaros is a stunningly gifted and underrated singer and songwriter..." Dan Israel, Dan Israel and the Cultivators"A gentle soul shines through these songs" Brian Tighe, the Hang Ups/the OwlsAlso check out Pulse of the Twin Cities- Ben Glaros: Having Fun on His Own

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/30/2005
Band Website: www.benglaros.com
Band Members: for "Lovesong Roulette":
Michael Ferrier-harmony vocals, Rhodes piano,percussion, electronics
Jacqueline Ultan-cello
Zack Kline-violin
Wes Morden-harmony vocals
Brian Roessler-electric and acoustic bass
Greg Schutte-drums
Influences: Songwriting: Neil Young, Robyn Hitchcock, Paul Westerberg, Beck, Tom Waits, Bob Mould and Grant Hart (Husker Du), Alex Chilton, the Jayhawks, Trip Shakespeare, Bob Pollard (Guided By Voices), Bob, um...what's his name...oh yea, Dylan, and all the great songwriters I've worked with...Guitar: Pete Townsend, Tom Verlaine, Nels Cline, Neil Young again, Wes Montgomery, Kenny Burrell, Dean Magraw (my teacher for a while), Richard Thompson, Keith Richards, Bob Stinson, and of course Jimi Hendrix...Music: Coltrane, Miles, Monk, Marley, Bill Frisell, Sonic Youth, Stravinsky, Stones, Grateful Dead, Gram Parsons, the Meters, oh god just too many to even try...Art: Jackson Pollock, Yoko Ono, David Smith, Louise Nevelson, Bruce Connor, Mark Rothko...Life: Jung, Alan Watts, Joseph Campbell, Kerouac and Ginsburg...my family and friends and everybody I've ever made music and/or had an argument with...
Sounds Like: Ben Glaros on acid
Record Label: nope
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

"Lovesong Roulette" is done!

I'm am very, very happy to say that my new CD, "Lovesong Roulette" is ready to go and will be in stores and available online soon. While my debut CD "Solo" was completely self produced, for this one I...
Posted by on Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:36:00 GMT

METRO Magazine Article

Hey ya'll...      I want to wish you a happy holiday season!  While you're out there mall-hopping for presents keep an eye out for the current issue METRO magazine (with ...
Posted by on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 10:36:00 GMT

"Downtime" - Rift Magazine 36 Hour Songwriting Contest no. 2

Hey all, once again the Rift songwriting contest was a great kick in the you know what for yours truly and it was a blast to hear what everybody came up with.  This time around the theme was "sno...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Oct 2006 11:43:00 GMT

Rift 36 Hour Songwriting Contest- "Coffee Would Be Great"- regular or decaf?

Hey there... First of all, I wanna say that the Rift 36 Hour Songwriting Contest was a blast.  Thank you Rich Horton for such an awesome idea and for inviting me to be a part of it.  Congrat...
Posted by on Wed, 17 May 2006 22:08:00 GMT