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About Me

Currently I'm a journalist for www.illinoisblues.com. Check out my articles each week in the Blues Blast. Sign up for it now!If you would like me to review your CD or are interested in helping out on the Internet Radio Project please mail your media packet to:Ben Cox 1708 S Main Street Apt 2 Jacksonville IL 62650

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/11/2006
Band Website: illinoisblues.com/
Band Members: My claim to fame is appearing on the Blues Music Award Nominated album "Put It In the Alley" by the Kilborn Alley Blues Band.I'm on songwriting credit for Track 5 "Soldier Blues"
Influences: Stevie Ray Vaughan, Muddy Waters, Otis Rush, Magic Sam, Buddy Guy, Little Milton, Paul Butterfield, Mike Bloomfield, Johnny Winter, Freddie King, Albert King, B.B. King, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Ten Years After, Peter Green, the Black Crowes, Robert Randolph & the Family Band, Derek Trucks Band, Gov't Mule, Luther Allison, Bernard Allison, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Oasis, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Soundgarden, Blue Oyster Cult, Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band, Allman Brothers Band, Seven Mary Three, Bad Company, Free, Little Walter, Carey Bell, Albert Collins, Robert Johnson, Son House, Big Joe Turner, John Lee Hooker, Black Sabbath, Bobby Bland, Bonnie Raitt, Susan Tedeschi, Sheryl Crow, Junior Wells, Little Charlie & the Nightcats, Collective Soul, Nickelback, Cream, Default, Travis Tritt, Randy Travis, Elmore James, Etta James, George Harrison, Otis Redding, Marvin Gaye, Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin, the Blues Brothers, Jim Croce, James Taylor, Neil Diamond, Simon & Garfunkel, Steve Goodman, Waylon Jennings, Alabama, Jim Reeves, Patsy Cline, Ray Charles, Jimmy Reed, Joe Cocker, Creedence Clearwater Revival, John Fogerty, John Mellencamp, King Curtis, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Jonny Lang, Koko Taylor, Lenny Kravitz, Led Zeppelin, Live, Lonnie Mack, Lou Rawls, Sam Cooke, the Temptations, the Misfits, Danzig, Dr. John, Mazzy Star, Nina Simone, Michael Buble, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Ozzy Osbourne, the Band, Roy Buchanan, Roy Orbison, Vertical Horizon, Sam & Dave, Alice In Chains, Jeff Healey, Marshall Tucker Band, Steve Winwood
Type of Label: None

My Blog

gigs & festival season

Glad to see alot of my friends are having a good blues festival season. Sadly, I haven't been able to see many of them because of lack of funds. You've got to love those student loans, right? I've mad...
Posted by Ben Cox on Mon, 07 Jul 2008 07:52:00 PST

For the fuckwit who keeps phishing my password

Congratulations you two-bit computer hacking genius you just phished the account of a second-tier musician's band page to send spam and porn to my friends. I hope you bust a nut all over your co...
Posted by Ben Cox on Sat, 24 May 2008 02:14:00 PST

Equipment For Sale

I currently have a 15W Crate V Series tube amp for sale. Originally purchased for $425. This amp has only been used for 20 gigs over the past year and has been well taken care of. I'm only asking $300...
Posted by Ben Cox on Sat, 03 May 2008 04:46:00 PST

Jeff Healey RIP

I had the dissatisfaction of having to write an obit for Jeff when I found out the news about 8PM last night. I say dissatisfaction in the fact that he's gone. I remember him in the early 90s when he ...
Posted by Ben Cox on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:32:00 PST

One big Thank You to those who supported WEAI’s Sat. Nite RnB Hour

One big thank you to everyone for their care, support, and encouraging words for the 3 years I spent on the air at WEAI in Jacksonville IL. I don't know when I'll be back on the air again or when I wi...
Posted by Ben Cox on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:28:00 PST

Personal musings in a sea of endless doubt...

"All my life I've lived across the tracks," is probably the most profound song lyric I've ever written that has never been recorded. Some of my hard times are not entirely my own fault and some of the...
Posted by Ben Cox on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 01:08:00 PST

It's Been An Exciting Weekend...More to Come

I've had an exciting weekend in blues. I've had some of the coolest things happen to me this past weekend that I never would've ever guessed would happen when I started playing blues almost 5 years ag...
Posted by Ben Cox on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 10:08:00 PST

Hot Summer Arts Festival

I had a real good time yesterday, for the first time in a long while hosting the HSAF. I was tired and hot by the end of the day, but I can't name one person who wasn't who worked all day. After we go...
Posted by Ben Cox on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 04:41:00 PST

Peaks and Valleys

That's what the musical career feels like these days. 1. Peak - Kilborn came to town again. I played well. 2. Valley - All but stagnant days here lately with Due Gatti closed and nowhere to play aroun...
Posted by Ben Cox on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 02:18:00 PST

Kilborn Alley @ Easy Street Dec. 16th

I don't know what to say There is alot to say about the good of what happened last night. I think I turned to Kat at one point and said, "I think this is what heaven would look like. Good band, food...
Posted by Ben Cox on Sun, 17 Dec 2006 09:51:00 PST