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Bentz Kirby

Pretty music is ok, but I like mine real!

About Me



Bentz and May at Rhythm on the River singing most of Secret World.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/9/2006
Band Website: myspace.com/westbridge
Band Members: Me. Then, there are others who join in from time to time. Maybe one day there will be an actual band, but then, wouldn't I have to rehearse?

At Rhythm on the River singing Real Music.

Influences:

Jim "Roger" McGuinn, Issa Light, Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, Jimi Hendrix, Leslie West, Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra, Bill Russell, T. S. Eliot, Jerry Jeff Walker, Danielle Howle, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Gram Parsons, Bootsy Collins, George Clinton, Grand Funk, Buffalo Springfield, Tom Petty, T Rex (Marc Bolin), Ritchie Havens, Jimmy Reed, Robert Johnson, Terry Reid, Marc Benno, Tony Joe White, Don Williams, Guy Clark, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Cosmic Bob Livingston, Herman’s Hermits, 13th Floor Elevator, Donovan, James Taylor, Carol King and more!
Sounds Like: Christian Rap, well, not exactly, but maybe somewhat like Toby Mac. Well, actually not at all. Basically, it sounds like some lawyer making home recordings in Columbia, SC and he’s listened a lot to Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, and the Beatles. Well, and a lot of Byrds and Grateful Dead too.

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Record Label: Wacha Gonna Do Bout It
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Yes Yes Festival article in Free Times

Here is the article from today's Free Times about the Yes Yes Festival...tr>..tr>Issue 21.21 :: 05/21/2008 - 05/27/2008Yes Yes Y'all!Art Bar Festival Features Bands Handpicked by Danielle HowleBY PATR...
Posted by Bentz Kirby on Wed, 21 May 2008 03:04:00 PST

Free Times article on Neil Young

Here is the article in yesterdays Free Times on Neil Young night.  The show is Saturday at the Art Bar at 8PM.  Doors open at 7:30 PM and the admission is $5.  Headliner is Josh Roberts...
Posted by Bentz Kirby on Thu, 15 May 2008 11:28:00 PST

Steve Young articles from Free Times

Steve Young  You might not immediately know the name Steve Young, but you sure know his songs. The Eagles' "Seven Bridges Road"? Yeah, that was Steve Young. Waylon Jennings' "Lonesome, On'ry and...
Posted by Bentz Kirby on Fri, 09 May 2008 03:56:00 PST

Smoking in Columbia

Ok, well a few weeks ago, I posted a blog on banning smoking in public places. It will happen in Columbia city limits soon as the statute was passed and was on hold.  The Supreme Court upheld the...
Posted by Bentz Kirby on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 02:40:00 PST

Sunshone Still on Monday at Cock N Bull

Here is today’s article from the Free Times on Sunshone Still and the Right Bank Rails show next Monday at The Cock N Bull Pub.  Hope to see you there.  Go to Free Times, then to the M...
Posted by Bentz Kirby on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 02:22:00 PST

4000 dead in Iraq

We have now had at least 4000 members of our Armed Forces who have died in Iraq.  There are more who have died after they have returned from lingering injuries and suicide.  Yet, other than ...
Posted by Bentz Kirby on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 03:46:00 PST

Sarah Lee Guthrie

IT’S SARAH GUTHRIE’S TURN, NOWFamily Ties Have Given Her ’So Much to Draw On’Tom Netherland - WJBF-TV (Bristol, Tenn.)http://...com/2qqoyxWalk in the footsteps of legends. That...
Posted by Bentz Kirby on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 03:31:00 PST

DID on 3/8 & House Concert with David Byboth on Sun 3/9

David Byboth will be at my house for a house concert on Sunday March 5th at 5:30.  Local singer-songwriter Rob Lindsey will open at 7 PM and David will play around 7:30.  Email me or call me...
Posted by Bentz Kirby on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 01:49:00 PST

Smoking, should it be banned in public?

If you are reading this blog, you probably know that Columbia recently lost one of its best musicians when Chris Conner died of lung cancer.  Of course, Chris had smoked and played many shows in ...
Posted by Bentz Kirby on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 04:25:00 PST

Buddy Miles, RIP

Buddy Miles has died.  Buddy was a great drummer who played with Jimi Hendrix in the Band of Gypsys, Michael Bloomfield in Electric Flag and with his own band, The Buddy Miles Express.  Belo...
Posted by Bentz Kirby on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:39:00 PST