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Benjamin Booker
Benjamin Booker
American Musician
Born: Jun 14, 1989
Me Music People Punk Time Writing
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I was just a music lover who wondered what it would sound like if Otis Redding strapped on a guitar and played in a punk band. That's it. Benjamin Booker
Music Guitar Punk Band Lover Music Lover Would Like Redding Sound Wondered Just Who Strapped Played
The time after college and before music was really rough. I couldn't afford food. I was eating bread and butter for five months. Living in New Orleans, I couldn't afford to take care of myself. I had no health insurance. Benjamin Booker
Music Time Myself Health Food Care College Before Living Months Eating Take Had Take Care New Health Insurance Insurance New Orleans Five Afford Bread After Really Rough Orleans Butter
As soon as I started writing the first batch, I had a vision. I saw me on stage playing a certain type of music. I want to take these blues melodies over aggressive guitars. I heard the sound I wanted to make. I knew what I wanted to do. It wasn't ever there before. Benjamin Booker
Music Me Writing Vision First Before Stage Aggressive Batch Type Saw Melodies Guitars Take Had Knew Soon Over Make Sound Heard Blues Want Wanted Certain Ever Started Playing
My sister is an opera singer. I grew up going to her recitals. This whole time, I'm like, 'She's the singer. I'm just strumming along and yelling.' Benjamin Booker
Time Sister Along Like Opera Opera Singer Singer She Yelling Up Going Just Grew Whole Her
I went to school in Gainesville because it was a huge punk and folk town. So I went to class twice a week, and then I went to shows and wrote. I did a lot of music writing before I actually started playing music. Benjamin Booker
Music Class Writing School Punk Before Folk Week Town Wrote Because Lot Huge Did Then Shows Twice Twice A Week Actually Started Playing
New Orleans style is funky - it's just as experimental as the city. There aren't any rules. If you want to wear a polka-dot shirt and some crazy pants, you can get away with it there. Benjamin Booker
Crazy You Style Pants Rules City Wear Some New New Orleans Shirt Get Any Just Want Experimental Away Orleans Funky
I've grown up on gospel and blues music, and now it's a huge part of who I am. Benjamin Booker
Music Part Gospel Am Huge Up Huge Part Blues Who Grown Now Grown-Up
Music helped me to get out of a rough period in my life when I really struggled to see any future for myself and was terrified about what was happening to the people around me. Benjamin Booker
Life Music Future Myself Me People My Life Out See About Struggled Period Terrified Around Get Any Happening Really Helped Rough
Folk-punk artists like This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb or Paul Baribeau were popular in the Florida punk community. I saw people early on combine roots music with more aggressive music. Benjamin Booker
Music People Punk Aggressive Community Saw More Combine Like Were Pipe Artists Paul Bike Roots Popular Bomb Florida Early
Blind Willie Johnson is a pretty big vocal influence. He can be very harsh, like gargly, gruff vocals, but also just slip into some very delicate, vulnerable soft stuff. I like that combination. Benjamin Booker
Big Harsh Slip Willie Some Pretty Vocal Vocals Delicate Johnson He Combination Stuff Like Also Blind Vulnerable Very Just Influence Soft

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