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Brendan Benson Information
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'Brendan Benson' is a Detroit, Michigan born musician and songwriter. He sings and plays guitar, bass guitar, keyboard and drums. Brendan's music is typically labeled as power pop, though he admits he doesn't completely agree. His major musical influences include the Cars, the Electric Light Orchestra, the Kinks, former collaborator Jason Falkner, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and Brian Wilson. His albums include One Mississippi (1996), Lapalco (2002), and most recently, The Alternative to Love (2005). In 2003, he re-released his 1996 debut album along with bonus tracks including a rare six song EP with songs from a demo session with Falkner. Also in 2003, Benson released an EP called Metarie with his then band, the Wellfed Boys. The EP featured a cover of McCartney's Let Me Roll It. This was the first song written completely by another artist to be featured on a Benson release. It wasn't the last, however, because in 2005, Brendan put out a cover of a Gram Parsons song, Strong Boy, from Parsons' International Submarine Band's 1968 release, Safe at Home, as a b-side.
Brendan's current touring band is called the Stiff Tissues. They have been on tour for most of 2005 supporting The Alternative to Love. His next release will be a collaboration with Jack White of the White Stripes and two members of the Greenhornes, Jack Lawrence and Patrick Keeler. The album will be released in 2006 under the name The Raconteurs. Brendan currently lives in Detroit where he records most of his music in his living room. He has also worked as a producer for the Greenhornes, the Mood Elevator, a permutation of the Welfed Boys and Stiff Tissues member Dean Fertita's former band, the Waxwings.
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