Brendan Benson

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About Brendan Benson

Official Site: http://brendanbenson.com/ | @_BrendanBenson
Over the years, Benson had grown accustomed to doing things alone, releasing four solo albums to date, starting with. Since 1996’s One Mississippi and followed by, through 2002’s Lapalco and, 2005’s Alternative to Love Love. There was a brief hiatus when he co-founded The Raconteurs and spent a few years touring and releasing two albums, with them, but he made a return to solo work onand 2009’s My Old Familiar Friend, he had been a solo outfit. A brief hiatus — the three years and two albums he spent as co-founder of The Raconteurs, perhaps marked the beginning of a change: it would prove the catalyst that led himIt was around this time that he also decided to relocate from Detroit to Nashville – a move that would set in motion events and relationships that form the backbone of his latest offering, What Kind of World (Readymade, 2012) .
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  • Brendan Benson
    Raconteurs’ Brendan Benson Mans Vintage Gear For “My Old, Familiar Friend”
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    Photo:Strauss/WireImage For his first solo album since 2005, Nashville-based singer-songwriter Brendan Benson unwittingly reached back to something de...
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    Brendan Benson Seeks Success Without Raconteurs On New Album | Billboard.com
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    , Benson says he already has his next two non-Raconteurs projects in the can: an album of outtakes from the "Friend" sessions and a duo album with the...
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    Brendan Benson Seeks Success Without Raconteurs On New Album | Billboard.com
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    , Benson says he already has his next two non-Raconteurs projects in the can: an album of outtakes from the "Friend" sessions and a duo album with the...
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    The Posies Tour with Brendan Benson For 'Blood/Candy' Album | Billboard.com
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    is gone, then months later [bassist] Andy Hummel. Jody is the last man standing. He was as much a part of Big Star as anybody. They're his songs to pl...
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    Brendan Benson - "Bad For Me" (Stereogum Premiere)
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    The Michigan-born power-popper and Raconteurs co-leader Brendan Benson is starting a new label and pubishing company called Readymade -- the idea bein...
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    Brendan Benson Releases New Single “Bad For Me”
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    Singer Brendan Benson, the co-frontman of The Raconteurs, just released his new single "Bad For Me." Marked by piano tinkling, suspenseful strings and...
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    Brendan Benson plays the Billy Reid Shindig on Wednesday, March 14, 2012, at Swan Dive. Click here to RSVP. Read reviews and get a free download of tr...
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    Brendan Benson’s What Kind of World Set for Early Digital Release
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    On April 21, the day of Brendan Benson's son's second birthday, the guitarist, Raconteurs co-founder and established solo songwriter is set to release...
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Tour Dates

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  • Aug 15 Thursday
    St Pölten, Austria Green Park
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  • Aug 20 Tuesday
    Amsterdam, Netherlands Paradiso Kleine Zaal
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  • Aug 21 Wednesday
    London, UK Dingwalls
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  • Aug 22 Thursday
    Manchester, UK The Ruby Lounge
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  • Aug 23 Friday
    Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK The Cluny
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  • Aug 24 Saturday
    Edinburgh, UK Electric Circus Edinburgh
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Discography

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  • What Kind of World (2012)
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    What Kind of World (2012)
    Readymade Records
  • My Old, Familiar Friend (2009)
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    Maple Nationwide
  • The Alternative to Love (2005)
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  • Lapalco (2002)
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    Star Time International
  • One Mississippi (1996)
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    One Mississippi (1996)
    Virgin
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