Benjy Johnson (guitar, vocals and electric dobro), Jeff Carmichael (bass guitar), Scotty Irving (drums and general insanity)
Influences
Chris Whitley, Ian Moore, Ben Harper, Kiss, jerry douglas, steve vai, george lynch, nuno bettencourt, bela fleck, daniel lanois, emmylou harris, david torn
Sounds Like
A lullaby being run over by a semi in a blinding snowstorm of feedback and delay....
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They've called us a Rock Band. They've called us a Southern Rock band. They've called us a jam band. They've called us a roots band. Hell, they've even called us a metal band!! I don't like to put a label on what we do, but Southern Death Pop covers most all of it rolled into one big rolling ball of feedback and glorious sonic delights!!! There's only one thing you can definitely call us and that's BENJ-O-MATIC!!! My name is Benjy. I sing and play guitar/electric dobro. Scotty is my drummer. He's a human freak. He has a solo show called Clang Quartet that will blow your mind. His myspace page is listed in our friends section. Go see it!!!! NOW!!! Jeff is my bass player. He has vibe oozing from him and does a mean robot. We're a power trio from the south, so I guess that's where the Southern thing comes from. I sing with my normal North Carolina accent, so I guess that helps too. Why should I try to sound like I'm from anywhere else?? With drums, bass, electric guitar, electric dobro and armed with clever, hooky, grooving songs...we blow the damn house down!! Every night. No questions. Period. Who do we sound like???? Us I hope, but we do get compared to the Black Crowes, Ben Harper, Lenny Kravitz and the like. Listen to the songs above and you'll know exactly what we sound like. We love you all!!!
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I put your live show in on my way home...and even doing 35 and 40 I felt like i was on a dirtroad doing 90 laying heavy dust....smoking weed while being chased by the Law........"BREAKING THE LAW...BREAKING THE LAW" ya don't be fightin now...love ya brother......I been doing this shit for a long time and you guys got the "MOJO" ....thanks for cranking my tractor!!! you are loved somewhere else!
We are going to try and catch the show this weekend...here are the boys Leap 2 Nowhere...playing My Apocolypse...first time they played it for a crowd...Thanks for being such an awesomeatic band..Lady Anne
THE ALBUM IS FREAKING OUT OF CONTROL.. I CAN'T PUT IT DOWN.. LEARNING THE LYRICS... YOU GUYS ROCK.... 08 WAS AN EXCELLET YEAR... 09 IS GOING TO BE BETTER.....EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED.
Insane! I love the sound of the video! You guys were ROCKING it! Camera stabilization is an entirely different matter. You can always get funky with a tripod. My new motto.
