Ears, Hands, Sometimes Mouth, Rarely Feet. Increasingly MainStage. Also my hat.
Influences
Bassers:
Tony Levin,
Luk Michiels,
Itiberê Zwarg,
Stefan Lessard,
Sebastian Steinberg,
Roy Huskey Jr.,
Colin Greenwood,
Charles Mingus,
James Jamerson,
Matt Perrine,
Nat McIntosh,
Robert "Son Fewclothes" Lewis, others.
Also:
Satchmo,
Sidney Bechet,
Benevento/Russo Duo,
Alan Bern,
Brahms,
Captain Beefheart,
Cibelle,
Paul Shaffer/CBS Orchestra,
François Couperin,
Joe Frank,
Kirk Franklin,
Jake Speed and the Freddies,
J.J. Fux,
Peter Gabriel,
John Hartford,
Lyle Lovett's Large Band,
Thad Jones/Mel Lewis,
"Buster" Keaton,
Barney McKenna,
Ken Nordine,
Hermeto Pascoal,
Pharaohs,
Phoenix,
Radiohead,
Rage Against The Machine,
Sir Simon Rattle,
Schostakowitsch
Earl Scruggs,
Winston Sharples,
Stravinsky,
Art Tripp,
Tom Waits,
Wizards of Ooze,
Herbert von Karajan,
Frank Zappa et al.,
Joe Zawinul,
innumerable others,
everybody I see dance,
and my friends.
A few words about the tunes:
• Chresten Hyde is a Chicago based musician and friend. For his new record, I played bass, blew the cornet solo, and suggested a single, other-wise unremarkable, C sharp; everything else was done single-handedly by this player/producer/writer in about a month.
• The Queen City Zapatistas were a parade band of "educated" players trying to make each other laugh. We've been called a jug band's "Younger, Bigger, Drunker Brother," "Absurd," "Gross," "Obscene," and "Zapatastic."
• Jon Drake & The Shakes are a carnival. Trumpet, trombone, tuba, violin, 'cello, double bass, organ, glockenspiel, guitars, drums, harmonica, vocals, cheers, fights, gambling, gallons of wine, most of a 36" disco ball, a bi-monthly bearding contest, and someday: records.
• Liz Bowater is a brave, new, folk singer/songwriter with whom I used to play in Cincinnati. This cut is "Like a Homesick Child" from an unfinished recording project in 2006.
• Southpaw and the Sinisters are a couple of good American folks who thought a little good American folk music might be mighty nice. We wanted to do a waltz, and this is the only one we all knew.
• The Princes of Hollywood
are two musicians from Athens, Ohio and a fluid compliment of sidemen. On "Pretty Out" from their most recent album, I play brass bass, tenor banjo, and cornet. As for me: Well, I'm Benny Harnish, a blue collar musician, among other things. "Benny Harnish plays the tuba with amazing fluidity and funkiness. He is truly phenomenal" -John Wetzel for the Morgan County Herald, 6 August 2008 (A rural Ohio newspaper serving approx. 5,000 homes)
"Besides his mastery of the manipulative difficulties, [Benny] knew well the shades of tone and expression of which the alternative resources of the four strings afford such rich variety" -Bernard Shaw for the Pall Mall Gazette, 5 July 1886
"Benny Harnish 282" Sacred Harp Minutes from the 2009 Midwest Convention
well. tonight I found myself with four amigo's sitting down by the beach, gathered humbly and quietly drinking wine. we had so much fun we watched the sun rise. inspiration comes quickly. especially when the wine comes for 2 bucks a Trader Joes.
How you doing Benny? Thrilled to see you're giggin through the summer. I'm in utah doing a park ranger internship - let's talk soon. would be great to play together again soon. by the way - you ever heard of musicians referal contact? more latah...
I hope you are having a great day...I wanted to let you know that my first CD release "Where No One's Ever Been" is now available on iTunes, and I hope you check it out. Thanks so much for all of your support!
Hi Benny! Just wanted to say hi! Wish I could have caught your gig in Athens last night, would have loved to hear you play! I'll keep an eye out for the "next time," or whenever I feel like a roadtrip! Hope things are great with you!!! (:
Hey there! It is SO AWESOME to see what you've been up to!!! It's even more awesome what you're doing now... touring is so tough, but you're makin' it work and that's incredible! I hope I can hear you play live sometime, it would rock! (o:
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