Ben Prestage
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Influences
Bukka White, Hank Williams, John Hammond, Tom Waits, Mississippi Fred McDowell, SPIDER John Koerner, Mississippi John Hurt, the Meters, Professer Longhair, Doctor Isaiah Ross (one-man-band), Wilbert Harrison (omb), Joe Hill Louis (omb), R.L. Burnside, Junior Kimbrough, Do-Boy Diamond (pronounced "doughboy", James Johnson aka "Super Chikan", Merle Travis, Merle Haggard, Merle Watson, Doc Watson, Chet Atkins, Leo Kottke, Micheal Hedges, Big Joe Williams, Bill Williams, *Big Mike Rivera/Anthony Davis/Dennis Lido=The Dali Lamas*; Rich Ly.. Great songs and bad habits; Mark Otis, Cookie and Vagrantz; Richard Johnston (omb and winner of 2001 International Blues Competition- www.richardjohnston.com ), John Lowe aka Johnny Lowebow (omb and maker of the world famous "Lowebow"), McKinley Morgafield aka Muddy Waters, Chester Burnett aka the Howlin' Wolf, Jesse Mae Hemphill aka "the She-Wolf", Roy Acuff, Reverend Billy c. Wirtz ( reverendbilly.com ), Reverend Horton Heat, Reverend Gary Davis, Johnny Cash, Little Jimmy Dickens, Washboard Sam, Roy Bookbinder; Waymon "Buttermilk" Meeks; Robert Johnson, Walter "Brownie" McGhee, Willie Dixon, Son House, Gary Stewart (a homeboy from SoFL), Blind Blake & Tampa Red (two more Florida boys); Matt Kinman-clawhammer banjo!; Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer and Southern Comfort...
just saw you were coming back to the willy's peir bar in december. I'll make damn sure I'm there. you are one of the greatest performers out there. so glad your coming back to the emerald coast
i see you have some shows over the big pond....sweet...
i'm actually gonna look into doing a little roots tour next year and you're one of the folks i'd like on the bill... more about that later...gotta make that damn album first...
Today I would like to ask you if you like to help me to support country music.
If you like to help me, please add me to your top buddy list and inform your friends about me.
When you like more information about country music in Germany please feel free to contact me.
Please submit artist news, reviews and events to CountryHome Forum, http://groups.myspace.com/CountryHomeMagazine , so I can keep German country fans up to date about their favorit country stars.
Great show Saturday night in Sarasota. Glad I got to see you play again before I ship out for Army. Thanks for taking a couple Beam shots with me too. hope you and your wife keep enjoying the road, doing what you're doing. Goodluck!
Great show at Propaganda in Lake Worth Friday! Thanks for the music - we are glad it is getting cold up north so you hang in FLA more until the spring! Got some pics posted in a filmstrip on our profile page and a vid clip at YouTube... Best!
Thanks for adding me as a friend! I hope you have had the chance to listen to my music and if you did you enjoyed enough to want to check out my newest CD 'Transient Passenger' now available @ iTunes.com/jacklicata
Thanks for the friendship. Have a good weekend. For more news, tour
dates, and to hear my album for free...please check out my website.
Thanks www.SteveBarnesMusic.com
Today I would like to let you know about two print magazines in Germany I'm writing for.
"Living Line Dance", reporting about line dance and country music, and "Folk Magazine", reporting about folk and country music. The magazines are high respected in Europe. They offer you a good chance to publicize yourself in Europe and Germany.
For more information, please contact me at MySpace or send email to Ch.Lamitschka@t-online.de with the headline "Advertise at Living Line Dance and Folk Magazine".