Bentham
Solo rock? Or just a rhythm section want ad? You be the judge. After all the various bands over the years it boils down to the songs and the singer. So here I am. Bentham.
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
Okay: high school band, The Innocents, 1981-83, Davenport, Iowa. College band, Bob Uniform, Iowa City, 1983-85. Various college jazz and ethnic bands, 1983-88. First real band, Laughing Academy, 1988-1993, Boston. Second band, Bentham, 1993-95, Boston. Third band, Area Man, in Madison, 1998-2000. Solo gigs and recording as Bentham, San Francisco, 2000-present.
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
I do play live, but not very often. Need to do more of that. In and around San Francisco and the Beast.
Your musical influences
Influences? Like Leo Fender, Christopher Plummer in the Sound of Music, and my junior high band instructor Jack King? Or people I sound like, like Freedy Johnston, the Beatles, Fountains of Wayne, Robyn Hitchcock, and Big Star?
