Lowell George meets Bill Withers in one beautiful incarnation with a hint of Martin Sexton. Refreshingly well written songs with soulful singing.

14 MP3 Songs
ROCK: Americana, ROCK: Roots Rock



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Born in Cambridge, Mike started his musical career as a young teenager playing in the streets of Harvard Square and in the subways of Boston.

Soon he found himself playing in bars and clubs and performing extensively during the summer months on Martha's Vineyard.

After attending Hampshire College, Mike moved to New York and quickly became a busy studio singer and player, doing record dates, song demos and recording scores of national jingles from Coke to Clorox to Bud and played extensively in The New York City club scene.

Ten years in New York city and ready for a change, Mike moved himself and family to Martha's Vineyard Massachusetts and joined the 1996 Boston Music Award winning Band, "Entrain." While touring Nationally with Entrain, Mike worked on two of the bands CDs.

In 2000, Mike left the band and began working with his own group "The Mike Benjamin Band" and released a 14 song disk "Never Too Late". Songs from this cd are in regular rotation on several radio stations including WMVY, WBOS, WCIB, WUMB and more. Over the years mike has played with such greats as Bo Diddley, James Taylor, The David Letterman Band, The Blues Brothers, Carly Simon, Sue Tadeschi and many others.

During his years in New York he recorded with many artists including Mark Cohn, Delbert McClinton, Patty LaBell, Will Lee, Vicky Sue Robinson, Paul Shaffer.

This past summer Mike and the band had the honor of playing at ex-president Bill Clinton's 60th Birthday on Martha's Vineyard. Check out the video of Bill playing sax with the band at www.mikebenjaminmusic.com.