MP3 Rocky Benton - Let Them Talk

Rocky Benton "Master Bluesman" was inducted into the "South Texas Music Walk of Fame" and was honored by receiving his *****S T A R***** JUNE 1st, 2007. Rocky has a unique blues style of his own. Beautiful, Blind, Black, Blues Man. "Texas Blues Legend" "T

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ROCKY BENTON
"TEXAS BLUES LEGEND"
Rocky Benton & Al 'Beto" Garcia
Front Page Corpus Christi Caller Times
http://www.caller.com/news/2007/jun/02/0602_ns-music1/
ROCKY GETS HIS STAR on the
"TEXAS MUSIC WALK OF FAME"

Remembered, & Loved & Forever In Our Hearts
Linger The Legends Whose Impact
Has Gone Down In History:
Ray Charles, Blind Lemon Jefferson, & Blind Boy Fuller
&
The Signature Haromonics Of Such Legends As:
Sonny Terry, Big Walter Horton, &
Little Walter
&
Who Could Ever Forget The Sweet Sexy Sounds Of:
Johhny Taylor, ZZ Hill, & Frank Sinatra

& Now Meet the Mulitinstrumentalist

BLIND BEAUTIFUL BLUESMAN
BELTING OUT FIVE (5) OCTAVES
OF PURE RAW SOUL
MIXED WITH THE
GOD GIVEN GIFT OF
PERFECT 'ABSOLUTE' PITCH
COMBINED WITH THE
UNMISTAKABLE SOUNDS OF
SIGNATURE HARMONICS
THAT ARE ONE OF A KIND
AND OOH BABY
YOU HAVE JUST
MET MR. ROCKY BENTON

ROCKY IS SIZZLIN'
& HE IS OUT TO LIGHT A
MUSICAL FIREBALL
TO FILL YOUR VERY SOUL!

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FOR THIS BLUES LEGEND, A 48 YEAR LONG
ROAD IS WINDING DOWN & COMING FULL CIRCLE,
BACK INTO THE BOSOM OF HIS FANS AND INTO
THE ARMS OF HIS COMMUNITY AND THE CITY
THAT HE FELL IN LOVE WITH SO MANY YEARS AGO.
UNITED, ROCKY'S FANS, FRIENDS, FAMILY &
COMMUNITY GATHERED TOGETHER AND HONORED
ROCKY WITH HIS VERY OWN STAR,
JUNE 1ST, 2007, ON THE
"SOUTH TEXAS MUSIC WALK OF FAME"/ty/ore/06/02/2007



ARE INVITED!!! BRING YOUR FRIENDS!!! SPREAD THE NEWS!!!

ROCKY IS GIVING BACK TO TEXAS WHAT TEXAS HAS GIVEN TO HIM!

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ROCKY BENTON BELTING OUT THE BLUES AT THE BACK PORCH BAR

Rocky Benton Live at the Back Porch Bar
October 13th, 2007
9:00 pm to 12:30 am
132 W Cotter Ave
Port Aransas, TX 78373
(361) 749-2800

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ROCKY BENTON LIVE AT TEXAS JAZZ-FEST 2007 CORPUS CHRISTI,TX
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND
"YOU'VE BEEN ASKING FOR HIM AND SO WE BROUGHT HIM BACK"

October 20, 2007
4:30pm to 5:30pm
"South Stage"

http://www.texasjazzfest.org
ricksanchez@grandecom.net

For sponsorship or information about Jazz Festival - contact:
Rick Sanchez
Home - 361-808-9515
Cell, after 3PM, 361-688-1296
FAX 361-853-4185
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LET LEGENDS LIVE
TRIBUTE TO SOME OF OUR FINEST MUSIC LEGENDS IN TEXAS
DECEMBER 2ND, 2007
EXECUTIVE SURF CLUB
Benefit for The Wenholz House
Corpus Christi, TX 78401

http://www.myspace.com/rockybentonblues
Original Rocker Entertainment
Teresa Young
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(361) 944-7819
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HAVE A MAGGIE CHIRSTMAS
CORPUS CHRISTI STATE SCHOOL
Friday, December 7th, at 9:30 - 11:00. a.m.
tom.dowdy@dads.state.tx.us
The theme is: "A Very Maggie Christmas", named after Maggie, a young lady drummer with Autism. The idea is to focus on the contributions to our community of people with a disability. We will be wishing everyone "A Very Maggie Christmas."
Rocky and Maggie will be named in a Mayoral Proclamation
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NOW SCHEDULING PERFORMANCES & APPEARANCES
These include, annual events, music festivals, corporate conferences and functions, private parties, as well as night club bookings, casinos, and concerts, throughout the United States and abroad.

BOOK NOW TO RESERVE YOUR DATE AS
ROCKY IS SIZZLIN' !

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Pardon the construction please.

Thank you so very kindly :-)

Teresa



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Blind, Black, Beautiful, Bluesman.
'Rocky' is the Real Thing, a Texas Genuine Consummate Blues Musician!


'ROCKY' BENTON "TEXAS BLUES LEGEND" "TEXAS MUSIC WALK OF FAME STAR"

LISTEN to the signature harmonics of Rocky Benton whooping and wailing earthy, timeless vocals while he gets down on his harmonicas with long phrases of incredible complexity and sterling tones laced into the rhythmic 12 bar blues form.

WEARING his leather belt stamped "R O C K Y", which holds twelve of his favorite harmonicas, Rocky sways back and forth demonstrating why he has gained his well- deserved reputation as one of the finest harmonica players to ever take the stage. His powerful and unique vocals provide Texas with his interpretation of Blues and Motown.


* Vocals - Rocky is blessed with the gift of
perfect 'absolute' pitch!
* Drums - Rocky began his career as a jazz drummer at the
age of 10.
* Keyboards - Rocky is a natural on the keyboards.
* Harmonica - Rocky's preferred instrument


Rocky has performed at numerous festivals, events and various venues for over 48 years. He has traveled extensively throughout Texas, the United States and Canada sharing the stage with as well as opening for bands such as:

B.B. King
Billy Preston
Toni Price
Leon Russell
Percy Sledge
Asleep at the Wheel
Bobby Mack
Three Dog Night
Bo Diddly
BR549
Chris Layton
Tommy Shannon
Mike Cross
Fiddlin Frenchie Burke
Joe Ely
Bugs Henderson
Joe Jonus
Eddie Olivarez
David Crawford
Darrell McCall
Mallford Milligan
Larry Joe Taylor
Omar & the Howlers
Jerry Jeff Walker
Dicky Neely
Michael O'Connor

As well as:

Never forgotten, The late, missed forever in our hearts:

Clifford Antone
Jim Allison
Freddie Fender
Sam Neely
Clarence Gatemouth Brown
Doc de Ocalla
Johnny "Clyde" Copeland
Fly Hubbard
John Campbell

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Rocky has hosted 'Open Mic Nights', at
Antone's, Austin, TX.,
The Executive Surf Club, Corpus Christi, TX.,
and Dr. Rockit's Blues Bar, Corpus Christi, TX.

Rocky was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award
Texas A & M University, Kingsville, TX.

The honorable Mayor Henry Garrett, of Corpus Christi, Tx. issued the proclamation:
"December 2nd, "South Texas Musical Legends Day",
by honoring Rocky Benton and country music legend the late Sam Neely.


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Biography

Rocky's road to the blues began is Silsbee, TX about 20 miles South of Beaumont where he was born to hard working parents of moderate means. He was second to the youngest of 6 children, and is no stranger to trouble and pain. As a young child he began to lose his vision and was blind at the age of 4. At the age of 6 he attended the Texas School for the Blind in Austin where he learned to read Braille, started his education, and got his nickname "Rocky". He said one of his teachers called him 'Rocky' for some strange reason. His teacher would tell him that he knew someday he would drive by a billboard somewhere, which would read in lights "Rocky Benton". The name stuck with him and since then 'Rocky' has had his name in lights on many a marquee.

Music came to play a role in Rocky's life at an early age. He says he grew up listening to old gospel tunes that his mother played and sang for him in a voice like the gospel greats such as that of Mahalia Jackson (1911-1972) whom was considered by many to be the greatest gospel singer within the genre. Mahalia sang "Precious Lord" at Dr. Martin Luther Kings funeral. Some of his favorites were: The Clara Ward Singers, The Staple Singers, Professor Alex Bradford, and The Five Blind Boys of Alabama to name a few.

Listening to his sister's records Rocky discovered the single of "Little Willie John." The flip side of his hit "You give Me Fever", was the song titled "Let Them talk", which became the cover and title song to 'Rocky's Cd , "Let Them Talk"

Rocky was introduced to the harmonica by his uncle Bill, who could play only one song. He was fascinated with it and wanted to be able to play. Rocky got his first harmonica at the age of 6 and later learned to play drums and keyboard. At the age of 10, Rocky was performing professionally as a drummer and singer of an Austin Jazz band led by keyboard artist James Polk. "I came up in a day when a kid playing a bar was kind of like an act", Benton says," Even if I was not the headliner, it seemed I was always somehow the center of attention".

Rocky first played Corpus Christi at the Downbeat Club, while attending High School at the Texas School for the Blind in Austin. TX. He met the blues great B.B. King in 1972 which he says deepened his involvement with the blues and created a fervent commitment to for him in the world of music. Rocky later went on to open for B. B. King.

Rocky's rousing presence on stage is as unique and special as his sound. Wearing his leather belt stamped "R O C K Y", which holds twelve of his favorite harmonicas, 'Rocky' sways back and forth demonstrating why he has gained his well- deserved reputation as one of the finest harmonica players to ever take the stage. His powerful and unique vocals provide South Texas with his interpretation of Blues and Motown. Showcasing his personal entertainment style, Rocky is always a direct hit and gains fans wherever he plays. His music and sound are always a crowd and club favorite.

'Rocky' is the real thing, a Texas genuine consummate blues singer. His audiences love him and there is no one who enjoys rocking the house more.


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Discography
1993
-"Let Them Talk"

2006
-World Release
"Ain't No Turning Back" - Single
Southern Cross Studio- www.RodRaines.com

-Various television and radio commercials including:

1985
-"Keep our Texas Beach's Beautiful"
Award winning song
City of Corpus Christi, TX.
KMXR Radio

1986
-"Hunger Buster Blues"
Dairy Queen

'Rocky's' studio work is renowned throughout the United States and abroad.


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