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Ben Johnson
12+ albums
indie rockHard Tranceindiebeatslesser known yet streamable artists
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There is more than one artist with this name. 1. Indie / Alternative / Progressive Rock artist from Chicago, Illinois 2. Indie Pop group from Salt Lake City, Utah - also performing under the name the Ben Johnson Boom Band (search this artist name on last.fm for more info) 1. Some of the best human stories are the hardest to tell – those stories that are acted out inside a person, instead of obviously out in the world. But the facts of Ben Johnson’s life more than hint at the presence of just such a story. For without some kind of internal movement, how does a self-described “nerd” kid move from wanting to be liked for something other than his musical talent to pursuing a career as a performing singer and songwriter? How does he get from the shelter of his southwestern Missouri farm family to facing down life as a working musician in the Windy City? The answers to these questions and some you wouldn’t dare to ask can be found in his work, which is at once searching, intimate and subtly powerful. He is already well on his way to meeting his own standard of being “lyrically direct and musically adventurous.” In a review of a performance at the Burning Question Coffeehouse, Tribune journalist George Rawlinson described Ben’s performance as “lightning in a bottle”. Of the newcomers to the scene, there are always some good writers who may become good performers, some good performers whose material might mature. Once in a great while, along comes a “beginner” who is alr
