Album Notes

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BENEDICT (stage name)

Musical Biography


*Played bass guitar & backing vocals in top Edinburgh band Makossa from 1987 to 1991. Toured Central Scotland.

*Played bass guitar & backing vocals with Dave Robb and the Filmmakers from 1991- 1992. Toured Berlin and Northern Germany. Played on album "Capture an Image."

*Fronted BTL as bass playing vocalist 1992-1994. Toured Central Scotland.

*Became soloist in 1995, playing acoustic guitar with own brand of music "Afro Scot Rock."

*Completed 1st album "Don't be Sad" in 1998.

*Shared stage with Nik Harper (son of Roy) at London's Twelve Bar.

*1997 Runner up & 1998 Winner at BBC Scotland Tympanali singer songwriter competition with "Injustice" a painful story which describes events surrounding the untimely death of my uncle Alex Tetteh-Lartey who was killed on a London street in 1996.

*Gate crashed T in the Park Music Festival in 1998 & was asked back again!!

*Appeared on national television "Star for a Night" 1999

*2002 Completed 2nd album "Acoustic Slap Unpolished" which is dedicated to my late Uncle Alex Tetteh-Lartey

*Played several live radio sessions from 1998 to date including BBC Radio Scotland, Forth FM, Scot FM and Fresh Air FM as part of ongoing promotion

* Constructed original acoustic musical instrument with triple neck. See "Combuitar" on Youtube!

*Musical genre & influences: (Acoustic Slap / folk / pop). Oscar Peterson, The Beetles, Errol Garner, Stevie wonder, Bob Marley, Peter Gabriel, The Police, Talking Heads, Roy Williamson (The Corries), Joan Armatrading, John Lennon, Paul McCartney

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