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Benny Turner

BENNY TURNER

"BT"

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BENNY TURNER

"BT"

NOLA BLUE RECORDS 2024

RELEASE DATE : 10/18/2024

(USA)

Tracklist:
01 Bump Miss Susie 02:52
02 Going Down Slow 05:35
03 The Walk 04:01
04 When I Call On You 04:12
05 Born in This Time 04:27
06 Finger Poppin' Time 04:11
07 Smoke My Peace Pipe (Smoke It Right) 03:32
08 Drunk 02:50
09 Sleepy Time in the Barnyard 04:59
10 Who Sang It First 03:59

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Musicians:
Benny Turner bass, vocals
Charlie Burnett, Bobby Gentilo, Paul Murr, Nate Young, Tiffany Pollack, Kassie Netherland Miele - backing vocals
Bobby Gentilo - guitar
Will McFarlane - guitar
Jack Miele - guitar
Billy Davis - guitar
Harrell “Young Rell” Davenport - guitar
Charlie Burnett - upright bass
Nate Young - piano, B3
Clayton Ivey - Wurlitzer 
Joe Krown - organ 
Paul Murr - drums
Justin Holder - drums
Sax Gordon - sax

A true bluesman. Brother of a legend. Known to blues fans around the world, from America to Australia, Europe and Asia. Born in Gilmer (TX) in 1939, bassist and singer Benny Turner offers us the privilege of still being active and at eighty-four he gives us one more opportunity with "BT", a lesson in musical sobriety in a conclusive version of elegance and honesty. Since the family moved to Chicago in the early fifties, Turner has been present in the blues scene, playing in his brother band, the legend Freddie King, and after his early death, with the Chicago master Mighty Joe Young. In the mid-nineties, he met Marva Wright in New Orleans and became her bassist and band leader until Marva's death in 2010. Initially as a guitarist, he has been a sixty-year musical career as a bassist always serving with the best bluesmen, in the most select clubs and the most multitudinous festivals. Benny Turner is a king without a crown, a legendary survivor.

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SURVIVOR

THE BENNY TURNER STORY

An oral history of blues legend Benny Turner, from his birth and early childhood in Gilmer, TX to the family's move to Chicago, IL and the ultimate birth of his career in the gospel, R&B and blues genres. Surviving extreme poverty in East Texas followed by the shocking transition to urban life in Chicago and then the untimely death of his big brother, bandmate and best friend Freddie King, that is only a portion of the obstacles Benny has survived. This story is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and Benny's personal and professional triumphs along the way.

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FIRST SOLO RECORDINGS

MORE BENNY TURNER ON NOLA BLUE RECORDS

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A: Come Back Home
B: When I'm Gone

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A: I Don't Know
B: Good To Me

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A: Love Me
B: You Gonna Miss Me (When I'm Gone)

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BENNY TURNER HIGHLIGHTS AS A SIDEMAN

Benny Turner with Nola Blue Records owner Sallie Bengtson

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