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Marc Benno Born July 1, 1947 Origin Dallas, Texas Genres Blues, R&B Occupations Musician, session musician, composer Instruments Guitar, piano, vocals Years active 1968-present Labels A&M, Shelter Records, Blue Skunk Music Associated acts The Doors, Eric Clapton, Leon Russell, Lightnin Hopkins, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Rita Coolidge, Asylum Choir Website www.marcbenno.com Marc Benno (born on July 1, 1947, Dallas, Texas) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.[1]
Benno was a member of The Asylum Choir with Leon Russell in the late 1960s, and launched a solo career in the early 1970s, with his 1972 effort Ambush being the most commercially successful. He wrote the song "Rock 'n Roll Me Again", which was recorded by the band The System for the soundtrack to the 1985 film Beverly Hills Cop; this soundtrack won a Grammy award. Benno also worked with musicians such as The Doors, Eric Clapton, and Rita Coolidge.[2]
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Discography
Albums
Year Album Peak chart positions US 1968 Look Inside the Asylum Choir (with Leon Russell) — 1970 Marc Benno — 1971 Minnows — Asylum Choir II (with Leon Russell) 70 1972 Ambush 171[3] 1979 Lost In Austin — 1990 Take It Back To Texas — 1994 Snake Charmer — 2000 Sugar Blues — 2002 Live In Gillespie County — 2003 Golden Treasure — 2003 Hit The Bottom — 2004 I Got It Bad — 2005 Live at the Chi Chi Club (with John Cipollina, Pete Sears) — 2006 Crawlin (with Stevie Ray Vaughan, Doyle Bramhall) — 2007 Live In Japan — 2007 Shadow — References
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Categories:- 1947 births
- Living people
- American singer-songwriters
- American blues guitarists
- Electric blues musicians
- Musicians from Dallas, Texas
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