Heypenny

Heypenny is a indie rock band based in Nashville, Tennesseecite news
title = Music: Nashville indie band Heypenny has Arkansas roots
url = http://www.thespacelab.tv/spaceLAB/2006/07July/MusicReview-02-HeyPenny.htm
publisher = Arkansas Online (Arkansas Democrat Gazette)
date = 2007-08-24
accessdate = 2007-09-06 ] cite news
title = Rock Candy: Friday To-Do: LATTURE + HEYPENNY
url = http://www.arktimes.com/blogs/rockcandy/2007/08/post_34.aspx
publisher = Arkansas Times
date = 2007-08-24
accessdate = 2007-09-06 ] . They cite influences such as: Wilco, Beatles, Coldplay, Radiohead and Elliott Smith.cite news
title = Heypenny's Official MySpace
url = http://www.myspace.com/heypenny
publisher = Heypenny
date = 2005-08-03
accessdate = 2007-08-16 ]

Early days

Ben Elkins was born in Fayetteville, Arkansas and later attended the University of Arkansas.cite news
title = All Things Go Presents Heypenny: The Interview
url = http://allthingsgo.wordpress.com/2006/02/28/all-things-go-presents-heypenny-the-interview/
publisher = All Things Go
date = 2006-02-28
accessdate = 2007-08-16 ] cite news
title = Music: Nashville indie band Heypenny has Arkansas roots
url = http://www.thespacelab.tv/spaceLAB/2006/07July/MusicReview-02-HeyPenny.htm
publisher = Arkansas Online (Arkansas Democrat Gazette)
date = 2007-08-24
accessdate = 2007-09-06 ] However, Ben moved to Chattanooga, Tennessee where he began to play in a jam band type duo called Kingfisher. Ben was introduced to indie music by his friends and shortly thereafter he became interested in making an album with the feel of both jam and indie styles, leading to Heypenny's debut album, Use These Spoons. While Ben Elkins played five of the tracks entirely by himself, he also elicited some help from other Chattanooga artists such as John Totten, Kevin Bevil, Jim Tate, Charles Allison, Rachel Billingsley, and otherscite news
title = Music: Nashville indie band Heypenny has Arkansas roots
url = http://www.thespacelab.tv/spaceLAB/2006/07July/MusicReview-02-HeyPenny.htm
publisher = Arkansas Online (Arkansas Democrat Gazette)
date = 2007-08-24
accessdate = 2007-09-06 ] . After nine months of production, the album was complete and Use These Spoons was then recognized by Chattanooga based magazine, The Pulse, as being the top local album of the year in 2005.cite news
title = Top Ten Local Albums
url = http://www.chattanoogapulse.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/12/21/43a95e0a49b84
publisher = The Pulse
date = 2005-12-21
accessdate = 2007-08-16 ]

Recent developments

With the album completed, Ben Elkins moved to Nashville, Tennessee where he assembled the band that, along with Ben, would become Heypenny. At first, the idea was that the band would help Ben play songs from Use These Spoons; however, now Ben and the rest of Heypenny are looking to create albums together long term.cite news
title = Heypenny
url = http://outtheother.typepad.com/blog/2006/02/heypenny.html
publisher = Out The Other
date = 2006-02-28
accessdate = 2007-08-16 ] cite news
title = Spacelab Music Review - Heypenny: Use These Spoons
url = http://www.thespacelab.tv/spaceLAB/2006/07July/MusicReview-02-HeyPenny.htm
publisher = Spacelab Music
date = 2006-07-07
accessdate = 2007-08-16 ]

Members

*Kevin Bevil - Guitar
*DJ Murphy - Bass Guitar
*Benjamin Elkins - Piano
*Ryan Rayborn - Drummer

Discography

Albums

*Use These Spoons (2005)

External links

* [http://www.heypenny.com/ Official Website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/heypenny MySpace Page]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQHOC7HZVJs "Parade" Live @ Nightfall]
* [http://www.xanga.com/benonskates Ben's Blog]

References