Buster Benton | |
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Birth name | Arley Benton |
Born | Texarkana, Arkansas, United States |
July 19, 1932
Died | January 20, 1996 Chicago, Illinois, United States |
(aged 63)
Genres | Chicago blues, soul blues |
Occupations | Singer, guitarist, songwriter |
Instruments | Vocals, guitar |
Years active | Mid 1950s–96 |
Labels | Various |
Buster Benton (July 19, 1932 – January 20, 1996[1]) was an American blues guitarist and singer, who played guitar in Willie Dixon's Blues All-Stars, and is best known for his solo rendition of the Dixon-penned song "Spider in My Stew."[2] He was tenacious and in the latter part of his lengthy career, despite the amputation of parts of both his legs, Benton never stopped playing his own version of Chicago blues.[1]
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Arley Benton was born in Texarkana, Arkansas.[3]
Whilst residing in Toledo, Ohio, during the mid 1950s, and having been influenced by Sam Cooke and B.B. King, Benton began playing blues music.[1] By 1959, he was leading his own band in Chicago.[3] During the 1960s, local record labels, such as Melloway, Alteen, Sonic, and Twinight Records released several Benton singles, before in 1971 he joined Willie Dixon.[1] Indeed, a lack of opportunity in the early 1960s meant that Benton gave up playing professionally for several years, and he worked as an auto mechanic.[4] Benton's earlier work was an amalgam of blues and soul, which he confusingly dubbed 'disco blues'. However, according to Music journalist, Bill Dahl, "in the late 1970s, when the popularity of blues music was at low ebb, Benton's recordings, particularly for Ronn Records, were a breath of fresh air."[1]
Benton became a fixture in Dixon's Blues All-Stars for some time.[1] A 1973 album by Dixon's Blues All-Stars, featuring Benton, The All Star Blues World Of Maestro Willie Dixon and his Chicago Blues Band, was issued on Spivey.
Dixon was credited as the songwriter of Benton's best known song, "Spider in My Stew."[2] Released on the Shreveport-based Jewel Records label, it gave Benton a modicum of fame, and his 1974 follow-up, "Money Is the Name of the Game", helped to cement his standing.[1] Benton's 1978 effort for Jewel's Ronn Records subsidiary (also titled Spider in My Stew) became recognised as one of the more engaging Chicago blues albums of its time.[1]
Benton recorded three further albums on the Ichiban label, but in comparison to his work on the Ronn label, they were uncommercial.[1] One such LP offering was 1989's, Money's The Name of The Game, produced by Gary B.B. Coleman.[5] Benton also issued a record on the Blue Phoenix label.[3] Benton's fortitude did not go unnoticed. He suffered from the effects of diabetes and received dialysis for the final years of his life. In addition, in 1993, part of his right leg was amputated due to poor circulation, having already lost a portion of the other some ten years previously. He soldiered on, playing his brand of the blues up to his death.[1] However, as journalist, Tony Russell, stated in his book The Blues: From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray, Benton "never found another money spider".[3]
Benton died in January 1996, in Chicago,[1][6] from the effects of diabetes, at age 63.
His work has appeared on a number of compilation albums, including Chicago Blues Festival: 1969-1986 (2001).[7]
Volume Three, Volume 3 or Volume III may refer to:
Volume 3 (Vol. 3°) is the third album released by Italian singer-songwriter Fabrizio De André. It was first issued in 1968 on Bluebell Records and is De André's last studio release on Bluebell. Of the songs contained in the album, only four were previously unreleased; the other ones are re-recordings of Karim period songs.
All songs written and composed by Fabrizio De André, except where noted.
Volume 3 is the fourth studio album by She & Him, a collaboration between M. Ward and actress Zooey Deschanel. It was released by Merge Records on May 7, 2013 (US) and on May 13, 2013 by Double Six Records (UK). On the album, there are eleven songs written by Deschanel and three cover songs.
On March 7, 2013 the song "Never Wanted Your Love" was released as a single. On April 10, 2013, the song "I Could've Been Your Girl" was released for streaming via Soundcloud.
Volume 3 holds a 68 out of 100 on Metacritic, a review aggregator, indicating generally favorable reviews (based on 26 reviews). Gregory Heaney of Allmusic praised She and Him's "sunny, lovestruck sounds." Magnet Magazine stated that the album is "instantly likeable," and Dale Eisinger of Consequence of Sound commented that the album contains many "effortless and fully realized songs." However, while Rudy K. of Sputnikmusic praised, "the simplicity of the songs and the everyday romance they conjure," he also noted that at times the album "feels rote, a meticulous tastefulness that is pretty and nostalgic, yet largely uninteresting."
Verse 1:
I can't help it, I can't win
I don't wanna let you in,
And then you do it again
Take it all, but take it slow
I don't wanna let you know
Well then you do it again
Pre-chorus:
I'm not talking to you anymore
I'm making my bed so I can lie there for ever
I don't know what I am doing this for
All I know is that I'm tired of being clever
Everybody's clever these day
Chorus:
Take a win, take a fall
I never wanted your love, but I needed it all
I never wanted your love, but I needed it all
I never wanted your love, but I needed it all
Verse 2:
You're so close that I can't see
You keeá¹— trying to bother me
And then you do it again
Say you're right and I love green
I don't wanna set you free
And then you do it again
Pre-chorus:
I'm not talking to you anymore
I'm making my bed so I can lie there for ever
I don't know what I am doing this for
All I know is that I'm tired of being clever
Everybody's clever these day
Chorus:
Take a win, take a fall
I never wanted your love, but I needed it all
I never wanted your love, but I needed it all
I never wanted your love, but I needed it all
Pre-chorus:
I'm not talking to you anymore
I'm making my bed so I can lie in there for ever
I don't know what I am doing this for
All I know is that I'm tired of being clever
Everybody's clever these day
Chorus:
Take a win, take a fall
I never wanted your love, but I needed it all
I never wanted your love, but I needed it all
I never wanted your love, but I needed it all
Take a wind, take a fall
I never wanted your love, but I needed it all
I never wanted your love, but I needed it all
I never wanted your love, but I needed it all
I never wanted your love, but I needed it all
I never wanted your love, but I needed it all