Artist: Ben Kweller
Genre(s):
Indie
Discography:
On My Way
Year: 2004
Tracks: 11
A portion of kids ar raised in melodic families, simply few had the entry to music that Ben Kweller had. Nils Lofgren was one of Kweller's father's buddies during Lofgren's years with Bruce Springsteen. Young Kweller, non even honest-to-goodness sufficiency for kindergarten at the time, would stress to be like the celebrated guitar player when he picked up his own toy version of the instrument. He played the pianoforte since his identical early childhood and by the long time of vIII had gradatory from toy dog guitars and simply tapping the ivories to composition his possess tunes. The undermentioned year, he received a nod of boost from Billboard mag when it conferred an honorable reference on the youthfulness for his entranceway into its annual songwriters rivalry. By the time he hit his stripling years, Kweller was complete on the guitar and as well played the drums. As many teenagers do, he pulled together a band, which he dubbed Mirage. He followed up with groups named Green Eggs & Ham and Foxglove.
In 1993, with Bryan Blur on bass and John Kent on drums, Kweller established Radish. The grouping made its german mark on the local Dallas panorama, non far from Greenville, TX, where Kweller was raised. In 1994, the musical wunderkind and his outfit pose out the EP Hello through Practice Amp Records. That same year, the tag released the album Dizzy. Roger Greenawalt, a producer, stepped into the image in 1995. He lED Radish through the production of a demo that lED to the inking of a sign with Mercury during the summertime of 1996. The judge released Restraining Bolt the undermentioned springtime, and Kweller lED Radish through European and American tours and newmarket on late-night telecasting talk shows, including The Conan O'Brian Show and Late Night With David Letterman. When Radish disbanded in 1999, Kweller headed due east, in the spring, to Guilford, CT, where he stayed only a short time in front relocating to Brooklyn, NY, the undermentioned November. Not yet 20 age honest-to-goodness, he sign with Island Records as a solo creative person. He spent clip touring with such artists as Juliana Hatfield, Guster, Kristin Hersh, and Evan Dando. He besides collaborated with Ben Folds and Ben Lee for a series of dates down under in 2003 and appeared on Folds' limited edition EP The Bens. Kweller's sophomore endeavour, the often more muted On My Way, followed in spring 2004. Two long time by and by, he returned with his self-titled tierce album, on which he played all the instruments.
