ben nelson, a young inspired singer and songwriter, spends most of his time writing and dreaming about life and all its glory. ben nelson is a 18 year old musician inspired by great songwriters like: bob dylan, jimmi hendrix, phish, the grateful dead, jack johnson, and much much more! ben has been in various bands before he made the leap into a solo gig. he has played in many bands and with various instruments like: SevnPly-keys&vocals, studdering stanley-bass&vocals, P.S. guitar&vocals, haism-Guitar&vocals, T.P.S.-volcals&guitar, plus a few more in collaborations. ben nelson is on the right road now with his folk/AAA sound like no other. ben thanks all his old bands and chums, his friends, wes, and joel hewlett for the inspiration!

here is a review by 'gods of music'on a song of ben's first album (dear alayro) the song is intitled 'confused'

‘Confused’ is all that. All in all it is a great experiment that hasn’t found any closure. I imagine the structure and arrangement of this song began when someone led this young singer Ben Nelson into a room with some instruments and a recording devise and demanded that he play with these new toys until he understood their basic method of operation and then he could go back to his play station. It appears that Nelson got hooked and prefers music to role playing games. This will surely be the first chapter in a long series of extrapolations on the theme of emotional discovery and I hope to be here to hear them develop. Neil Young once began the introduction of his song “Don’t Let it Bring You Down” with… “This song sort of starts out real slow and then fizzles out all together.” That thought kept going through my mind as Ben Nelson’s meandering ‘Confused’ played and replayed through my headphones. If this was the point of ‘Confused’ then it reached its' goal and beyond. Ben Nelson is well on his way to refining a unique sound from a remote corner of LA (that’s lower Alabama for those of you geographically challenged listeners) that few would expect could give birth to a seventeen year old experimental folk artist. Up till now Greenville, AL has still been listening to its heroes Hank Sr. and Jr. and Bobby Goldsboro but, that could all change if Nelson plays his Russian folk licks right and gets some much needed constructive support. I for one enjoyed this attempt and do want to listen to the sequels. Remember: Nobody cares how much you know until they know how much you care... and just because nobody understands you doesn't mean that you are an artist.

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