Michigan-born, Nashville-based singer/songwriter Brendan Benson debuted with a critically acclaimed first album One Mississippi in 1996. Lapalco, the follow-up album brought him his first taste of success, with hits such as Good To Me and Tiny Spark. The Alternative to Love - Brendan's third album - was released in 2005 which included the singles Cold Hands Warm Heart and Spit it Out. Around this time Benson started writing songs together with friend Jack White, of the White Stripes, and came up with tracks such as Steady As She Goes and Level. They soon formed The Raconteurs along with two members of The Greenhornes - Jack Lawrence and Patrick Keeler. In the Spring of 2006 they released their, now world-famous, album Broken Boy Soldiers which was recorded at the in-house studio at Brendans old home in Detroit. This has since been followed by the 2nd album Consolers of the Lonely, which is out now. Brendan has produced, recorded and/or fiddled with records by The Greenhornes, The Whirlwind Heat, The Waxwings and The Muldoons. In-between this producing, touring and recording, he has also been in the studio recording his fourth solo album with Gil Norton (Pixies, Foo Fighters) which he will be releasing in 2009. |