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Wednesday, August 21, 2024

ACL 2024: Benson Boone

Saturday at 6:10pm. Khruangbin is playing at this time so that's my first choice.

Another generation gap. This musician exploded on TikTok. According to Wikipedia:

Benson James Boone grew up with four sisters in Monroe, Washington. He attended Monroe High School and competed on the school's diving team. He first discovered his musical talent when a friend asked him to play the piano and sing in their high school's battle of the bands his junior year even though he had no prior singing experience. Boone briefly attended Brigham Young University–Idaho before leaving after a semester to focus on singing.

He is signed to the Imagine Dragons singer's label.  He also has opened for Taylor Swift at Wembley Stadium.

He has 53 Million monthly listeners on Spotify. Holy moly. Mainly love/heartbreak ballads.

"Ghost Town" was his first single. He played drums, guitar, and piano on it.

"Slow Down" is a newer one.

This is his biggest song. It has 1 Billion plays on Spotify. 

 

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