George Benson
George Benson
George Benson is an American musician, guitarist and singer-songwriter. He began his professional career at 21 as a jazz guitarist. Benson uses a rest-stroke picking technique similar to that of gypsy jazz players such as Django Reinhardt...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJazz Singer
Date of Birth22 March 1943
CityPittsburgh, PA
CountryUnited States of America
player guitar giving
I listen to other guitar players, yeah. It gives me new concepts and shows me where the instrument is going for the future and it is going some places. There are some musicians who are really putting out a good vibe with new theories. I try and keep up.
guitar firsts said
The first time I tried to sing along with my guitar, everybody in the studio booed. They all said it wouldn't work.
music opportunity guitar
Lenny Breau dazzled me with his extraordinary guitar playing... I wish the world had the opportunity to experience his artistry.
player guitar careers
My whole career from the early 70s on has been mind-blowing. I didn't imagine in my life that I would ever be considered a guitar player first of all because I started off as a singer.
memories new-day remember
The less one remembers about the day before, the more the new day will be unfettered by triviality.
play want might
You might not feel like playing pretty all the time. Instead, you might want to play something nasty....you might want to play something out of context with the tune. It might be a note that creates so much tension it becomes unpleasant, but you want it to sound that way.
teacher going-out
The greatest teacher is just going out and playing.
teaching harmony instruments
I spent a lot of time teaching myself theory and harmony so I could be free to express myself on the instrument.
giving-up never-giving-up giving
Never give up on a good thing, never give up, never give up!
player guitar world
The greatest guitar player in the world today for me is Paco de Lucia, who is actually Spanish.
cat who-i-am careers
As my career has progressed, I've had the pleasure of playing with the baddest jazz cats on the planet. But that doesn't change my desire to entertain folks. That's really who I am.
song essence essence-of-life
Love songs are one of the great essences of life, the only thing thats lasting.
thinking people suffering
Of course we've lost so many superstars who've made jazz what it is. We've lost so many musicians who created new things and changed the way we think about music and who took jazz to a new level. So jazz is suffering from that. But we still have a lot of incredible people playing jazz in the world. We have a lot of people leading the way.
song play people
The melody is the most important thing that must stay in the minds of the people who listen to you. No matter how many notes you play, you can't let them forget what the song is.