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
everybody gave opportunity record sell whether
I never gave up on that idea, you know, that jazz musicians have the same opportunity as everybody else and that it's what you put on that record that makes the difference whether you sell it or not or are able to get it into people's households.
music kenny guitarist
There is no finer guitarist than Kenny Burrell
music cat jazz
I've had the pleasure of playing with the baddest Jazz cats on the planet.
music play people
People who love jazz musicians love us when we play what we want to play and we're starving. But as soon as you commercialize your sound like Wes Montgomery did, the jazz fans and the critics are down on you!
artist looks great-art
I like Simon Cowell - look at how many great artists have come out of the U.K. because of him.
simple guitar gigs
Guitar gigs were everywhere in the '50s, and I started diddling around so I could keep working. Playing honky-tonk, simple stuff. I took a few gigs with an organ band that put me out front.
inspirational matter dignity
No matter what they take from me, they can't take away my dignity.
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.