" Years in Review "
Release debut CD "Can't take the blues"
CD Review by Bruce Iglauer - Alligator Records
Newspaper Article ; Daily Journal Indianapolis, IN.
CD review in: Blues Blast Magazine.com
Made Top 25 Spins on WEFT 90.1 Champaign, IL.
Performed at "Budweiser Illinois Blues Festival"
Playing alongside ; Kinsey Report, Elvin Bishop, Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Won "Best Self Produced CD" Prairie Crossroads Blues Society
Nominated for : "Best Self Produced CD"
Blues Foundation Memphis
"Blues at Greece" Magazine Article Athens, Greece
Cracked Top 10 Chicago Blues Market ; Reverb Nation
CD Spins On Over 50 Radio Stations
CD Spins On International Markets : Australia, Buenos Aires,
Canada, Great Britain, France, Greece, Germany, Japan, Italy, Scotland
#24 on Top 50 Spins WEFT Radio Champaign, IL.
Nominated Harmonica player of the year
Music City Blues Society
"Each time Jenkins takes a drink from the venerable fountain of the blues an amazing thing happens".
Rich Cibelli - Prairie Crossroads Blues Society
"Benny produces modern Blues rooted in the foundations of the past" Blues Blast Magazine
Benny Jenkins bloodline plays postwar Chicago style blues / West Coast jump swing influenced music with a rockabilly energy. "The missing link between blues and rockabilly; "Bluesbilly".
True american music from the heart & soul ! This man knows the blues first hand ! The bands sound is chock full of roots, folk to traditional sounding blues.
Lots of uptempo get your feet movin' & stompin' music
Benny Jenkins has shared the stage
and opened shows
Anson Funderburgh & the rockets * Savoy Brown * Jason & the scorchers * Webb Wilder
Lil' Ed & the blues Imperials * Jimmy Hall * The Wooten bros. * Reverend Horton Heat
James Harman * Mojo Nixon * Chubby Checker * Cheap Trick and many more!
Lil' Ed & the blues Imperials * Jimmy Hall * The Wooten bros. * Reverend Horton Heat
James Harman * Mojo Nixon * Chubby Checker * Cheap Trick and many more!
