Guitariste et chanteur Country US originaire de Okolona (Mississippi).

Guitarist/singer Ben Hall plays in a fingerpicking or thumbstyle of country music that brings to mind the icons of the genre. A native of Okolona, Mississippi, Hall first began playing guitar at age six and quickly began to mimic the recordings of the classic country artists his parents exposed him to, including Merle Travis, Chet Atkins, and the Louvin Brothers. At age 13, Hall took second place in the 2002 National Thumbpicking Contest in Mountain View, Arkansas -- an accolade he would achieve several times over. In 2005, he won national and international thumbstyle guitar contests and received the Horizon Award from the National Thumbpicker’s Hall of Fame. Hall's proficient technique and tradition-steeped style of playing caught the ear of the wider country community including an elderly Charlie Louvin, with whom Hall developed a friendship and later toured before Louvin's passing in 2011. Hall has also performed with an array of artists including Candi Staton, Kurt Wagner, Jeannie Seeley, and others. He released his self-titled debut solo album on Tompkins Square in 2011.

Talents : Guitar, Vocals

Style musical : Instrumental Country, Guitar Virtuoso, Americana

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRRmFMfsGos

Years in activity :

DISCOGRAPHY

Album

03/2011

CD TOMPKINS SQUARE 2462 (US)

BEN HALL! - Cannonball Rag / Guitar Rag / Alabama Jubilee / Mimi & Me / Windy & Warm / Lover, Come Back To Me / There'll Be Some Changes Made / Sweet Temptation / Oklahoma Hills / King Of The Road / Every Time You Leave

© Rocky Productions 2/04/2011