Benjy+Davis

Over the past few years, high school and college students all over Louisiana and scattered locations along the Gulf Coast have become attached to Baton Rouge’s very own //Benjy Davis Project.// Their exceptional sounds and creative lyrics make them a big attraction towards the younger crowds in these areas. Benjy Davis’ local music style and originality form great live performances and CD’s that almost anyone can enjoy. Benjy Davis’ career started several years ago when a group of twenty year old guys formed a band that they hoped would someday become nationally recognized. When Benjy Davis started this band in 2001, it was no more than six guys playing for the love of music. Through the years their music has carried them across the United States, and no one ever imagined how famous they would become. I’m sure most of you who have been a fan for several years remember first hearing about them. Everyone in the city had become “obsessed” with this new band from Baton Rouge and although no one had ever heard of them, everyone agreed that their music was amazing. Everyone loved the fact that people from other places had no idea who they were and that they were local to our home of Louisiana. Considering the fact that they were all so young, kids our age were inspired by them. Music had always been a huge part of our home town, but this was one of the first bands that still portrayed our local music yet was able to attract a vast variety of both young adults and adults. Performing at Jazz Fest for the first time in 2003 created a lot of recognition for the band. It seemed like everyone was talking about them after that performance and no longer were those of us in Louisiana the only ones to have heard about them. Their recognition began to spread all over the U.S., and the fame that they had longed for had finally come. Their most recent CD, __Dust,__ was released on September 18th. It combines a great collaboration of new sounds mixed with the “southern style” that they are known for. This CD is definitely different from all the others, but you can still expect great things from it. In my opinion, they have not had one bad CD, but for some reason this one just seems to top them all. It’s filled with great songs that have both amazing lyrics and is of course fun to listen to. If you love driving around listening to the previous Benjy Davis CD’s, this is for you. Its upbeat tempo and fun lyrics make it better than ever to listen to Benjy while you’re out and about.