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Enjoy Ben Payton Saturday night! |
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Ben Payton
was born in Coila, Mississippi. His early musical influences
included his grandmother Mabel Johnson's gospel piano
playing and his Uncle Joe Birch's blues guitar.
In his mid-teens they moved to Chicago, where Ben soon
became active in the city's blues scene and backed many
prominent artists also working as the house band at local
clubs. Ben also played in the R&B bands The Oops and the
band Womb From the Tomb.
In the summer of 2006 Ben performed at the Chicago Blues
Festival.
He performs regularly in Jackson, Oxford, Greenwood, and
Clarksdale, both solo and as a duet with percussionist Cyndi
Clark.
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