52 min
Rock 'n' Roll with that New Tulsa Sound – Paul Benjaman TulsaPeople Magazine
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Welcome to Tulsa Talks presented by Tulsa Regional Chamber. I’m your host Tim Landes.
My guest on this episode has been providing the soundtrack for fun Sunday nights at the Colony for a decade. He’s also played just about every stage in Tulsa during his nearly 30-year career.
If there was a Mount Rushmore for modern Tulsa musicians Paul Benjaman’s sunglassed smiling face would be there representing the new Tulsa Sound.
Paul has toured all over the US and Europe, and played many music festivals, including representing our city and state’s music scene numerous times at South By Southwest.
Since 2010, he has been featured on multiple Horton Records releases, including a few studio albums. He also appears on the 2020 compilation “Back to Paradise: A Tulsa Tribute to Okie Music” where he covers JJ Cale, Don White, Steve Pryor and Teegarden & Van Winkle.”
Paul learned from legendary guitarist Junior Brown and has worked with Steve Earle, Jamie Johnson, George Porter Junior of The Meters, John Densmore of The Doors, Kris Kristofferson, Rita Coolidge, Gary Busey and many more. There was also an appearance on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon as sideman for the T Bone Burnett produced Secret Sisters.
When he’s not playing live music, he’s been helping others learn how to play guitar for 25 years through as an instructor at Guitar House of Tulsa. We featured a great article on the business earlier this year that is linked in the show notes.
We discuss his musical origins, his long career in music and what has kept him in Tulsa all this time. We talk about the current state of the music scene and what he’s got in the works and lots more.
Following our conversation, you can hear his song, “Sneaker.”
He is a really cool dude and a heck of a musician. I’m so happy we finally got the chance to talk.
A reminder: you can always find weekly music listings every Monday at TulsaPeople.com. Also, be sure to subscribe to this podcast channel, so you can hear all our featured conversations and our twice-monthly mini episodes of About Town.
OK let’s get this going.
This is Tulsa Talks with Paul Benjaman.
Welcome to Tulsa Talks presented by Tulsa Regional Chamber. I’m your host Tim Landes.
My guest on this episode has been providing the soundtrack for fun Sunday nights at the Colony for a decade. He’s also played just about every stage in Tulsa during his nearly 30-year career.
If there was a Mount Rushmore for modern Tulsa musicians Paul Benjaman’s sunglassed smiling face would be there representing the new Tulsa Sound.
Paul has toured all over the US and Europe, and played many music festivals, including representing our city and state’s music scene numerous times at South By Southwest.
Since 2010, he has been featured on multiple Horton Records releases, including a few studio albums. He also appears on the 2020 compilation “Back to Paradise: A Tulsa Tribute to Okie Music” where he covers JJ Cale, Don White, Steve Pryor and Teegarden & Van Winkle.”
Paul learned from legendary guitarist Junior Brown and has worked with Steve Earle, Jamie Johnson, George Porter Junior of The Meters, John Densmore of The Doors, Kris Kristofferson, Rita Coolidge, Gary Busey and many more. There was also an appearance on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon as sideman for the T Bone Burnett produced Secret Sisters.
When he’s not playing live music, he’s been helping others learn how to play guitar for 25 years through as an instructor at Guitar House of Tulsa. We featured a great article on the business earlier this year that is linked in the show notes.
We discuss his musical origins, his long career in music and what has kept him in Tulsa all this time. We talk about the current state of the music scene and what he’s got in the works and lots more.
Following our conversation, you can hear his song, “Sneaker.”
He is a really cool dude and a heck of a musician. I’m so happy we finally got the chance to talk.
A reminder: you can always find weekly music listings every Monday at TulsaPeople.com. Also, be sure to subscribe to this podcast channel, so you can hear all our featured conversations and our twice-monthly mini episodes of About Town.
OK let’s get this going.
This is Tulsa Talks with Paul Benjaman.
52 min