Ben Blackburn- Bass & Vocals

I started playing bass at 13 in 1963. I was playing in a band with my best friend, who later went on to tour with the Grass roots in the 80's. We played both surf music and 50's & 60's R&B as well as some blues. Then when the Beatles hit, we started to play British invasion music. Later in the 60's we got into the psychedelic scene.

We played in some of the early Hollywood clubs, like the Seawitch and the world-famous Pandora's Box.

I quit playing in '71, to get married and raise a family, moving to Las Vegas in'79. I got the itch to start playing again in the late '80's. So I started to attend Bill Cherry's Blues jams at Shifties.

I've played in several local classic rock bands over the last 30 years. But somehow, Because, of my early start playing 50's and 60's R&B and blues, I keep wanting to go back to my roots.