Origin: Detroit, MI
Decades: 1990's and 2000's
On the rockier end of the power pop spectrum (more Who than Raspberries, that is), Michigan-born, Berkeley, CA-based singer/songwriter Brendan Benson debuted at the age of 26 with a sterling first album, 1996's One Mississippi. Unfortunately, record company troubles both before and after the fact damaged the momentum of the record. Jason Falkner (Jellyfish, the Grays, etc.) co-wrote over half the songs on the album with Benson, but the first version of the album, produced by Falkner, was rejected by the lab... Read More