Benjamin Bridwell was born on April 25,1978 and is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and musician.
12 Facts About Ben Bridwell
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Ben Bridwell is best known as the lead singer and only continuous member of the American rock band Band of Horses, as well as a former member of the band Carissa's Wierd.
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Ben Bridwell left home at age 16 and moved to Tucson, Arizona to live with his mother.
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Ben Bridwell founded a record label, Brown Records, while Brooke and Champion formed the band Carissa's Wierd.
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Ben Bridwell later received some basic drumming tuition from Brooke and subsequently replaced Carissa's Wierd drummer Robin Peringer, who left to play guitar on tour with Modest Mouse.
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Brown Records released the first two Carissa's Wierd albums, but Ben Bridwell eventually gave up running the label and Carissa's Wierd released their third album on Sad Robot records, before splitting up in 2003.
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The band reformed for a few shows in 2010 and 2011, but Ben Bridwell took no part in that reunion.
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Ben Bridwell formed the band 'Horses' which soon had to change its name to Band of Horses, following the discovery that a long defunct band called Horses were issuing re-releases.
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Brooke, Early and Meinig quit soon after Everything All the Time was released, but Ben Bridwell recruited new musicians and the band's popularity continued to grow.
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Ben Bridwell contributed the track "Your Love Is Forever" a George Harrison cover, to the album Sweetheart a compilation album released by Starbucks Entertainment on January 30,2010.
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Ben Bridwell duetted with Courtney Jaye on a cover version of The Jesus and Mary Chain track "Sometimes Always" on her 2010 album, The Exotic Sounds of Courtney Jaye.
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In 2017 Ben Bridwell contributed two tracks to the super-group project BNQT's first album, Volume 1 released April 28.