Benjamin Doerr - Midwestern transplant becomes local musical genius
Benjamin Doerr said, “It wasn’t until partway through my sixth grade year that I happened upon my grandmother’s old guitar. I remember picking it up and wishing more than anything that I could make it sound good.” Lucky for us he did.
His passion for life and music comes through loud and clear in both his records - the first “Sketches of a Real Life” are exactly that - bits and pieces of a life reproduced through story songs. In 2009, his sophomore record “One Door Open” is wider and deeper on an emotional and musical level if that can be possible. Doerr captures the human condition with all its warts but doesn’t make us seem ugly, just human. For such a young man, his depth of emotion and connection with others is amazing. Each song on this new album has something to say from the opening cut You Can See to the final cut Still Remain are a winding path of delicious melodies and lyrics that are treasures.
I heard Doerr perform a number of these songs live a few times. Watching him perform live you can see how much of his soul he pours into his work. My favorites on his new album are Choice for the hooks and pointed lyrics (and being the reason for the title of the album) and One Regret, the sexiest song on the entire record.
Check him out at http://www.benjamindoerr.com/ and on MySpace, Facebook and the usual places. His album can be purchased online, at record stores or at his shows. If you get a chance to see him perform, I would highly recommend it. Enjoyable as all get out.
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