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Changing Horses is the fourth studio album by American singer Ben Kweller which was released on February 2, 2009 in Europe and February 3, 2009, in the United States. It was expected for release in September 2008 but was delayed to 2009. Kweller has described the album as being more country in style than his previous releases.
- Country Rock Alt-Country Folk Rock
2 feb 2009 · Changing Horses by Ben Kweller, released 02 February 2009 1. Gypsy Rose 2. Old Hat 3. Fight 4. Hurtin' You 5. Ballad of Wendy Baker 6. Sawdust Man 7. Wantin' Her Again 8. Things I Like to Do 9. On Her Own 10. Homeward Bound Ever since I started writing songs at the age of 8, once in awhile, a country song would pop out.
Changing Horses è il quarto album in studio del cantautore e polistrumentista statunitense Ben Kweller, pubblicato nel 2009. Tracce. Gypsy Rose – 4:56; Old Hat – 4:12; Fight – 2:54; Hurtin' You – 2:47; Ballad of Wendy Baker – 3:58; Sawdust Man – 4:12; Wantin' Her Again – 2:42; Things I Like to Do – 2:09; On Her Own ...
Ricordo Ben Kweller ragazzino al debutto con Sha Sha (ATO, 2002), quella vena balzana e indolenzita, i guizzi genialoidi lo-fi e una certa versatilità che scomodarono link più o meno immediati con Badly Drawn Boy, paragone illustro visto che all’epoca il buon Damon Gough veleggiava alto tra i favori e le aspettative di pubblico e critica.
- Early Life
- Radish
- Solo Career
- Austin City Limits Performances
- Personal Life
- Discography
- References
- External Links
Ben Kweller was born in San Francisco in 1981. In 1982, his family relocated to Emory, Texas, where his father, Howard Kweller, became the town's first doctor. In 1986, the Kwellers moved to the larger Texas town of Greenville. Kweller was exposed to music at a very early age. Howard taught Ben how to play the drums when he was seven years old. For...
In 1993, Kweller became friends with a local musician, drummer John Kent, and formed the band Radish with bassist Ryan Green. The trio played locally in and around Greenville and recorded two independent releases, Hello (1994) and Dizzy (1995), with Martin Baird at Verge Music Works recording studio in Dallas, Texas. Around the time of the release ...
At age 19, Kweller moved with his girlfriend, Liz Smith, to New York, where he began his solo career. He played solo acoustic shows and self-released four EPs, comprising some of the unreleased Radish Discount Fireworx recordings and other songs recorded in his apartment on a laptop computer. It was one of these EPs, Freak Out, It's Ben Kweller, th...
Kweller played the 2003 Austin City Limits Music Festival at the conclusion of his tour, where he played Sha Shain its entirety. He returned to the Austin City Limitsin 2004 when he performed on the Bank of America stage. As part of his 2006 tour, Kweller played the Austin City Limits, where he was plagued by a severe nosebleed for the entirety of ...
Ben married his longtime love Liz in 2003(she inspired the song "Lizzy" from 2002's "Sha Sha" album). They have two sons, Dorian and Judah. On February 28, 2023, it was announced that Kweller's 16-year-old son Dorian had died in a car crash.
Albums
1. Sha Sha, ver.1, 2000 (Homemade. Feat. Songs from the unreleased Radish album Discount Fireworx. Scarce quantities known) 2. Freak Out, It's Ben Kweller, ver. 1, 2001 (Homemade. Black & white artwork. Scarce quantities known.) 3. Freak Out, It's Ben Kweller, ver. 2, 2001 (Professional packaging with shrink-wrap, color artwork. Roughly 1,500 known copies) 4. Sha Sha, ver. 2, 2002 5. On My Way, 2004 #83 US 6. Ben Kweller, 2006 #117 US 7. Changing Horses, 2009 #92 US 8. Go Fly a Kite, 2012 #12...
EPs
1. Melange, 1999 (Homemade. Very scarce quantities in circulation) 2. Bromeo, 2000 (Homemade. Very scarce quantities in circulation) 3. EP Phone Home, 2001 (Limited Edition 2,000) 4. BK, 2001 (UK version of EP Phone Home. Different songs. Limited Edition 1,500) 5. Sundress, 2006 (Limited Edition 2,500) 6. Live and Solo from the Artists Den, 2007 (Exclusive iTunes digital release.) 7. How Ya Lookin' Southbound? Come In..., 2008 (Limited Edition 2,500)
Singles
1. "Wasted & Ready", 2002 (#29, Billboard Modern Rock Trackschart) 2. "Commerce, TX", 2003 3. "Falling", 2003 4. "The Rules", 2004 5. "Sundress", 2006 6. "Penny on the Train Track", 2006 7. "Sawdust Man", 2009 8. "Jealous Girl", 2012 9. "Mean To Me", 2012 10. "Heart Attack Kid", 2019 11. "Carelesss", 2019 12. "Starz", 2020
15-year-old Kweller is profiled in the April 7, 1997 issue of The New Yorker.Kweller is profiled in chapter 4 of Nobrow, John Seabrook's 2000 study of pop culture, published by Vintage BooksComprehensive Radish and Ben Kweller discographies at Xanthein Archivefan site5 feb 2009 · Ben Kweller. 5.3. By Joshua Love. Genre: Rock. Label: ATO. Reviewed: February 5, 2009. As the title suggests, here Ben Kweller jumps from making polite, mannered 1960s-influenced indie-pop...
Kweller is inhabiting the same space as some heavy hitters. It's easy to imagine the spectres of Lefty Frizzell, Webb Pierce, Hank Williams and Gram Parsons hovering somewhere in the shadows of the studio.
