Newer Track of mine - "Winter"
I recorded this after speaking to my grandfather for the last time.
Cherish the moments, enjoy em' while you got em'
Merry Christmas Everyone,
Benjamin Brown

Benjamin Brown - Winter

What Home Was - Benjamin Brown

(recorded on my iPhone - headphones recommended) 
This song has been in my head all week.  
Townes Van Zandt - the king of beautifully sad songs.
Happy Memorial Day,
Benjamin Brown

Tecumseh Valley - Townes Van Zandt (cover)

New Song - "Deeper"

Sound quality is not the best (headphones recommended)
I'll record it again in better quality in the future.
I just had to get this song out of my chest.

Hope y'all like it.

Deeper - BPB

For My Father

A Poem - Written by his brother Doug - My Uncle, My Brother

"Memories of a man
In the Shadow of Shasta
Bumpy roads in the distance
Winding roads left behind
Pressing ever forward
Our future to find
Long hair and a beard
Loving soul, honest eyes
On the wings of an angel
His spirit now flies
Memories of a man
In the Shadow of Shasta
His legacy lives on
In family and friends
Through stories and laughter
A message of love he sends
Gone not forgotten
Your presence remains
Your spirit your wisdom
In our blood remains
Memories of my brother
In the Shadow of Shasta
For Pat."

- Douglas Brown

Always - Benjamin Patrick

For Sarah.

"A Friend"

Broken, but not beaten
Hurtin', yet still stay
Leanin' on uneven floors
Bless the heart - of you & yours.

'Yer secret, is safe with me
And I will carry all your pain
But I won't cry with you honey
Help you up, like ya done for me.

A Friend (EP)

Tic Tac Toe Tag

Sliver of hope - Is all I own
Ripped where I’ve sown - My soul is shown
Drifting to find - My Place
In your arms - I am ready
For this day to end
I am ready
For the sun to descend 
I can’t stay here - No I don’t belong
I can’t get warm

Walls losin’ room - For the days to tally
Head for my doom - To have sweet mercy
Pour out my last drop - And drink the rain
I shall exhume - This Hell I’m bleedin’
My only friend - I have come to
She done cried - Help me help you
If I can grow old - All I’ll need - Is her to hold

Oh wisdom - This prison
Unlearned - Unlearned
Now almost time - To draw the line
That highway mile - As good as mine
I’m ready - For this road to end
I am ready - to repent once again
I’m afraid - Second coming - Ain’t coming

Oh the sound - I can see
Oh the sound - Slowly dyin’
But oh my God - I am tryin’
To Live.

Done (13)

Damned

Now don’t fret it - Now it ain’t nothin’
‘Cause I am damned - Far cry to fathum
Carved in stone
And written in red

Now it just is - Think, blink and miss it
Was well deserved - Blood dries the stiches
Come again 
And mend me

The skies were angry
And Mama moaned warning
Yet I didn’t listen - No
Boy I sure do now
Yes I sure do now

Now don’t fret it - Now it ain’t nothin’
‘Cause I am damned - Far cry to fathum
Carved in stone
And written in red.

Damned (13)

66&6

On 66&6 - I kissed her spitfire lips
At the dead of dawn - I can say I’ve sawn
Call me - A full moon looney 
Call me - A full moon looney
I’m half empty - And the pain is still looming

1:44 a.m. - Ghost I am singin’ me somethin’
I’m soaked in sin - Some hurry my jury be in
Sink or swim - Put me down like a dog
Sink or swim - Put me down like a dog
Come crows - Pick my bones
Pass it on - Pass it on

At last - I can rest my burnin’ skin
At last - I can rest my burnin’ skin
For it is me - Who shall be
The last one laughin’.

6 6 & 6 (13)

The Toast

Old man on the balcony - As good as gone
“How’d you get that scar?”
He said, “Which one?”

“I gaze upon these gallows - Where my
Heroes used to hang
I’m no angel - And boy
You ain’t no saint
Just one last drink”

A toast to your life - A toast to my demise
A toast just for a toast -
May you be better - Than I was

Take these old work boots
And where them one day
Only then you’ll know - Young gun
My whole short story

“Old man where you goin’?”
“Over the railin,’”
“All I know is gone, but wait-
Just one last drink”

A toast to your life - A toast to my demise
A toast just for a toast -
May you be better - Than I was
A toast to you and your advice
May we sip this sweet whiskey
Your words - I will carry on.

The Toast (13)

Wish

She was a painter
She was a listener
She was a singer
She was a sinner
I could not render
To lie for more
If I was younger
I’d crawl to her
If I was younger
I’d crawl to her

Now I am a drifter
Of heat and thirst
A drink of water
Please kiss me first
Then I’ll know
That I was one
Hurry on
I ain’t got long
Hurry on
I ain’t got long.

Wish (13)

Benjamin Brown is a singer/songwriter now living in Nashville. 
He is a self-taught guitarist who is mainly inspired by the musicians from the aspiring immersion of blues artists in the early part of the 20th Century.

Born in Chicago, his family traveled the country during his childhood, where they ultimately settled in rural areas of Northern California. At age 16, soon after Ben found his love for guitar, he suffered an accident leaving him with three quarters of a ring finger on his right hand – what he now uses for the signature beat you hear in most of his music.

When Ben began performing, he wowed audiences at local public events and assemblies. He moved to Berkeley when he was 19 where he and his brother formed a simple, yet empowering band named Devil said Maybe - with whom he performed around the Bay Area for 2 years. Since then, his music has mellowed, singing and playing as a solo artist with a smoky draw, influenced by artists in the likes of Mississippi Fred McDowell, Howlin' Wolf, Blind Willie Johnson, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, The Doors and The Rolling Stones (to name a few). His lyrics suggest a sense of salvation, as he writes about triumphing a ruthless evil. However, his seemingly melancholy sound, when listened to closely, encourages an uplifting message.

You can find this rugged bluesman, with his 1951 vintage Gibson cutaway in hand and a tattered notebook of lyrics at foot, at a plethora of venues in San Francisco and surrounding areas.

Benjamin Patrick Brown

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