Drenched in the glow of flickering bar signs and the haze of last-call confessions, Neon and Nicotine is a five-track dive into the soul of the late-night drifter. Barstool Benny delivers smoky organ grooves, bluesy back-alley swagger, and the kind of melodies that linger like the burn of cheap whiskey. From jazz-soaked musings to soulful midnight rambles, this EP is a love letter to the lost hours and the stories told between sips.

Pull up a stool, light one up, and let the music take you somewhere between regret and revelation.

Cheap Smokes & Bad Jokes 02

Flickering Neon Blues 01

No guitars. No distractions. Just Benny's fingers finding the gospel in the gutter, playing 11 hymns for the heartbroken between cigarette drags.

Organ: Barstool Benny
Bass Guitar: Sonny "The Slug" Harris
Drums: Carl "Boom-Boom" Granger

Produced by Lou Mercer.

©1987 Press Your Luck Records, Inc. All rights reserved.

The Alley Knows My Name

"Benny Plays the Hits" ain't your grandma’s greatest hits record- it’s a barstool confessional, a jukebox jam session where the songs are half-remembered but the feeling cuts deep. Benny pounds the Hammond like it owes him money, pouring sweat, smoke, and stories into every note. These ain't chart-toppers, but they’ve been howled into the night by drunks and dreamers for decades.  

The grooves are loose, the whiskey’s neat, and the past-due bar tab ain’t getting paid anytime soon. No frills, no pretense- just Benny, his B3, with Frankie and Jimmy holding down the rhythm while the room spins slow.  

No guitars. No gimmicks. Just the sound of a man playing like there’s nothing left to lose.  

Drums: Frankie "Thumper" Morello  
Bass: Jimmy "Two Hands" DelVecchio  
Organ: Benny

Produced by Lou Mercer.
Special thanks to Bert "Cat" Thompson. What would we do without you?

©1992, 2025 Press Your Luck Records, Inc. All rights reserved.

06 Nickel and Dimed To Death

The New Indie Release from Barstool Benny

Dusted off, re-recorded, and dripping with that late-night, backroom soul—The Days Run Wild crawls out of another shoebox full of forgotten demos, polished just enough to keep the grit where it belongs. Every track bleeds straight from the heart of The Barstool Benny Trio, with Benny grinding out smoky organ grooves, Thumper Morello and Boom-Boom Granger holding down the pocket on drums like a man with a grudge, Jimmy “Two Hands” on bass, and special guest Mr. Lou Mercer handling guitar duties with the kind of effortless cool that only comes from knowing better days and worse nights.

Remember, Folks: The notes that matter most are the ones you play between last call and sunrise. Everything else is just filling time.

Produced by Lou Mercer.



©2025 Press Your Luck Records, Inc. All rights reserved.

03 Aperol On Ice

09 Summertime At The Track

Benny and Thumper take "Yesterdays" down to half-speed—like watching regret in slow motion. Their notes hang like old suits in abandoned closets while Lou Mercer's production wraps it all in amber, preserving what everyone else is trying to forget.


Produced by Lou Mercer.
©2025 Press Your Luck Records, Inc. All rights reserved.

Yesterdays

Music for midnight philosophers and 3AM saints.

09 Summertime At The Track

Barstool Benny

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