Friday, Jul 2, 2019 - Ben Balmer

In 2008, Ben Balmer set out with his steel guitar and harmonica to pursue a solo career. In true musicianship, Ben cut his teeth as a performer while living out of his car and performing on the streets in the Southwest. He then shared a room with his 3 bandmates during a month-long tour in Tokyo, Japan. Since those street-performance days, Ben now makes his home in Austin, Texas and has played everywhere from Seattle and Vancouver to New York and Delaware, in venues ranging from seedy to suave. Influenced by Paul Butterfield, Fiona Apple, Elliot Smith, Aretha Franklin, and Tom Waits, Ben Balmer’s songs seamlessly cover a mix of genres, from singer/songwriter to soul to indie rock. His blues harmonica and rootsy fingerpicking showcase songs of the most innate human emotions: the innocence of young love, the loneliness of travel and the dark sides of faith and addiction.

Ben Balmer played at Lucky Penny Living Room onFriday, July 2 2019.