{"id":3470,"date":"2010-08-26T08:29:10","date_gmt":"2010-08-26T16:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/?p=3470"},"modified":"2010-08-26T08:35:37","modified_gmt":"2010-08-26T16:35:37","slug":"gimme-five-ben-of-ben-davis-and-the-jett","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/2010\/08\/gimme-five-ben-of-ben-davis-and-the-jett\/","title":{"rendered":"Gimme Five! Ben of Ben Davis and the Jett$"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Picture-12.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3472\" title=\"Ben Davis and the Jett$\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Picture-12-300x200.png\" alt=\"Ben Davis and the Jett$\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Picture-12-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Picture-12-360x240.png 360w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Picture-12-120x80.png 120w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Picture-12.png 758w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcRound about ten years ago, on the eve of welcoming a son into the world, Ben Davis happily decided to get down to the serious business of being an adult.\u00c2\u00a0 Settling down theoretically meant packing up his belongings and hanging up his punk rock aspirations (and relentless touring schedule).\u00c2\u00a0 But, ten years, three records (2001\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s <em>The Hushed Patterns of Relief<\/em>, 2003\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s <em>Aided &amp; Abetted<\/em>, and 2010\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s <em>Charge it Up!<\/em>), and a split 7\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (2007\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s <em>The Battle of the Beards<\/em><strong>) <\/strong>later, and if anything, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reverbnation.com\/bendavismusic\">Davis<\/a> has happily discovered his family is just new inspiration for an even broader musical ambition.<\/p>\n<p>First as a solo-project and then along with his backing band <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bendavisandthejetts.com\/\">The Jett$<\/a> (Eric Wallen, Megan Culton, Andy Willard, and Benji Shirley), Davis has explored everything from sparse pop to punchy, anthemic rock.\u00c2\u00a0 Where the first release employed cello, piano, and a wash of guitars to moody ends, the latest release (<em>Charge it Up!<\/em>) plugs into a charging aesthetic, eschewing gauzy texture for straightforward, attacking guitars and melodies to match.\u00c2\u00a0 It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a sound fostered thanks to a lot of energetic touring, and it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a live show you can see for yourself this Friday August 27<sup>th<\/sup> at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nightlightclub.com\/\">The Nightlight<\/a> where they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be joined by Controlled Storms, Last Year&#8217;s Men, Pointless Forest.<\/p>\n<p>Now just the five hardest questions in faux business:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. If your band were an Elton John album, which would it be?<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/album-empty-sky.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3478\" title=\"Elton John's Empty Sky\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/album-empty-sky-298x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/album-empty-sky-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/album-empty-sky-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/album-empty-sky-79x80.jpg 79w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/album-empty-sky.jpg 455w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nIt would have to be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Empty-Sky-Elton-John\/dp\/B000001EG8\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=music&amp;qid=1282840408&amp;sr=8-1\"><em>Empty Sky<\/em><\/a>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6because the Jett$ need to fly free.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. What first made you think music was something you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d like to try?<\/strong><br \/>\nBoth of my parents are musicians so it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s always been something I was around.\u00c2\u00a0 Of course, they all read music , teach, and are actually talented.\u00c2\u00a0 I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m the slacker of the family for sure.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Describe how your sons have influenced your music.<\/strong><br \/>\nWell, when my first son was born I went through a phase of introspection and writing quieter stuff. I now have another son who is 2 and a half \u00c2\u00a0and we are all ready to get loud and stupid 24\/7.\u00c2\u00a0 My older son Rick is just turning 11 and plays drums and has his own bands.\u00c2\u00a0 He has been putting on his own shows and flyering and stuff since he was 5 without any push from me. He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s pretty amazing. I know a bunch of band parents with kids who have bands and are in 4th and 5th grade. The crop of young rockers in the Triangle is going to be insane.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/durham_woody.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3476\" title=\"Woody Durham. Photo courtesy of NCAB\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/durham_woody-265x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"182\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/durham_woody-265x300.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/durham_woody-906x1024.jpg 906w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/durham_woody-70x80.jpg 70w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/durham_woody.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 182px) 100vw, 182px\" \/><\/a>4. Who\/what might be a few inspirations or influences that might really surprise people?<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/\">NPR<\/a>. Audio books. <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Woody_Durham\">Woody Durham<\/a>. Sleep Deprivation. Coffee. &#8211; \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Probably not that much of a surprise to anyone.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. What did you dream of being when you were a kid? (How \u00e2\u20ac\u2122d that turn out?)<\/strong><br \/>\nIn third grade I had a serious air guitar full on band.\u00c2\u00a0 We would have practice every day after school and get really into it and get mad at each other if we messed up.\u00c2\u00a0 So mostly the dream worked out perfectly.\u00c2\u00a0 I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been lucky enough to hang out with a ton of awesome musicians, play great shows, but I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m mostly still faking my way through it all.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c<\/p>\n<p>Ben Davis and the Jett$ play <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nightlightclub.com\/\">The Nightlight<\/a> this Friday day, August 27.\u00c2\u00a0 And please, by all means give Ben a high five when you see him!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcRound about ten years ago, on the eve of welcoming a son into the world, Ben Davis happily decided to get down to the serious business of being an adult.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":3472,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[311],"class_list":["post-3470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","tag-gimme-five"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3470"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3485,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3470\/revisions\/3485"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}