We just got word that Ben Vaughn - the Collingswood-bred rocker, encyclopedic music nerd and host of XPN’s The Many Moods of Ben Vaughn – will perform with his quintet at MilkBoy on Thursday, April 18. Tickets are now on sale, more information can be found at the WXPN Concert Calendar. Below, watch a video of Vaughn playing “Kill M.L.” at World Cafe Live last April.
South Jersey-bred rocker, producer and XPN host Ben Vaughn takes to the stage of The Tin Angel tonight. The venue is celebrating its 20th anniversary this month, and XPN Welcomes Ben and his quintet to rattle the walls a bit with some timeless garage rock tunes. The 21+ show begins at 8 p.m., tickets and more information can be found here. Below, watch a video of the Ben Vaughn Quintet playing “My First Band” at Maxwell’s in Hoboken last year.
Check out the photo below of two of our favorite DJ’s: Jerry Blavat, The Geator With The Heator, and Ben Vaughn. Ben tells us the photo was taken in 1996 at KCRW’s studios in Los Angeles when Ben was doing the video shoot for his album Rambler ’65, in which The Geator makes a guest voiceover cameo appearance. WXPN has The Geator and Ben on the radio weekly; iisten to The Many Moods of Ben Vaughn Saturdays at 5PM followed by The Geator’s Rock N Roll Rhythm and Blues Express at 6PM. WXPN Welcomes the Ben Vaughn Quintet to the Tin Angel on Tuesday, November 13th. Go here to buy tickets and for more information about the show. Below the photo be sure to watch the video for the song. Photo below compliments of Ben Vaughn
After we posted this photo of Ben Vaughn, we asked Ben to send us some more photos from his archives. Below, check out a photo of Ben and R&B singer Arthur Alexander, and below that Ben with the legendary Johnny Otis.
Ben Vaughn with Arthur Alexander
With Johnny Otis at Capitol studios, 1989
Our friend Ben Vaughn must have an incredible collection of old photos, assuming he can find them amongst his tens of thousands of records. From his days with the Ben Vaughn Combo to his various record producing gigs over the years, Ben occasionally posts them to his Facebook. Ben describes the photo above: “The Combo in Philly. JFK Plaza lunchtime concert, 1986. Gus says he might still own those pants.” Don’t miss The Many Moods Of Ben Vaughn radio show Saturdays at 5pm on XPN. He can play anything he wants and make it sound great.
photo courtesy of Shore Fire Media
To many music fans, Gene Ween is known as the lead singer of Ween; since the mid ’80s, he and childhood friend Mickey Melchiondo (Dean Ween) have been performing under that name. These days, Gene (real name Aaron Freeman) is getting ready to release his debut solo album as Aaron Freeman, called Marvelous Clouds. It is being released by Partisan Records on May 8th and was produced by Ben Vaughn—producer and host of The Many Moods of Ben Vaughn (Saturdays at 5 pm on WXPN). Vaughn last worked with Freeman when Vaughn produced Ween’s 1996 release 12 Golden Country Greats. Marvelous Clouds contains all covers of songs by the poet, musician, and author Rod McKuen. Below, listen to “As I Love My Own.”
Tonight, inspired by the sounds of the Sir Douglas Quintet, Ben Vaughn performs as the Sir Benjamin Quintet w/ Dixy Blood at the Little Bar, 736 S. 8th St. (at Fitzwater) at 9:00 p.m. Vaughn, the host of WXPN’s The Many Moods of Ben Vaughn played two area shows this past week and tonight’s show wraps up his return to the Philly area before heading back to his home in LA. Dixy Blood, fronted by Clarence “Mick” Cancer and including guitarist Richie Lustre (formerly of Philly’s legendary Sickkidz) open. Below, check out a video of he Ben Vaughn Combo covering “She’s About A Mover” by the Sir Douglas Quintet.
