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Brendan Benson is a Michigan born musician and songwriter. He sings and plays guitar, bass guitar, keyboard and drums. He has released three solo albums and is a member of the band The Raconteurs.<p>Benson's major musical influences include The Cars, David Bowie, The Electric Light Orchestra, Elvis Costello, The Kinks, Robyn Hitchcock, Paul McCartney, and Todd Rundgren.[citation needed]<p>His debut album, One Mississippi, was released in 1996 on Virgin Records. The album featured several contributions with Jason Falkner and gained many favourable reviews in the music press but failed to sell in sufficient numbers and Benson was dropped by Virgin.<p>Due to this, Brendan fell into a sort of depression and didn't do much musically for six years.<p>In 2002 the follow up to One Mississippi was released, Lapalco. Again the critical plaudits poured in but this time the record enjoyed a certain degree of commercial success. The song "Good To Me" from this album appeared on the British show Teachers...
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