Oscar Benton Blues Band ‎– The Blues Is Gonna Wreck My Life 1969 (Netherlands, Blues Rock)

Oscar Benton Blues Band ?– The Blues Is Gonna Wreck My Life 1969 (Netherlands, Blues Rock)

Since 1967, the name of Oscar Benton has been firmly entrenched in the blues scene of the Benelux. After completing his training in mandolin and violin, Oscar Benton formed his Oscar Benton Blues Band that same year. In 1968 the band released their debut album "Feel So Good". In 1974, Oscar Benton left the band and began collaborating with singer Monica Verschoor, with whom he released several commercially oriented singles, which as a result became his first hits.
But the real breakthrough for Oscar Benton's solo career was 1981, when French actor Alan Delon used Oscar's song "Bensonhurst Blues", in the movie "For the Policeman's Skin". Oscar Benton's characteristic vocals created a special atmosphere for the film ... And the result was a well-deserved take-off of the song to the first places in the hit parades of many countries.

In 1987, Oscar Benton decided to restore the team "Oscar Benton Blues Band".
Discography:
1968 Feel So Good
1969 The Blues Has Wrecked My Life
1971 Benton '71
1972 Draggin''Round
1972 The Best Of
1981 Bensonhurst Blues
1982 The Best Of (re-issue)
1983 My Kind Of Blues 1989 Blues Party
1990 Live
1993 Best Part Of My Life
2003 Home

Tracks:
01. I Ain’t Got The Feeling — 0:00
02. Five Long Years — 2:56
03. How The Blues Got Me — 8:05
04. Five Hundred Miles — 15:04
05. Have You Seen My Wife — 18:02
06. I’m A Blue Blues Singer — 24:50
07. The Blues Is Gonna Wreck My Life — 30:32
08. Dedicated To Lofton (Part II) — 33:27
09. My Sweet Angel — 38:18

Personnel:
Oscar Benton (Ferdinand van Eif) — guitar, vocals
Barrelhouse Bailey (Hans van Dam) — piano
H.J.B. Hawkins (Peter van Kouteren) — bass
Lonesome Tanny Lant (Herman Souverein) — drums