guest session
08.19.24
Benny Trokan had long made a name for himself playing with Robbers on High Street, Lee Fields’ Expressions, The Jay Vons, Reigning Sound, and Charles Bradley’s Extraordinaires. He also had a brief stint in Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings. His most recent collaborative exploit has been contributing his talents to Spoon’s GRAMMY-nominated album Lucifer on the Sofa.
His debut solo album Do You Still Think of Me (via Wick/Dapton) is due Aug 23.
Benny writes music that’s too cool for the A side. In his own words, “I like to think that someone discovering my music is similar to the feeling I get finding a record I’ve never heard before, or flipping over a 45 to find out that the b-side is really where it’s at. Those are the songs that always do it for me.”
Tracklist:
Gino Washington – What Can a Man Do Bobby Jameson – I’m Lonely The Crystals – Uptown The Falcons – Standing on Guard Mighty Joe Young – Suffering Soul Paul Anka – Uh Huh Hollywood Jills – He Makes Me So Mad Creations – I’ve Got to Find Her Tim Tam and the Turn-Ons – Opelia Bo Allen – My Time The Gants – I Wonder Johnny Wells – Lonely Moon Titus Turner – Bla, Bla, Bla, Cha Cha Cha Ray Agee – Your Precious Love Ronny Kae – Drums Fell Off a Cliff Morfomen – Only the Young Sanford Clark – Still as the Night Rick Nelson – Summertime The Decades – C’mon Pretty Baby Pete Morticelli – Lost The Contrails – Mummy Walk (Walking Death) The Wildweeds – No Good to Cry The Uncalled For – Do Like Me The Ramrods – Bright Lit Blue Skies John Fred – Sun City Brenton Wood – I Think You’ve Got Your Fools Mixed Up The Linneas – Born to Be Your Baby