Austin-based singer/songwriter, and former grunge wunderkind Ben Kweller brings his new stoner country sound to the Crowbar in Ybor City tonight. Here's an excerpt from a feature I did on him for the current issue of ">Creative Loafing:
"I mean, life is life; everybody has their own journey, and I feel real fortunate," Kweller says from a tour stop in Chicago. "I had such a head start at this music thing. I learned a lot at an early age and through my experiences as a teenager was able to start a successful solo career at 18. Once I moved to New York from Texas, I knew all the bad shit to stay away from and good shit to keep with me. It was a good thing. I'm one of those believers in the 'if it's meant to be' philosophy."
Read my Ben Kweller piece in its entirety.
This article appears in Oct 22-28, 2008.