Benjamin Tod
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Benjamin Tod Flippo |
| Genres | Country, folk |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | Guitar, vocals |
| Years active | 2008-present |
| Labels | Anti-Corp |
| Associated acts | Barefoot Surrender, Lost Dog Street Band |
| Website | www |
Benjamin Tod Flippo,[1] better known as Benjamin Tod, is an American singer-songwriter. He is lead singer and guitarist for the Lost Dog Street Band with his Ashley Mae (vocals, fiddle) and Jeff Loops (bass).[2] The band has released several albums through crowdfunding platforms, with their album Weight of a Trigger reaching number five on the Billboard Bluegrass Albums chart in 2019.
Biography
Early life and career
Benjamin Tod grew up in Cottontown, Tennessee and was raised by his grandparents because of his parents' struggles with addiction and other legal challenges. At the age of twelve, his grandmother and one of his sisters moved to a small lot in Hermitage. That situation was uncomfortable for him and he began to run away often, leading his grandfather to believe that he "would end up in jail or the pull pen."[3][4] At the age of fourteen, he was expelled from school.[4] Tod experienced wanderlust and began hopping freight trains as a way to see the country, an experience that Tod has called, "Uniquely American." The years he spent hopping freight trains caused him to be "ok with loneliness and self-reflection." According to Tod, he has "been a criminal [his] whole life... [he's] gotten money any way you can possibly imagine."[5][6]
Tod was raised approximately thirty minutes from Nashville, and began going to the city around the age of twelve.[4] At the age of thirteen, he began busking on lower Broadway with the guidance of "Mandolin" Mike Slusser. Tod became heavily involved in the Nashville punk scene, and began playing bass in a gutter punk band called Capital Murder.[7]
Lost Dog Street Band
After being part of a music group called Barefoot Surrender, Tod and Mae formed the Lost Dog Street Band in 2010, named after their yellow Labrador, Daisy. Tod would do guitar and vocals while Mae would play the fiddle.[8][7]
Tod and Mae met Nicholas and Shannon Jae Ridout. The two couples formed the street-quartet, Spitshine, and began touring together. In 2013 Nicholas Ridout committed suicide and Tod and Mae rekindled Lost Dog Street Band.[7][1] The band has crowdfunded multiple albums through Indiegogo and Kickstarter, as well as self-publishing their music videos on the YouTube channel Gems on VHS.[4][9] His songwriting credits include, "September Doves," "Using Again," "I Will Rise," "War Inside Me,"[importance?] as well as publishing songs of the late Nicholas Ridout including "When I Went Down to Georgia" and "Lazy Moonshiner."[importance?] Lost Dog Street Band continues to tour and released their fifth studio album Weight of a Trigger in 2019, and in April of 2019 the album reached number five on the Billboard Bluegrass Album chart.[10]
Solo career
In 2017, Tod released a solo album, "I Will Rise," which was recorded in a single session with "two mics and no overdubbing," and contains songs so personal that Tod has vowed to never play them again.[11] In early 2019, Tod announced his second solo album, "A Heart of Gold is Hard to Find," to be released on November 22, 2019.[12]
Personal life
In 2008, Tod met Ashley Mae when they were both teenagers, and live in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.[4][13]
Discography
as Lost Dog Street Band
- Sick Pup (2011)
- Life's a Dog-gone Shame (2013)
- Homeward Bound (2015)
- Rage and Tragedy (2016)
- Weight of a Trigger (2019)
Solo albums
- I Will Rise (2017)
- A Heart of Gold Is Hard to Find (upcoming, Nov 2019)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Berlatsky, Noah. "Nashville's Lost Dog Street Band makes ragged-but-right folk music". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
- ↑ "Lost Dog Street Band". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
- ↑ Benjamin Tod, "We Ain’t Even Kin," // GemsOnVHS™, retrieved 2019-09-09
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Siegel, Jacob; Siegel, Jacob (2018-08-08). "GemsOnVHS: Meet the YouTuber Who's Spearheading a New Wave of DIY Americana". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
- ↑ Viriyapah, Matthew. "Lost Dog Street Band: Modern Outlaws". www.kosu.org. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
- ↑ Lost Dog street band documentary // GemsOnVHS™, retrieved 2019-09-09
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Benjamin Tod of Lost Dog Street Band". www.benjamintodmusic.com. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
- ↑ https://do303.com/events/2019/7/26/lost-dog-street-band
- ↑ "Show Review: Lost Dog Street Band, Matt Heckler, and the Tillers • Americana Highways". Americana Highways. 2019-08-17. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
- ↑ "Bluegrass Music: Top Bluegrass Albums Chart April 13 2019". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-09-11. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "I Will Rise, by Benjamin Tod". Benjamin Tod. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
- ↑ "BENJAMIN TOD: Lost Dog Street Band Frontman Confirms November Release Of New Solo LP, A Heart Of Gold Is Hard To Find, Via Anti-Corporate Music; Video Posted – Earsplit Compound". Retrieved 2019-09-12.
- ↑ "Lost Dog Street Band Bio". www.lostdogstreetband.com. Retrieved 2019-09-09. Unknown parameter
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