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I won my first Grammy at 33 – George Benson

He has won the American Grammy award 10 times; he can pass as jazz legend as he is one the greatest guitarist in jazz history. … Continue reading I won my first Grammy at 33 – George Benson


He has won the American Grammy award 10 times; he can pass as jazz legend as he is one the greatest guitarist in jazz history.

Now 69 years old but looking ever so young as he was born March 22nd 1943, George Benson made our day on Sunrise as he was our Guest of the Week on the Saturday morning programme to give tips on how he has succeed in evolving with his genre of music from the yester years down to the new generation making his music pass as ever green.

George has proved to be evergreen as he has so far recorded 30 albums to his credit and still waxing stronger to add to the number mentioned above.
When asked how he felt when he won his first Grammy up to the tenth, George responded saying he was already matured when he won his first Grammy which he got at 33 years old and before then the thought he had musically was that it was time for him to bow out of the industry and that was when his first three Grammy came knocking, all three in one night!.

He explained further that after he won the Grammies he thought he had moved to a planet called ‘Bensonville’ saying the feeling was really great for him on that night.

 

My mother’s nickname was ‘Sing’

George narrated how he got into the line of music at a very young age and this was prompted by his mother and according to his account, his mother was nicknamed ‘Sing’ because every time she comes around you she always will sing. He said when he was born, his mother was very young so all the time she sang to him when he was born and so he grew up with different repertoire of songs and by time George was four years old and ready to go to school.

After this was discovered at his school, George was made to sing at every event held at school.

The Grammy awards winner said the mother had already known he was going to be singer and the funny thing was that his father sings and plays trombone too even though he didn’t spend the early part of his life with him for most times he is away from home, qualifying him as Charlie Parker lover which also made him to start listening to Charlie Parker