Shawn Benfield
Beckley, West Virginia, United States | Established. Jan 01, 2000
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The best kept secret in music
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Still working on that hot first release.
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Hailing from the hills of Southern WV, Shawn Benfield is a singer/songwriter multi-instrumentalist who is by no means new to the game. He has been performing for over 20 years. Shawn grew up in a very musical family. "My great grandfather and all of my grandmother's brothers and sisters played music." Benfield began taking guitar lessons at age 9 from local musician Dan Bailey. By age 14 he was already getting hired by local venues. At age 15 his guitar took him to Studio Chicago in IL to record his first full length record with his older brother's band he had recently joined. In 2008 Shawn's daughter was born and he took a break from performing for several years. Now he is back and better than ever. In the past couple of years he has had a busy schedule of live shows opening for such artists as Sunny Sweeney, Arlo McKinley, and Josh Morningstar. Shawn writes from the heart about lifes troubles and lessons learned. He released his solo debut ep "The Shorter It Gets, The Harder It Hits..." on December 21st 2020 and appeared on Lexington, KY's Red Barn Radio on December 23rd. "Releasing an ep during a global pandemic wasn't my ideal plan." said Benfield, "But you work with what you got, and I'm just thankful the albums are selling and people are listening." A music video for the song "The River (Lay Me Down)" was released December 5th 2020 and currently has 8.5k views and 182 shares on Facebook. Shawn is currently working on the follow up full length to be released in 2021. "You can't let anything slow you down." says Benfield. "You have to keep your name out there and keep pushing." "I can't wait to get back out on the road when it's safe."
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