![]() ![]() His album Breezin' was certified triple-platinum on the Billboard 200 chart in 1976. He then launched a successful solo career, alternating between jazz, pop, R&B singing, and scat singing. Benson uses a rest-stroke picking technique similar to that of gypsy jazz players such as Django Reinhardt.Ī former child prodigy, Benson first came to prominence in the 1960s, playing soul jazz with Jack McDuff and others. He began his professional career at twenty-one, as a jazz guitarist. George Benson (born March 22, 1943) is a ten-time Grammy Award-winning American musician and singer-songwriter. I like that about them more than anything else.” He was baptized in 1979.īrother Benson is now 71 years old and has been faithfully serving Jehovah for some 36 years. They are very demanding in that they stick to bible principles and they do not waiver from it. ![]() My mother took me to all these different places to learn about religion in general and for me the thing that I was looking for was found with the Jehovah's Witnesses. I had a chance to see what motivated other people so the value was still there. In an online interview, George explained how he learned the Truth: ”For me answered a lot of my questions about life and another thing about going to different churches was I got a chance to see how other people think so none of that was wasted. In this, as well as in the healthy relationship he’s maintained with his beloved wife Johnnie Lee since the 60’s, Benson is a shining example of how fame and fortune need not turn one away from serving Jehovah.īrother Benson started to study the Bible in the 1970's after his beloved cousin was tragically murdered. ![]() Unlike many of his contemporaries, Benson enjoyed making music that is about love and romance, but without the crudeness often present in such lyrics. Born and raised in Pennsylvania, where he began playing music outside a corner store at age seven, Benson’s accomplishments also include a triple platinum album (Breezin’) and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. This Grammy-Award winning Jazz guitarist is another well-known Witness of Jehovah. Please register or sign in (it's free) to view the hidden content. ![]()
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