Ben Keith RIP

Russ Tkac · Post by **Russ Tkac** » 29 Jul 2010 7:08 pm

So sorry to hear. Ben was a great player.

Russ

robert kramer · Post by **robert kramer** » 31 Jul 2010 4:59 am

Ben Keith obituary from 7/31/10 New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/31/arts/ ... ?ref=music

Greg Wisecup · Post by **Greg Wisecup** » 2 Aug 2010 8:01 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDHMaWIY ... =1&index=2

Glen Derksen · Post by **Glen Derksen** » 1 Sep 2010 10:30 pm

It's been a while since I've visited this forum, but this is sad!

Brad Sarno · Post by **Brad Sarno** » 6 Sep 2010 12:43 pm

Man, Ben's steel work with Neil has been hard-wired in my brain since I was a kid. It's just part of my life soundtrack.

That's some real special music he made.

RIP Ben. Thank you for the beautiful sounds.

Brad

Ted Solesky · Post by **Ted Solesky** » 19 Sep 2010 4:27 pm

Sorry to hear about Ben. I met him in Pa. when we opened for Faron. Ben was a real gentlman.

Michael Johnstone · Post by **Michael Johnstone** » 16 Nov 2010 9:45 pm

I did some hanging out with Ben back in the day. I was going through some old photos yesterday and came across this one I snapped in my home in North Hollywood in 1984. It came out so good I thought I'd share it. When I first met him,I said: "Let's talk knee levers" and he replied: "Ain't nothin to talk about". Ben was one of the good ones.

Barry Blackwood · Post by **Barry Blackwood** » 17 Nov 2010 7:52 am

Great picture, Mike. I'm sure his relatives would appreciate that one.

Greg Simmons · Post by **Greg Simmons** » 20 Nov 2010 10:36 am

Thanks Mike...

Chris LeDrew · Post by **Chris LeDrew** » 16 Dec 2010 11:03 pm

When I first met him,I said: "Let's talk knee levers" and he replied: "Ain't nothin to talk about".

Amen. I talked to him on the phone in May 2009 when Neil was in town. It was a conversation I'll never forget. He had 3+1 for Harvest and everything after. I stand forever in awe.