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Ben Morgan is a contemporary American music artist, whose sound is generally characterized as "New Country" or "Southern Rock", although his offerings also include tunes that fall within the Classic Rock, Blues, and Funk genres.

Ben Morgan was born in St Louis, Missouri as the only child of parents who were each accomplished piano/keyboard players and demonstrated a natural musical ear early in life, developing his skills on the piano, guitar, bass and drums before the age of ten. Ben began playing professionally while in high school, but elected to defer a full time musical career to learn the technical side of his craft, enrolling in a comprehensive music program at Millikan University, in Decatur,Illinois. While learning music theory and production techniques, Ben served as a studio musician, and also continued to play in several bands, playing throughout the Midwest and parts of the Northeastern United States. Ben ultimately left school to return to the road and performing, playing as a solo acoustic artist, or as part of duo acts with an accompanying bass player or female vocalist, as well as in bands.

Ben had written original music all of his life, and although performing primarily as a crowd-entertaining cover artist, Ben would occasionally work  original compositions into his performances. In late 2015, Ben began devoting himself to his original works and began working with Leg-Up Productions, LLC, a St Louis based music promotion company. Things then moved quickly. [For above, see www.leg-upproductions.com]

By late 2016, Ben and his band were ‘in studio' completing his first album, a seven song EP entitled “Sweet History”, and had been signed to headline a major concert event, BUDWEISER PRESENTS BEN MORGAN AND BAND LIVE ON STAGE @ THE BIERGARTEN, Anheuser-Busch, St Louis, Missouri that would occur the following April.[see, www.biertours.com]   Two songs from  the Sweet History album, the title track and “Age is A State of Mind”, were pre-released in late December 2016, [iTunes.com/____] with the entire album following in  February 2017. [amazon.com ___]

The Sweet History debut album showcases Ben’s musicality and originality, and his versatility. Composed of seven original songs, the album unveils a combination of driving party songs, day in the life tunes, and ballads. The title track, “Sweet History”, provides Ben's take on the journey to success and is told through skillful instrumentalization and vocal performance, and through original, referential lyrics which pay homage to classic songs and artists who paved the way for Ben Morgan and his contemporaries

Music SONG	                                       RELEASE DATE 1) Sweet History	                                December 2016	  2)  Age Is A State of Mind	                        December 2016 3) Wrong From Right	                                February 2017 4)  Famous in A Small Town	                        February 2017 5) Getting Out For the Night	                        February 2017 6)  Slow Dancing In The Sun	                        February 2017 7) Rail Whiskey	                                February 2017

VIDEO	                                               RELEASE DATE 1) Sweet History (Music Video)	                        February 2017	 2)  Live on Stage @ The Biergarten (Concert video)	April 2017