Ben Prestage at Hawks & Reed

289 Main St.,Greenfield MA 01301

19 August, 2022

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Ben Prestage at Hawks & ReedHawks & Reed Performing Arts CenterALL AGES Ben Prestage Ben Prestage’s musical background began before he was born... even before his parents were born. Ben’s great-grandmother was a Vaudeville musician who toured with Al Jolson and also participated in medicine shows. Her daughter was a Boogie-Woogie pianist and painter who used to play for Ben when he was coming up. On the other side of the family tree, his grandfather, who was a Mississippi sharecropper turned Ben onto the sounds and culture of Mississippi and Blues in general.