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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.
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