Solo Career
Ben Kenney started off in a New Jersey band called Racecar in 1994 with band members Jimmie Mueller and Sam Hoffman. After this, he and his friend Chuck Treece started a musical duo christened Supergrub in 1996, with three CD's released: Norma & Thurselle, Communicator, and finally Challenger.
Ben has four solo albums, 26 released on December 1, 2004, Maduro released on March 1, 2006, Distance And Comfort released on January 15, 2008 and "Burn The Tapes released on October 1, 2010. Ben plays guitar, bass, and drums while singing and writing every part on the solo records. When touring to support his solo records he plays guitar and sings, along with Ashley Mendel on bass and vocals and Sekou Lumumba on drums.
Ben's website, benkenney.com, allows you to download three tracks from his solo work; Hoopdie from 26, Wrong from Maduro and Eulogy from Distance & Comfort. Towards the end of 2007 Ben added a link to a video of him playing each part of, Eulogy, a track from Distance And Comfort. In this video he also spoke about the tour he is doing with Chris Kilmore in early 2008.
On September 2, 2010, Kenney announced that his fourth solo album, Burn The Tapes was released.
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