ALBUM PREMIERE: Ben Stalets Offers Unvarnished Midwest Roots Rock on ‘Lucky Dog’
Lucky Dog is a long-time comin’. Toledo-based artist Ben Stalets took nearly three years to pen it. And when one thinks of the artist? The word ‘roots’ immediately comes to mind. There’s an exceptional type of magic that arises in a musician when they honor where they come from and who they’ve been. This LP consists of ten Midwestern vignettes (or rather, characters) who are fully fleshed out. Each song manages to provide a completely different flavor, as if we are opening a new book each time the track changes (while sonically remaining in the same groovin’ wheelhouse).
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