George Benson

thumb|George Benson in 2009 George Washington Benson (born March 22, 1943) is a ten-time Grammy awards-winning American musician and singer-songwriter. He began his professional career at twenty-one, as a jazz guitarist. Quotes I spent a lot of time teaching myself theory and harmony so I could be free to express myself on the instrument. I learned what relatives and substitutes could be played against a root of a chord, like E minor related to G, and so forth. I've also gathered all this knowledge because for ten years all I've done is play jazz, every day. Denyer Ralph The Guitar Handbook 2002 115 0-679-74275-1 External links Category:1943 births Category:Living people Category:Guitarists from the United States Category:Songwriters from the United States Category:Singer-songwriters from the United States Category:Musicians from Pittsburgh Category:Jehovah's Witnesses from the United States Category:African Americans Category:Composers from the United States Category:R&B singers Category:Jazz singers Category:Soul singers