1361. Gary Benson

[@FreedomRock44]

Thanks for Gary......brings back feelings of good times!!!!! That late 70's early 80's sound!!!!

[@Larkpine]

Good afternoon 😊 I'm visiting my daughter and Grandloves! Swansea, Illinois. Enjoy your Gig 💜👩💜

[@erickorte2552]

I love touring when all you think about is playing and not being late for the bus! You become an intertube floating down the river of life!

[@gervaisbilodeau8465]

Love the voice.

[@davidmarais1048]

Woohoo! The tour is launched. Have a blast, Lee - and please don’t forget to get some rest when you can.

[@splashesin8]

These were kind of comfort radio songs, i would try to use to help myself escape into sleep with in high school, and think of love type stuff. 😂❤

[@artemisXsidecross]

"comfort radio songs" That is quote worth repeating 👍

[@bradb2514]

I’m excited for this summer tour. You make them so fun, Leland. 👏🤟

[@SoItGoesCAL34]

THanks for dropping by before your busy day & night. Sounds a bit tedious with having to wear your Sunday best but enjoy :) It will be fun to see everyone.

[@enidsnarb]

Kinda reminds me of Al Stewart ! Very nice to hear ! Thank You As Always !

[@francoismoreira1583]

Bonjour,👌💪🏻🙏🇺🇸🇫🇷

[@artemisXsidecross]

This is as far as I will ever ‘be on the road again’, thank you for letting me hitch an imaginative ride. Thanks for today's Gary Benson's selections.

[@Mark_Brooks]

Hi Artemis!

[@markgroenwald3849]

Stay hydrated, Leland! Be safe out there!!🥤

[@ditchgator1]

Safe travels & and have fun😉👍 😎✌👍❤🖖 Love Brother

[@Mark_Brooks]

Matthew McCauley (born 1954) is a Canadian composer and record producer based in Los Angeles. In 1977 Matthew produced Dan Hill's song "Sometimes When We Touch". His film scores include Between Friends (1973), City on Fire (1979), Middle Age Crazy (1980), In the Custody of Strangers (1982) and Thunder Run (1986). ~Wiki

[@ChefJamesRusk]

Hi Leland!!! Great to see you back in form…wherever it is…HA! Looking forward to see the venues,and of corse Brad…..and everyone else…..stories of the road…etc… wishing you all a successful tour,good times,spreading the love around….Blessings to all!!🌹🪷🌹🪷🌹🪷🥰🤗❤️🥰🖕🖕🖕🖕👍

[@RockandRollWoman]

Bon voyage! Wishing you excellent caterers.

[@Mark_Brooks]

Hi Debra.

[@RockandRollWoman]

@@Mark_Brooks Hi Mark.

[@slipperynoodle20]

The band is running a very tight schedule. I guess that means get to the bus and go after the show. Big day tomorrow as I help set up my Dad's new digs. He's 90 and returning to Kenosha after 30 years in Florida. Thanks ❤️👍❤️👍

[@SoItGoesCAL34]

Are you near to his new digs? Enjoy

[@slipperynoodle20]

@SoItGoesCAL34 About 2 hours away. My sister lives in Kenosha. And I will enjoy.

[@w.geoffreyspaulding6588]

What a quirky handle you’ve got there. 😀

[@artemisXsidecross]

Your father is grand warrior. Born during The Great Depression and young enough to be a first call to World War ll, his life was not unnoticed.

[@slipperynoodle20]

@artemis sidecross Well, he turned ten 22 days after Pearl Harbor. But he does think he lived in the best of times for a working man that only went to high school. He might be right about that. Still has union benefits, a pension and health support.

[@garynolan5240]

Brilliant music and looking forward to seeing the road crews and driver's Plus all the venue's you will be playing in Thanks Leland for your time 👌

[@armignac]

Thanks for you all your content! I wish you a great time on Tour!

[@thecollective1584]

The Cincinnati airport is in Covington

[@kateconway-hickman5945]

Thank 😊 you Gary Benson Revisit!

[@annirvin6555]

Enjoy your tour👍

[@kimhebert9905]

The Tour Begins 🎶🎶👍

[@northsorrow4699]

Oooooops !!! This is one very special singer for me Gary Benson - Don't throw it at all away You Sharing you Let her in No guarantee Thank you for sharing him with Us

[@gustavoviveros8394]

Thank you Lee ✋🏻 happy Friday ✋🏻

[@marpenman]

My wife and I were at the show, 4th row center left, first time for us at that venue. The whole band sounded GREAT! Your bass was forward in the mix at our location, but not overmuch by any means. Y'all have a good tour!

[@TimDocHarper]

Here we go. So grateful to be on the road with you again, Lee. Thank you!

[@kateconway-hickman5945]

Leland, Do Have a Most Wonderful Opening Night of your Summer 2023 Lyle Lovett Large Band Tour, Mega Pavilion, Newport, Kentucky. Have fun, play great tunes, eat great food, talk with people, sleep nice and kick back until the next show. ❤️

[@bumpyrabbit]

Looking forward to the show in Iowa City! Glad you, Lyle and the band are on the road.

[@SoundsFair--M-and-J]

👋👋. Was only 4 minutes in and feeling very trippy there. Deeply interested in the light fixture behind you (a light? a mirror ball? a light that's a mirror ball?); and then we had to reroll tape to get heads around "The Long and Winding Road" not making it to #1-- in Lebanon (songwriting op: "When You're Big in Lebanon" as opposed to Japan). Good luck with the schedule! Remember food and sleep.

[@Mark_Brooks]

Acoustic Guitar - Foggy Lyttle, Kevin Peek Arranged By - Matthew McCauley Backing Vocals - Leah Kunkel, Vicky Brown Bass - Dave Olney, Lee Sklar* Drums - Les Binks, Russ Kunkel, Tom Nichol Engineer - Steve Churchyard Guitar - Ray Russell, Ricky Hitchcock, Steve Lukather Keyboards - Bobby Ogden, Rob Young Orchestra - Martyn Ford Percussion - Frank Ricotti Producer - Fred Mollin (tracks: A1, A4,), Gary Benson, Matthew McCauley (tracks: A1, A4,) Written-By - Fred Mollin, Gary Benson

[@gilkalled]

Success on your tour Lee,Health 🙌🏼

[@stephenspencer4672]

A couple of months ago I helped my former neighbor Marion and her sister Denise from Everett WA to Mechanicsburg OH.😊

[@Winston01]

Hello there, Lee and everyone! Talk about the tour hitting the ground running! Lyle & Co. do not mess around. I'm impressed.

[@Gina-ly5bp]

👋🏻

[@Mark_Brooks]

Hi Winston. We got bigly rain.

[@Winston01]

@@Mark_Brooks Hey Mark. Rain has been moving through here like a sad parade for the past three days. Today we are catching a break.

[@terryzobeck3978]

Cincinnati's airport is actually in Covington, KY. Your confusion is justified.

[@richardmarcotte3983]

CVG is the Greater Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport. Which is entirely within the Commonwealth of Kentucky. You have not been to Ohio yet, unless you are staying in Cincinnati, in which case you have been on a bridge and crossed the Ohio River. The airport code is CVG which stands for Covington.

[@kjbunnyboiler]

Afternoon Leland, have fun tonight👍

[@lelandsklar6363]

Excited to be getting started on another adventure....

[@sammyvh11]

Break a leg have a great tour

[@hans-christiantraute1914]

All the best for your tour! 🤓

[@annirvin6555]

Good evening Leland and everyone ✋

[@Ian-Steele]

Glad to see that step one of the grand tour has been completed. I hope the whole tour goes smoothly, you have lot of shows between now and 24th August when you will end up in Fort Worth. 😊

[@auralharmony]

Thanks for helping me with my geography, Lee! I had to pull up a map and now I understand that the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport is actually in Kentucky. I should've know this since I flew in there once. I never realized that Ohio and Kentucky bordered each other. I always thought Kentucky was further south.

[@barrywaples8150]

Evening Lee and all Greetings from Sighetu Marmatie. Northern Romania. South west Ukraine is just other side of river. It’s possible and safe to visit, but border crossing can be lengthy and cost bribes, so probably skip that. Cheers Barry🎸🏍😎

[@Winston01]

Hey there, Barry! What a treat it is to hear about your adventures. Has your eastward journey reached its limits? If not, and you get to Russia, may you please knee Putin in the nuts for me? 🍻

[@Gina-ly5bp]

👋🏻

[@hans-christiantraute1914]

👍👍👍 I saw from the pictures on Facebook that you had a lot of smantana (I think you called it sour cream). It’s so delicious (… 🤫but has a lot of calories…). I really have to go back to Romania soon… 😬

[@slipperynoodle20]

I'd skip it, too.

[@barrywaples8150]

@@hans-christiantraute1914 I burn calories 😋🤣

[@davidramos7254]

That seems to be the routine whenever fly into Kentucky, you land in Cincy then take a rent-a-car, cab or bus in. Not unless you fly with UPS where you land in Louisville, lol. Safe travels, Lee. Looking forward to seeing scenes from the road.

[@Gina-ly5bp]

😎 good morning and happy Friday!

[@Winston01]

Hey! 👋

[@Mark_Brooks]

Hi Gina.

[@Gina-ly5bp]

@@Mark_Brooks 👋🏻

[@eddiethek]

Vintage soft rock. I can definitely hear a “Let Her In” vibe in these numbers. Lotsa hours ahead in your performance suit!

[@Bobstern]

Airport is actually the Western Kentucky airport which serves Cincy. Covington right across the river from Cincy. Been there many times. Isn't that exciting??

[@bengtwallin5972]

I have relatives in Cincinnati visited them back in 1975 and the airport is in Covington Kentucky.

[@arlington1997]

Yeah, Brits of a certain age will certainly remember Gary's Don't Throw it All Away. Lovely song. Had no idea that you and Russ played on one of his albums.

[@BP-ww9fp]

Happy Friday! 😁 pretty for the 📸

[@nickripostella5865]

You are clearly invigorated by the tour life !

[@buzzsmith8146]

That was a very nice bass line, Lee, on the first verse of "What I Was Trying To Say".

[@BasicDrumming]

I appreciate you, thank you for making content.

[@philip2750]

Leland: On this tour will you be able to interview Russ and have him discuss hit drum kit ?

[@w.geoffreyspaulding6588]

Russ is a moving target, from what Lee has said. He’s certainly going to try. He definitely wants to.

[@philip2750]

@@w.geoffreyspaulding6588: Yes, I understand and appreciate your comments.

[@carolmoline6490]

Howdy! ❤

[@sjengineeringservices8282]

Thank you Leland

[@FreedomRock44]

Woooooo WHooooooo Enjoy it Lee Say hi to Lyle and the band for all of us please!!!!

[@jmidili]

Hi Lee, I've been revisiting the Midnight Special show here on KZbin, and wondered if you ever played on the show, and with whom you played with? Have a great tour! Safe journeys!

[@lelandsklar6363]

Did it a couple of times. Last was with Flo & Eddie .

[@mikegrosser8861]

See you tonight - MG

[@rochaeliasbr]

A musica que mais do Gary Benson, é a Loving You Was Easy.

[@jimbroughton]

Afternoon all!

[@Gina-ly5bp]

Hi Jim!

[@lelandsklar6363]

Hey Jim.....

[@lavatar3562]

Gary Benson has a clear countertenor voice but why do so many Pop Singers push the beat? Lucky to have you and Russ holding the groove in the pocket.

[@batwithglasses]

Sometimes it just sucks when you need to stay in your clothes for a film shoot😁

[@wynnssecret8882]

That would be a whole other publication if they wanted band photos/film without clothes 🤯.(Sorry, I tried but I just couldn't let what you said go )🤪😜😉

[@batwithglasses]

@@wynnssecret8882 😆😉📽🎬😳

[@kevinstrabley3816]

Break a leg brother!

[@johnfairsgoldpanningschool.]

Sorry that I have been out of touch for so long, but I have been in the Philippines and then back to LA and then Canada.

[@FreedomRock44]

Has an ELTON JOHN/ENGLAND DAN and JOHN F C feel!!!!!!

[@baxter3998]

Hi Lee today is my BD (Bill)

[@Winston01]

Congratulations! Happy Birthday! 🎂

[@Gina-ly5bp]

happy birthday 🥳

[@lelandsklar6363]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU... HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU... HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR BILL.... HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU... And many mooorrreee! All my best wishes, lee

[@Mark_Brooks]

Happy Birthday.

[@baxter3998]

Thank you Lee Have a great time with the show tonight on my BD

[@Mark_Brooks]

WEA= Warner Elektra Asylum

[@goodun2974]

Leland, I have a request. Please do not use KZbin's "shorts" platform. They're trying to go the Instagram and TikTok route, which feeds the social media addiction, short attention span, and general ADHD of our society. Please don't enable them.

[@FreedomRock44]

Cincinnati is a stones throw away from KY so....we gotcha LEE!!!!!

[@DavidSumeray_BassGod]

I was tape op on Gary’s Don’t Throw It All Away/This House single. Sadly, the Producer Steve Edgley (who really let me be quite ‘hands on’ with the Production) later committed suicide