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Laura Benitez and the Heartache

Rank #13 Oakland, CA Country / Honky Tonk / Rockabilly

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Members: Laura Benitez - Lead Vocals&Rhythm Guitar, Bob Spector - Electric Guitar, Michele Kappel-Stone - Drums, Harmony Vocals

Sounds Like: Neko Case, Gillian Welch, Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, Jenny Lewis

Label: Copperhead Records

Bio: Laura Benitez and the Heartache use the three chord tools of country music to tell the simple, unvarnished truth about love, too much whiskey, and the call of the road. Their songs range from honky-tonk shuffles to rock 'n' roll numbers to sweet old time waltzes, and cover everything from unwed m... See Full Bio

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Laura Benitez and the Heartache has a show on 04/21/2013 at 02:00 PM @ Surf Spot http://www.reverbnation.com/c./poni/194546035 #concert

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"Saving the best for last, Laura Benitez, the better half of Mitch Polzack (Royal Deuces and 37 other bands), has hit one out of the park with her debut CD For Duty or Love. Ain’t no EP needed here. Picture, if you will, a lonely band widow, home alone except for her guitar and her imagination, night after night, waitin’ on her man who’s out playing another honky-tonk at the end of the Earth. If that isn’t fuel for a bonfire of country songs, what is? Caution: these songs will work their way into your head, starting with “Me or the Baby,” a song about a mom-to-be who is asking whether her impending marriage is “for duty or for love,” hence the title of the CD. The more one listens to this CD, the more its songs tumble around in the ol’ cerebral cortex. Look for infrequent Laura Benitez shows on the Hicks with Sticks calendar. They are rare, but she delivers the goods live as well as she does on fhis CD."

— Jose Segue, Hicks With Sticks

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