Ben Sidran - Live In Concert DVD (1 Disc) (UK)

Starring: Ben Sidran
Dvd Release: 28th February, 2005
Number Of Discs: 1
Format: PAL, Region 0 Encoding

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Ben Sidran, may be best-known for having written the Steve Miller hit song Space Cowboy. The composer is also a jazz keyboardist of wide renown, as well as a record producer & writer, among his many pursuits. Born in Chicago & reared in Racine, Wisconsin, Sidran was earning money as a pianist at fraternity parties in Madison, Wisconsin, even before he enrolled in the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1961. There he became a member of band The Ardells, along with Miller & Boz Scaggs. When Miller & Scaggs left Wisconsin for the West Coast & stardom, Sidran stayed behind to earn a degree in English literature. After his 1966 graduation, he proceeded to the University of Sussex, England, to pursue a masters degree in American Studies. Sidran rejoined Miller in an English recording studio the next year, playing on the album Children of the Future. While in England, he was a session musician for artists that included Eric Clapton & the Rolling Stones.