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Benefit Street/The American Dream: the original group (PCD3301)
Finally - the historic recordings on a NEW
CD - released Summer, 2010
If
you remember The American Dream or Benefit Street from our live shows in New England and New York state, if you remember our hit single, if you appreciate the musical
creativity of the '60s and '70s, if you want to discover some really good
original songs you should have heard years ago, or if you just enjoy good music played well, then you've
come to the right place!
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| L-R: Tim Jackson, Rob Carlson, Paul Payton, David Noyes Roberts, Josh Barrett (1969) |
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| Photo: The American Dream in 1967: Mike Parker, Al Silverman, Rob Carlson, Dave Roberts |
Featuring "Love Is a Beautiful Thing," our 1967 Top Ten hit in Rhode Island plus 17 previously unreleased tracks and a brand new recording by the original band! INCLUDES 8-PAGE BOOKLET wwwwwwwwww also to Rob D'Aprile
at WPKN and Robbie DeRosa at WESU, both in CT! For the Order Page, including CDs and downloads, click here For overseas orders, wholesale or promotional inquiries, To hear longer
song samples and read the stories behind the songs, click here
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For ROB CARLSON & BENEFIT
STREET (the new band), please click here or here
| 1970 at RISD (photo: James Beach Brennan) |
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| L-R: Carl Armstrong, Maddie [Arnstrong] Sifantus, Rob, Josh, Tim, Paul |
Band Members (1967-1972): Alan Silverman, Rob Carlson, David Noyes Roberts, Mike Parker, Bill Bird, Paul Payton, Bill Barnes,
Josh Barrett, Tim Jackson, Maddie Sifantus, Carl Armstrong, Leo Genereux. Band Members (2009-today):
Rob Carlson, Paul Payton, Vincent Pasternak
Benefit Street - The American Dream (Presence PCD3301, released June, 2010, mostly
recorded 1967-1971) Top Tracks: Bells of St. Stephen's, Seven Years, Benefit Street & Me, Joshua, 20 Pound Turkey, Journey Home, Cowboy Stuff, Holy Roller
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Website and liner notes by Benefit Street, with contributions from Paul Payton, Rob Carlson, Dave
Roberts, Josh Barrett, Tim Jackson, Maddie Sifantus, Carl Armstrong, Mike Parker and Bill Bird
DEDICATED
TO JIM ISRAELOFF, for doing
his best with and for us, and believing in us from beginning to end.
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SITE
GUIDE: For the group's history of Benefit Street (and The American
Dream), click here For Rob Carlson's tale of The Slithy Toves' origins, click here For Bill Bird's history of the band in New York state, click here
Links to Other Sites
Rob Carlson's latest CD!
Paul Payton's voice-over website
More links to group-related websites are at
the bottom of the group history page Want to get in touch? E-mail :
Paul Payton, Presence Records
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