Marc Benno

Marc Benno (born July 1, 1947, in Dallas, Texas) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.

Benno teamed with Leon Russell to form the Asylum Choir in the late 1960s. He launched a solo career in the early 1970s, with the 1972 album Ambush being his most commercially successful. He wrote the song "Rock 'n Roll Me Again", which was recorded by the band The System for the soundtrack of the 1985 film Beverly Hills Cop; the soundtrack won a Grammy Award. Benno also worked with musicians such as The Doors, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Clarence White and Rita Coolidge. Benno was the second guitar player on several tracks for the Doors' album L.A. Woman, alongside Robby Krieger.

Discography

Albums Year Album Peak chart positions US AUS 1968 Look Inside the Asylum Choir (with Leon Russell) — — 1970 Marc Benno — — 1971 Minnows — — Asylum Choir II (with Leon Russell) 70 54 1972 Ambush 171 — 1979 Lost in Austin — — 1990 Take It Back To Texas — — 1994 Snake Charmer — — 2000 Sugar Blues — — 2002 Live in Gillespie County — — 2003 Golden Treasure — — 2003 Hit The Bottom — — 2004 I Got It Bad — — 2005 Live at the Chi Chi Club (with John Cipollina, Pete Sears) — — 2006 Crawlin (with Stevie Ray Vaughan, Doyle Bramhall) — — 2007 Live in Japan — — 2007 Shadow — — 2011 From the Vault — — Live at the Pour House — — 2012 Nearly Famous — —