Oscar Benton

I Am Back Oscar Benton

Guess who's back? The *'White Blues King'* **Oscar Benton** recorded his album *'I Am Back'* together with *Barrelhouse*-guitarist **Johnny Laporte** at the nursery home **Benton** is living since he suffered serious brain damage in 2008. The album features a redux of global hit single *'Bensonhurst Blues Revised'*.

**Oscar Benton** became a true blues legend in the sixties and seventies. His international breakthrough followed in 1981, when his single *'Bensonhurst Blues'* got featured in the French movie *Pour La Peau D'un Flic*, with *Alain Delon.* The single became a number one hitsingle in many European countries and got **Oscar** to perform all cross Europe until he gets injured and ends into a coma in 2008.

This accident appears to be the end of a glistering career. His injury causes serious brain damage and **Oscar** is being included into a nursery home. That same nursery home is the place where Benton surprises friend and enemy by singing a fabulous version of *Frank Sinatra's* *'My Way'* during his 67th birthday. It appears to be the start of a new project.

Listen to *'Bensonhurst Blues Revisited'* [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcWKBGNb0nI&feature=youtu.be).