Last night I ventured out to see my first concert of 2010 and I was thrilled that my first show of the new decade was performed by my Detroit homie Brendan Benson. Benson, as some of you may know, has spent the last few years playing in The Raconteurs with Jack White (who also hails from Detroit Rock City) but I’ve been a fan of his for years before he joined The Raconteurs and was just a solo act. It’s been many years but the last time I saw Brendan Benson play solo, he was performing on Woodward Ave. as part of Rock City Fest in downtown Detroit. Needless to say, it was quite a treat to see him playing here in LA last night:

Brendan released his latest solo album My Old, Familiar Friend last August and this tour is in support of that fantastic album. After the jump, check out a few photos that I snapped of Benson on stage at Troubadour in West Hollywood, CA last night …

The show was fantastic … Benson is truly one of the most gifted male pop song writers around right now. He reminds me of a male Liz Phair, who also has the ability to craft a well-written pop song that is both hooky and rockin’. I’m so happy to see that Brendan is on tour right now because I feel that he is totally overshadowed by Jack White when he’s playing with The Raconteurs. If you get the chance to see Brendan play in your town, I highly suggest you check him out … he is awesome!!

No big plans for today … it may be a lazy Sunday. The sun is playing hide and seek today, hopefully I’ll be able to enjoy some of the sunshine when it peeks thru the clouds today. Wee!