BenjaminLaBarge (No Thanks, Homeboys, Johnny) grew up in Hayward,California, in the 1960s to early 1970s where he developed a lovefor music at a very young age. Benjamin started out in the band NoThanks, a band he joined several music competition with. However itwas in the late 70s when the band brought in bassplayer KeithBellino that they decided to change name to The Jets. The bandplayed a lot of covers but laid down a three track demo with ownmaterial in in the summer of 1978. Things started to move and whenthey were going to be interviewed and played on the New Oasis RadioShow they found out that there already was a band called The Jets.So Benjamin announced the act as Bennie on the show, a name thatshocked the rest of the band. After a band meeting they came upwith Bennie And The Jets. At the beginning of 1980 they gottogether to record another three track demo. In the summer of 1980they went in for another studio session. The band recorded songssuch as New York – L.A, Say It Again, Lipstick And Leather and DoYou Know, the two last tracks would become hits by the band Y&Ton their In Rock We Trust album four years later. In 2022, DavidMeniketti had a few words to say about Ben and the songs heselected to record that were originally written and recorded byBennie And The Jets; In those early days of making a name forY&T and playing around the East Bay, we met and becameacquaintances with numerous local musicians who were playing asimilar style. I remember a few musicians stood out. Bennie LaBargewas one of those. He had a great energy and presence about him anda sense of melody that made him a standout from many of the otherguitarists and musicians in our local area. When writing for our InRock We Trust album in 1984, I believe it was Joey Alves, ourrhythm guitarist, who brought to the studio a cassette of severalsongs that Bennie had written for his own band. Two of those songswere Lipstick And Leather and Do You Know. The band, along with ourco-writer for that record, felt strongly that with some changesY&T could make them something that would fit in nicely with ourstyle. We spent several weeks tweaking the lyrics, arranging, andcomposing new parts to put our Y&T stamp on those two songs.Hence Lipstick and Leather and I’ll Keep on Believing (Do You Know)were then included on our release, and have become a solid part ofthe tunes that Y&T fans have enjoyed over the decades.WhenBennie And The Jets played the Starwood in Los Angeles they gaveMotley Crue some competition. They tried to get a record deal andseveral management and labels said that Motley Crue had the thelooks, but Bennie And The Jets had the songs. And it was a fewmonths later when the band fell apart that Ben were contacted byY&T to sell the rights to two of his tracks. In the end Ben wasgrateful and proud that two songs that he had written were nowpublished on a major label. Ben formed Homeboys with Y&Tdrummer Leonard Haze but since Haze was so occupied with Y&Tthe band fell apart within a year and the new band Johnny was born.Sadly, in March of 2020, Benjamin LaBarge passed away. This albumis in the memory if this great musician and here you can hear somuch more than just the original versions of the Y&Tclassics.

Tracklist:
1. Lipstick And Leather
2. Say It Again (Tonight)
3. New York – L.A.
4. Do You Know
5. Me And My Car
6. Boys With Bangs
7. Moi Emmoretta
8. Midnight Rendezvous
9. Babys On The Run
10. Jet Aged Baby
11. The Way It Goes-demo
12. Reveries-live
13. You’re So Easy-live
14. Give It A Try-live
15. Let Me Drive-live
16. Two To Tango-live
17. Get Up And Dance-live
18. Goodbye Goodbye-live

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