Burning Veda

Members

Leslie Benson: vocals; Michael St. Christopher McLain: lead guitar; Zach Hohenstein: rhythm guitar; Mandy Jewell: bass guitar; and Tim Amrhein: drums.

About

In March 2001, singer-songwriter Leslie Benson founded Burning Veda, an alt-rock band from Dayton, Ohio, with folk and blues influences, which debuted in a concert at Wright State University’s Rathskeller. The group eventually performed live for Wright State’s Battle of the Bands at the Ervin J. Nutter Center, on a stage once graced by Cher, Lynyrd Skynyrd and others.

Burning Veda played its final show together during the 2002 Dayton Band Playoffs at the Canal Street Tavern in Dayton, Ohio, three years before Benson moved to Indiana, and then eventually to Nashville, TN.

PRESS REVIEW: “While Burning Veda’s sound draws to mind the contemporary sounds of 10,000 Maniacs, Lucinda Williams and The Cowboy Junkies, there’s a lot of old-time wisdom in it as well. It’s an emphatic departure from the nouveau garage-rock ‘flavor of the moment.’” – Impact Weekly

Genres

Alt-Rock

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Albums

The Campfire EP

6 songs

Midwest-based singer-songwriter Leslie Benson fronted the poetic rock band Burning Veda in Dayton, Ohio (2001-2002), releasing "The Campfire EP" in 2002. The band performed in the Wright State University Battle of the Bands, as well as the Canal Street Tavern Battle of the Bands, before calling it quits. Other band members included Michael St. Christopher McLain on lead guitar, Zach Hohenstein on rhythm guitar, Mandy Jewell on bass guitar, and Tim Amrhein on drums.

PRESS REVIEW:

“While Burning Veda’s sound draws to mind the contemporary sounds of 10,000 Maniacs, Lucinda Williams and The Cowboy Junkies, there’s a lot of old-time wisdom in it as well. It’s an emphatic departure from the nouveau garage-rock ‘flavor of the moment.’” – Impact Weekly

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