Suzee Waters Benjamin

The Waters Edge

Produced by Kirby Shelstad

SOULO Records, reissued 2008

Suzee Waters Benjamin grew up in a family where art and music were second nature. She learned to sing harmony with her two sisters and appreciate jazz, blues, gospel, and theatre from her parents. Learning about the "finer things in life" translated as "creative expression." She discovered the guitar while in college learning to play soul music which to Suzee meant music from the heart and songs with a message no matter what genre.

Suzee was a reluctant performer until fate pushed her on to center stage and the next thing she knew she was fronting the Suzee Waters Band playing the club circuit in Texas. In the early 80's, Suzee made her way to Nashville,TN with two members of her band in hopes of landing some session work as a singer in Nashville's recording studios. Little did she know that within a few months after arriving in Music City, she would not only find her soul community amongst the eclectic mix of some of Nashville's finest singer/songwriters, but also her soulmate, Tom Benjamin. Together, they formed the Benjamin Waters Band recording for Crazy Mama Records while playing clubs and later writing for Branch Creek Music. She spent years singing for music publishers and record labels while fine tuning her talents as a singer/songwriter supported by her peers. "In Nashville, I learned to truly appreciate the power of a song from songwriters who were musical poets with hearts that could listen and souls that could understand."

As an independent artist on SOULO Records, Suzee expressed the essence of her spirit in the recording, The Waters Edge, taking the listener on a musical journey of truth and healing. Produced by Kirby Shelstad, musician and percussionist extraordinaire, this collaborative effort between two kindred spirits speaks to the heart and soul with a unique blend of traditional and ethic sounds deeply rooted in the rhythms of the earth.

As a singer/songwriter, Benjamin calls for a return to simple concerns, a gratitude for life's abundance, and an awareness of the basic responsibilities we all share for each other and our earth.