May 3, 2025
By Ben Kaplan
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By Ben Kaplan
FRIDAY FLASHBACK—“Navajo” by Ben Kaplan… https://johnnyjblairsingeratlarge.bandcamp.com/track/navajo Yá’át’ééh. The Wayback Machine lands on 1999 to a recording session in Pennsylvania, but the song feels more like the 4 Corners of the Southwest—that mystical region with ominous mesas, vast skies, and the murmur of long-gone civilizations. “Navajo” was the opening song from Ben’s fine album, DEEPER DOWN. On this track I played keyboards along with Bill Engel (banjo, guitar), Tamara Kaplan (vocals), Bill Matlack, Jr. (drums), and Easy Mark Tomeo (pedal steel guitar). It was engineered and produced by Tim Breon, who also played bass and guitar. Ben morphed into a multi-media artist and now lives in St. Louis. Enjoy this track and remember our Native American brothers and sisters:
#navajo #benkaplan #southwest #americana #johnnyjblair #marktomeo #singersongwriter #folkrock #countryrock #timbreon #williamsport
spooks + text posts (part seven)
I started this story one year and one day ago today and I’m finally ready to start posting things! Probably won’t post every chapter on tumblr (unless people want me to! Let me know!) but it’ll be regularly updated.
actor ben kaplan @TheBenKaplan is 30 today #happybirthay
April calendar page from the Works Progress Administration Federal Arts Project 1939 calendar by Ben Kaplan ( American, 20th century).
Layout and design by Richard Floethe. Colour screenprint.
Image and text courtesy Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Jo: Always be kind.
Lucas: Always be informed.
Ros: Always be the best.
Ben: Always know that you’re enough.
Connie: And always have the material to build a bomb.
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