THE BALLAD OF K.B REMAINS THE COUNTRY FUSION BENCHMARK FOR KEVIN BENNETT AND THE FLOOD

Going way back to when i started this website mid way through
2010, i wrote an article about an album which has to rate as
one of my favourite country fusion albums ever recorded &
one of the very best to listen to. This album was a live re-
cording of the australian country fusion band THE FLOOD
doing a one off gig with an american alternative country
artist named Kevin Welch. The Flood is lead by the none
too subtle but an extremely talented singer songwriter
named Kevin Bennett. The Flood generally speaking is
known as Kevin Bennett and The Flood. I dont exactly
know where the band got their kudos that night when
they recorded the concert with Welch at the Base-
ment in Sydney but they were literally doing som-
ersaults on stage, they virtually outplayed the
star of the show Kevin Welch, not taking away
from his outstanding performance on the night.

The live recording ended up materialising as LIVE
DOWN HERE ON EARTH, it is an absolute gem,
heaps of blues and boogie woogie to back up
some of the most intense country fusion ev-
er recorded. If i did have to choose my fa-
vourite The Flood album in their own right,
then the wonderful debut THE BALLAD OF
K.B, in reference to Kevin Bennett, would
still have to be the one. It was released
around 1998, it's jammed packed full of
The Flood's unique amalgam of country,
rock, blues and even a dash of boogie
piano, be that unintentional or not.
MILK is a 7-minute long drawn out
slow blues affair, TEAR STAINED
EYE is uneventful musically but
lyrically one of Bennett's most
enduring artistic expressions,
HIPPY JOHNNY STIRFRY is the
best example going of Bennett
at his eccentric & undefinable
best, i dare you to work out
what he is singing about and
songs like BANK, MARY and
the title track remain crowd
favourites at any Flood gig.
My favourite song is number
one off their very first album,
titled DONT LOOK BACK AT ME.