Ben Sollee, one of our obvious favorites here at Backseat Sandbar, is going to be featured in a new documentary entitled Wooden Box. The title is of course taken from his weapon of choice…the cello. Recently, when I saw Ben at Music Hall of Williamsburg, Ben stopped mid-song and snickered before exclaiming “this is a cello” and then immediately dove back into his song as he absolutely shredded the cello. The documentary is being produced by Kyia Clayton, who spent the last leg of his tour last fall in the van with Ben and filmed shows and workshops. Ben has had an incredible few years with appearances at Bonnarroo, working with Jim James, the Kanye thing, etc, etc. We caught up with Ben back at the beginning of 2008 and had a few words with him about why he plays the cello, influences and so on, which you’re likely to see brought to light in this documentary, so between this interview and the clip below, you should get a pretty good glimpse of the documentary to come!
The documnetary is expected to come out Feburary 2010, just in time to get your sweetheart that valentines gift you just know she or he is dying for…
Thanks to Random Acts of Perpetual Motion for the tip!
