Benjamin Smoke

Quick Facts

Full Name	Benjamin Smoke
Occupation	American Singer-Songwriter
Date Of Birth	Jan 28, 1960(1960-01-28)
Age	64
Date Of Death	1999-01-29
Birthplace	Atlanta
Country	United States
Birth City	Georgia
Horoscope	Capricorn

Benjamin Smoke Biography

Benjamin Smoke is one of the most popular and richest American singer- songwriter who was born on January 28, 1960 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Robert Dickerson (28 January 1960 29 January 1999) also well-known as Benjamin the songwriter, was an American poet and singer- songwriter. He was a member of Smoke, an Atlanta-based band. Atlanta, Georgia bands Smoke and the Opal Foxx Quartet. He was renowned for being the most radical rock ‘n’ roll artist. He died on the 29th of January 1999, due to liver failure due to Hepatitis C at the age of 39. The final concert he performed was at Atlanta, Georgia on New Year’s Evein 1998.

The day before his death, Benjamin opened for a Patti Smith concert in 1999.

Benjamin lived for many years in Cabbagetown, an “unsafe” neighborhood in Atlanta, peopled with hustlers and eccentrics. There, he occasionally dressed up as a drag queen from a young age. When he was nine years old, he would appear in public wearing women’s clothing, “with a towel on my head like Whoopi (Goldberg), going to the Waffle House in a dress.” In New York City, he found work at the famed club CBGB’s, which he described as “the filthiest place I ever was.” He earned $20 a day, his duties consisted of sweeping up broken glass left by performers and audiences the evening prior.

The Love That Will’t Shut up CD (1994, LongPlay Records)

Benjamin Smoke Net Worth

Benjamin Smoke is one of the richest American Singer-Songwriter from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Benjamin Smoke 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Benjamin was a popular name in the underground scene of the 1980s Atlanta and was a part of many Atlanta musical experiments, including Easturn Stars, Monroe is Naked Again, Freedom Puff, Blade Emotion, and the Opal Foxx Quartet (which often comprised up to 12 people). The bands performed at places like 688 Celebrity Club, Pillowtex, Destroy All Music Festival among others. The band was led by Benjamin was given his stage title “Miss Opal Foxx.” In the course of this, his voice was the subject of media attention, and Tom Waits comparisons came up. His voice has been said to be “resembling the roar of a wounded lion”.

When some of the members of the group passed away The band Smoke was formed in 1992 by musicians Bill Taft, Brian Halloran along with Todd Butler. Coleman Lewis and Tim Campion were later added to the group which was later joined by Will Fratesi. Smoke was famous for his witty on stage banter and never apprehensive about the audience with his witty remarks, “for a faggot, do I have a rockin’ band or what?”

Benjamin was the subject of a documentary released in 2000 called Benjamin Smoke directed by Jem Cohen and Peter Sillen, filming for which took 10 years. The New York Times and Contactmusic.com criticised the film for not providing much detail about Benjamin’s life.

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Benjamin Ranked on the list of most popular American singer-songwriter. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Benjamin Smoke celebrates birthday on January 28 of every year.