Ben saves country music by bringing Ween to Nashville.
Hollywood dreams come true when Ben’s work as a film composer leads to producing Nancy Sinatra.
Drafted as a goodwill ambassador, Ben takes American rock and roll behind the Iron Curtain during the fall of The Berlin Wall.
For photos, a playlist, and more: <a href='https://straightfromthehat.com/episode-five'>Visit the Episode 5 Webpage →</a>

Ben saves country music by bringing Ween to Nashville. Hollywood dreams come true when Ben’s work as a film composer leads to producing Nancy Sinatra. Drafted as a goodwill ambassador, Ben takes American rock and roll behind the Iron Curtain during the fall of The Berlin Wall. For photos, a playlist, and more: Visit the Episode 5 Webpage →

Ben saves country music by bringing Ween to Nashville.
Hollywood dreams come true when Ben’s work as a film composer leads to producing Nancy Sinatra.
Drafted as a goodwill ambassador, Ben takes American rock and roll behind the Iron Curtain during the fall of The Berlin Wall.
For photos, a playlist, and more: <a href="https://straightfromthehat.com/episode-five" rel="noopener noreferrer">Visit the Episode 5 Webpage →</a>

Episode 5 - Ween, Nancy Sinatra, The Berlin Wall

He’s had a career filled with twists and turns as a performer, songwriter, composer for film and TV, and record producer. For Ben Vaughn, the best part of the journey has been the colorful characters he’s encountered along the way. His friend Laura Pochodylo, who works for Sun Records in Nashville, wrote the names of those characters down and placed them in a hat. Each episode, she’ll select several names at random and let Ben relive the stories—no pre-planning, no filter—just telling it like it was, straight from the hat.

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He’s had a career filled with twists and turns as a performer, songwriter, composer for film and TV, and record producer. For Ben Vaughn, the best part of the journey has been the colorful characters he’s encountered along the way. His friend Laura Pochodylo, who works for Sun Records in Nashville, wrote the names of those characters down and placed them in a hat. Each episode, she’ll select several names at random and let Ben relive the stories—no pre-planning, no filter—just telling it like it was, straight from the hat.

He’s had a career filled with twists and turns as a performer, songwriter, composer for film and TV, and record producer. For Ben Vaughn, the best part of the journey has been the colorful characters he’s encountered along the way. His friend Laura Pochodylo, who works for Sun Records in Nashville, wrote the names of those characters down and placed them in a hat. Each episode, she’ll select several names at random and let Ben relive the stories—no pre-planning, no filter—just telling it like it was, straight from the hat.

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