Born in Houston, TX in 1981, Ben Somewhere grew up in Terrebonne Parish, in the heart of Cajun country. His first instrument was saxophone in the school band which later got traded in for PA gear. After singing in various punk and hardcore bands as a teenager at 17 he picked up bass guitar. He later joined the Navy at 21 and went some years without performing. He began learning and writing on acoustic guitar while stationed aboard the U.S.S. Louisiana, a nuclear powered submarine. At the end of his final tour in the Navy he settled in Charleston and began performing at local venues.