About Ben Gonsioroski

Ben Gonsioroski is a professional hunting guide and has been for over 20 years. He has built an extensive reputation among elk hunters as a knowledgeable outdoorsman. Hunting elk for 30 years, Ben and his late brother Greg Gonsioroski started calling up elk when they were both teenagers. With literally hundreds if not thousands of elk called up within bow range in the last 30 years, Ben still gets excited when September rolls around. His late Brother Greg Gonsioroski was unfortunately killed in a plane crash while fighting fires in September of 2008. Now September is a bitter-sweet month for not only Ben but also for family and friends all over the country.

Greg, before his death, had also guided for Royal Outfitters for an extensive time. Greg was know far and wide for his particularly savvy elk calling instincts. As one former guide and also expert elk hunter Karl Dagel put it, “The world lost the greatest Elk hunter I’ve ever met. Greg could call an Elk down main street in New York City.” Every September if there was any way possible, Greg and Ben would be tromping the mountains of western Montana in pursuit of the willy bugling elk. Now Ben often stops cold in his tracks…suddenly remembering when his brother Greg and he were on this very same ridge, mountain, drainage, etc. Ben Gonsioroski, a spiritually gifted woodsman like the American Indian, was Greg’s primary influence in the outdoors as children and took his younger brother under his wing so to speak training him how to be in tune with the spiritual side of the woods. Over the years, Greg too learned how to hear with the spiritual senses like the native American Indians of old. This spiritual awareness was what gave Greg the edge as an elk hunting guide.

Elk hunting in Montana with Ben Gonsioroski

Ben Gonsioroski is also a singer/songwriter. Here is his bio:

Ben Gonsioroski‘s music is like taking a trip back in time. Despite the ever-changing country music industry, Ben has stayed true to his traditional roots. If you liked the classic sound of yesterday’s hits, that made legends of Marty Robbins and Jim Reeves, chances are you will love Ben’s sound.

Ben Gonsioroski, singer/songwriter, was born in a small farm and ranch community on the eastern side of Montana with his roots deeply planted in traditional country music. He grew up listening to country greats like Jim Reeves, Marty Robbins, Ricky Nelson, Hank Williams Sr, Faron Young, Johnny Horton, and many more. Bringing back these hits of yesterday’s radio play along with many of his own originals, has taken him up the ladder of recognition across the mid-west and desert southwest where he has performed.

Writing and singing for more than 20 years, Ben’s original songs have shown strong charting along side major acts while being promoted overseas by Arizona’s “Comstock Records”. His songbook is full of quality songs that have never been recorded.

Ben’s most recent accomplishment has been the release of his debut Album called; “Ballads From The Heart.” This CD showcases a collection of 10 original songs boasting what the album title suggests, songs about real life experiences written from the heart. It is in this style of writing that listeners of all ages can so easily identify. Many would compare the quality, richness, and unique style of Ben’s vocal ability to some of country music’s most highly acclaimed artists like Marty Robbins and Ricky Nelson.

Ben is becoming a favorite among many, whereby through his performances, traditional country music is once again finding a place in the hearts of both young and old.

Ben’s style is unique today because not many singer/songwriters out there represent true country western music anymore. He feels song writing and entertainment in general has become much too complicated. Ben’s songs reflect a simpler honest form of expression with less hype. Entertainment shouldn’t be about a persons looks or how they move on stage. Many people are starting to miss that older deeper way of expression in the form of ballads written about true-life experiences. “What happened to that old fashioned way of story telling and quality of ones vocal ability rather than a bunch of loud music and hype?” Ben feels people are ready for real music to make a comeback.

On a personal note:

Thank you for your interest in my music. I have been trying off and on to get that industry break for a while now just like a lot of artists out there…smiling…but this ain’t my first rodeo! It’s been quite an education over the years. I really believe in the traditional style of my songs. I have seen plenty of copycats in the industry and am a firm believer in sticking with what you feel from the heart. Music trends come and go but I haven’t changed much because not only do I feel the music that I write and push, I believe that if an artist stays true to his style, eventually music trends can be authored or created instead of just followed. Just like Elvis had a hard time at first getting anyone to really take notice and listen because he was so different than the sound of his time, I believe I am unique and different enough to be a trendsetter.

I have seen great interest and adoration over my vocal ability and song writing skills wherever I have performed. People approach me all time and express the fact that they have stopped listening to country music because the old style that they loved isn’t to be found – I believe there’s a demand for many genre’s and traditional country should be one of it’s own. It seems to me that when the new style of country became popular it tended to replace the traditional rather than come along side it into it’s own category, and many people I’ve talked to agree with that. Many young listeners have never even heard traditional country and may very well be an untapped audience. I believe I could be a leader in both bringing it back and introducing it to a younger generation of listeners. I grew up listening to the old classic country western music and that is my main focus. I have written a few songs that could be categorized as oldies/soft rock. The most obvious setback for me so far has been the financing end of the business as it takes lots of money to produce albums and tour.