Ben Carr is a Southern Vermont based musician focused on performance and education of drum set, percussion, and ‘ukulele. He fronts his own band, the Ben Carr Music Project, performing 'ukulele and drum inspired original music. Ben also appears with regional acts Mo Ambesa, Sunny Lowdown, and Patty Carpenter, as well as performing solo.

Ben Carr Music also provides live sound reinforcement, sound design, recording, mixing and editing.

From the beginning.....GuitarSam (originally called Play It Again Sam) opened March 4, 1981 in Montpelier, VT, which is the smallest capitol city in the United States, and the only state capitol without a McDonalds. We started out in 360 square feet of retail space, and four years later moved into 750 square feet. Eighteen months after that we knocked out a wall leading to an adjacent store and doubled our showroom area, and also added additional space for warehousing. (We performed this project at night so our landlord wouldn’t suspect anything) Today we enjoy about 2000 square feet of retail, repair, and office space.

Kepasa Ukuleles are custom made by Kevin Crossett in Middlesex, VT. Kepasa Ukuleles are available in soprano, concert and tenor models, many of which are inspired by vintage ukuleles such as the LeDomino, Hollywood, Vita, and other makes and models from the mainland yesteryear. The Kepasa Madeira is influenced by the Dias style soprano, and the Kepasa Gypsy Rose is influenced by the early Selmer-Maccaferri gypsy guitars. All models are optionally available with the Mi-Si Acoustic Trio pickup system, as well as other pickup options. Kevin is also the owner of The&nbsp;GuitarSam&nbsp;<a href="http://www.guitarsam.com" target="_blank">music store</a>&nbsp;in Montpelier, Vermont