From disco to R & B with a smattering of synth groove and electronic drum machines at the ready, Sydney’s multi-instrumentalist Donny Benet might be the modern era’s smooth operator, but come July, and all he wants you to do is pick up a non-alcoholic beer.
He teams with his mates at Heaps Normal as an ambassador for the tongue-in-cheek campaign Just Say No To Water – putting a sobering new spin on Dry July.
Donny Benét talks to The Write Drop for our At The Bar series.
And in case you’re wondering; the on-stage persona of Ben Waples aka Donny Benét occurred in the 2010s when he disbanded his jazz trio Triosk. The rest is a modern day Romeo crooner who always gets the girls – we love him for his epic sax solos.
MY CITY
Sydney.
FAVOURITE FOOD MEMORY
Chinese Noodle Restaurant back in my student days and my first time at the OG Gumshara.
FAVOURITE BAR
Golden Age Cinema. It’s intimate and sophisticated.
DRINK THAT DESCRIBES YOU
A small Superboc beer – cheap and cheerful. Although these days I’m giving my liver a few RDO’s and very much enjoying a delicious Heaps Normal.
BEST HANGOVER CURE
A little lunchtime Cypriot BBQ and Yumbo Shandy.
BEST INTERSTATE BAR
Can’t go past a drink and a bite at The Builders Arms in Fitzroy.
FAVOURITE WINE
Any house wine in Tuscany.
NEXT DESTINATION
With my new record Infinite Desires coming out, I’m well overdue to visit Japan to promote it and go on an Izakaya crawl.
