New Single from recording artist

BenSimon:

"Hell Of A Ride” 

Drops: Tuesday November 17, 2026

There’s a storm coming.

The wind is howling. The water is rising. The levees are breaking. And there’s nowhere left to go.

“Hell Of A Ride” is BenSimon’s cinematic, hard-driving observation of a world increasingly confronted by hurricanes, floods, storm surge, extreme weather and the devastation they can leave behind.

This isn't a song written from the sidelines.

BenSimon has personally experienced hurricanes and extreme weather, while friends, family and fellow musicians with roots throughout Hawaii, Mexico, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas have experienced its consequences firsthand as well. From the Gulf Coast and the Delta to Texas, New York and the I-95 corridor, the stories are increasingly familiar:

Wind. Water. Devastation. Survival.

The song puts the listener directly in the middle of the storm.

A riverboat full of people floats past the front porch.

A levee gives way.

The river comes through the front door.

Then the ocean begins seeping into the second story.

There is no higher ground left.

“Ocean water seeping through

The second story of my Parish floor

No place left to climb

Should've headed for high ground

Better make my peace in time…”

And then comes the warning:

“It’s gonna be a hell of a ride

Before the ebbing tide

I’ll be swimming for my life…”

Musically, “Hell Of A Ride” sits squarely in BenSimon’s world of Americana rock and rock & roll, using a driving, visceral approach that mirrors the escalating threat in the lyrics.

It isn't a song about watching the storm on television.

It’s about being there when the water starts coming through the door.

As a songwriter and producer, BenSimon uses music to reflect and document the world around him. “Hell Of A Ride”is another entry in that ongoing musical journal—a snapshot of a world where the storms seem to be getting bigger, the water higher, and the ride increasingly unpredictable.

HELL OF A RIDE

The storm is coming.

Gonna blow tonight.

FOR FANS OF

•  Duane Alman

•  Eric Clapton

•  Tom Petty

•  Wallflowers

•  Black Berry Smoke

•  Steve Earle

•  Drive-By Truckers

•  John Mellencamp

ABOUT BENSIMON

A San Diego Music Award-winning Americana artist BenSimon blends classic American songwriting with modern rock energy. Influenced by Tom Petty, The Rolling Stones, Wilco, Gram Parsons, Jay Hawks, and The Traveling Wilburys, his music combines memorable hooks with stories rooted in the American experience.

Whether writing about redemption, the borderlands, or the social climate of modern America, BenSimon delivers songs that are cinematic, emotionally honest, and unmistakably authentic.

Format: Americana / AAA/ Rock/ Power Pop

ISRC: ushm82692418

Label: BCS

FCC: Clean



You can stream and download this new release, as well as all the musical works for a limited time on the BenSimon web page & Disco Link. Check 'em out, and give' em a spin on your radio shows/stations, and share/spread the good word. If you have any questions or comments, please don't hesitate to reach out and give us a holler and send us a smoke-signal.

Contact BenSimon:

Email: phillipbensimon@gmail.com

Web: phillipbensimon.com

Adios Amigos & Via Con Dios, until our paths cross again, way out here on the western frontier & somewhere near the Mexican border!! 

Muchos Gracias From Your Compadre, 

BenSimon