The U.S. Army Field Band

Biography

Sergeant First Class Renée Bennett, fiddle, grew up in a musical family in Calvert County, Maryland. She started playing violin with her public school’s music program and went on to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Professional Music from Berklee College of Music. She has performed nationally and internationally in a diverse range of styles and with such acts as the Carolina Chocolate Drops, Mark O’Connor, The Winter Sounds, Shovels & Rope, Sammy Shelor, The Steeldrivers, and many national symphonies. After moving through three duty stations in six years as a military spouse, she enlisted in the Army out of El Paso, Texas, shipping to Basic Training just ten days after her husband deployed to Iraq. Sgt. 1st Class Bennett and her husband, Sgt. 1st Class Joey Bennett, both joined Six-String Soldiers in 2017.

Member of the Six-String Soldiers

Six-String Soldiers is a six-member country music group performing Americana and patriotic music in order to Inspire a national pride in the country and help the American people have more connection to their Army. The group was formed in 2015 by active-duty Soldiers who received national media attention after a Facebook video of the group playing The Beatles’ “Here Comes The Sun” went viral. Since then, they have appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Morning Express with Robin Meade, Harry with Harry Connick Jr., and Hallmark Channel’s Home & Family show.

About the Six-String Soldiers