Rocky's road to the blues began is Silsbee, TX about 20 miles South of Beaumont where he was born to hard working parents of moderate means. He was second to the youngest of 6 children, and is no stranger to trouble and pain. As a young child he began to lose his vision and was blind at the age of 6. He attended the Texas School for the Blind in Austin where he learned to read Braille, started his education, and got his nickname "Rocky". He said one of his teachers called him Rocky for same strange reason. His teacher would tell him that he knew someday he would drive by a billboard somewhere, which would read n lights "Rocky Benton". The name stuck with him and since then Rocky has had his name in lights on many a marquee.

Music came to play a role in Rocky's life at an early age. He says he grew up listening to his sister's records and was introduced to the harmonica by his uncle who could play only one song. He was fascinated with it and wanted to be able to play. Rocky got his first harmonica at the age of 6 and later learned to play drums and keyboard. At the age of 10, rocky was performing professionally as a drummer and singer of an Austin Jazz band led by keyboard artist James Polk. "I came up in a day when a kid playing a bar was kind of like an act", Benton says,” Even if I was not the headliner, it seemed I was always somehow the center of attention".

Rocky first played Corpus Christi at the Downbeat club, while attending High School at Austin's School for the Blind. Later when attending a San Antonio junior college, he met the blues great B.B. King which he says deepened his involvement with the blues and created a fervent commitment to for him in the world of music. Rocky's rousing presence on stage is as unique and special as his sound. Wearing his leather belt stamped "R O C K Y ", which holds 12 of his favorite harmonicas, Rocky sways back and forth demonstrating why he has gained his well-deserved reputation as one of the finest harmonica players to ever take the stage. His powerful and unique vocals provide South Texas with his interpretation of Blues and Motown. Showcasing his personal entertainment style, Rocky is always a direct hit and gains fans wherever he plays. His music and sound are always a crowd and club favorite. Rocky is the real thing, a Texas genuine consummate blues singer. His audiences love him and there is no one who enjoys rocking the house more.