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The Mark Bennett Band

Schlimmer gehts immer!

About Me

The Mark Bennett Band´s unique sound is a fusion of origional songs, in the Irish singer, songwriter tradition and contemporary acoustic Folk-Rock. Mark Bennett´s songs deal with themes such as love, emigration and the journey of life. His powerful ballads and modern beats come to life through the organic grooves created by the other memebers of the band.
In today’s multimedia world the universe of music revolves around image, video clips, computer generated sounds, what’s in and what’s out, where but few are prepared to open their minds to influences outside of the “mainstream”. Inlight of this necessity to label music and performer one asks if it is at all possible, without the aid of elaborate visual and sound effects, armed only with a voice, a guitar, and a passion to entertain to captivate an audience… The answer is yes! Mark Bennett with his eclectic mix of self composed songs, spontaineous energetic humor and intuitive interpretations of old and new songs brings soul to the hearts of his audiences!
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Member Since: 9/14/2006
Band Website: markbennett.de
Band Members: Mark Bennett vocals, acoustic guitar and Irish Bazouki Martin Bauer vocals, electric, acoustic and double bass Frank Sandfort, Guitars Günter Kramer, electric, acoustic guitar and mandolin Volker (Flocki) Unseld, drums Phil Klahn, DrumsOur guest muscians include: Marc Decker, Uilleann Pipes, wooden flute, tin and low whistles Ruth Bennett, Vocals & Percussion Michael Poelchau, Fiddle
Influences: My influences as a singer, songwriter are very eclectic! Among others are the Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, David Gray, Christy Moore, Luka Bloom, Sting, Robbie Williams, Dave Mathews, Colin Hay, Aslan, Show of Hands, Howie Day, John Martyn, Nike Drake, Luke Kelly, Damien Dempsey,U2, Cold Play, Del Amtri, Willy Porter, Marc Cohn, Reamon, Peter Gabriel, Paul Simon, The Frames nad many, many more........
Sounds Like: A wild mix of folk, rock, pop and country. Sounds like everything and nothing! Decide for yourself!!!
Record Label: Unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Midge Ure Tour Diary Day 8

Hi Folks, After breakfast we had a quick drive around Leipzig. Fantastic city! The road to Bad Reichenhall is long. For all with geography allergies, its in Germany and just north of Salzburg. ...
Posted by The Mark Bennett Band on Wed, 01 Nov 2006 10:41:00 PST

Midge Ure Tour Diary Day 7

Hi Folks,   it was weird to be taken from the tour and momentarily thrown back into everyday life and while some people enjoyed their days off others had a severe reality check in the ...
Posted by The Mark Bennett Band on Wed, 01 Nov 2006 10:39:00 PST

Midge Ure Tour Diary Day6

24.10.06 MIDGE URE TOUR DIARY DAY 6 Hi Folks, The time is flying and we played our sixth gig with Midge Ure in the Sinkkasten in Frankfurt lastnight! The venue is a rock club come disco type of p...
Posted by The Mark Bennett Band on Wed, 25 Oct 2006 07:55:00 PST

MIDGE URE TOUR DIARY DAY 5

MIDGE URE TOUR DIARY DAY 5     Hi Folks,   After a quick look around Augsburg, and a small bit of investment research, in the morning we headed for Ansbach! Ansbach has a fantastic h...
Posted by The Mark Bennett Band on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 06:56:00 PST

Midge Ure Tour Diary Day 4

22.10.06 MIDGE URE TOUR DIARY DAY 4 Hi folks, first off, we´d like to apologise for the lack of photos, due to minor car troubles yesterday, we had no time for pleasantries before the trip to Augsburg...
Posted by The Mark Bennett Band on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 02:04:00 PST

Midge Ure Tour Diary Day3

21.10.06   MIDGE URE TOUR DIARY DAY 3   Hi Folks,   well after the gig in Berlin, a run in with a Bloody Mary in a Prenzlauer Berg bar and a few problems getting our diary on the web...
Posted by The Mark Bennett Band on Sat, 21 Oct 2006 05:02:00 PST

Midge Ure Tour Diary Day 2

20.10.06   MIDGE URE TOUR DIARY DAY 2   Hi Folks,   After a few neccessary car repairs, a website update and eating Jörg out of house and home we embarked on the four hour journey to...
Posted by The Mark Bennett Band on Sat, 21 Oct 2006 05:00:00 PST

Midge Ure Tour Diary Day 1

Oh yes we´re finally Rockstars! Just did our first support gig for Midge Ure in the Staatstheater in Oldenburg! Fantastic!! Midge is totally cool as are his Technicians Dave and Bernice, and the Tour ...
Posted by The Mark Bennett Band on Thu, 19 Oct 2006 05:09:00 PST

Rockstars!

Life is allways amazing, it´s just sometimes we´re so caught up in it , that we can´t see it! I´ve been gigging solid for over ten years now and for the first time in my music CAREER i have the feelin...
Posted by The Mark Bennett Band on Sat, 14 Oct 2006 03:15:00 PST