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Ben Abney

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Member Since: 16/11/2006
Band Members: I have a swell 3-peice band called Swell Suburbia:Ben Abney-guitars, vocalsJustin Ferwerda-bassPaul Goodenough-temping on drums, vocals
Influences: Paul McCarntey, John Lennon, George Harrison, and that other guy, Simon and Garfunkel, Jeff Tweedy, Wilco, Uncle Tupelo, Golden Smog, Loose Fur, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Nick Drake, Bob Dylan, Big Star, The Band, Ryan Adams, The Elms, The Byrds, Badfinger, The Wallflowers, Shins, Albert King, Ben Folds Five, The Gin Blossoms, The Kinks, The Redwalls, Copeland, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Smashing Pumpkins, Elliot Smith, Donovan, The Who, Willy Wonka.....
Sounds Like: Wilco, The Beatles, Tom Petty, ya know
Record Label: none
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

I have a band...

Just wanted to let you friends and foes know that I have a band! (as you could probably guess when you clicked on this!) It's just a three-piece for now. Justin Ferwerda is on bass guitar and Paul Goo...
Posted by on Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:38:00 GMT

Poems

Sorry these are kinda depressing. I'll put up more uplifting ones when I feel like it.   Streets I'm beginning to fore-see the pot-holes in the pavement more easily now as I dust the do...
Posted by on Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:19:00 GMT

Record almost done

Soooooo, the record will be called Adopted Seeds, and will be 10 songs. That's all I know so far about anything.
Posted by on Sat, 31 May 2008 11:17:00 GMT

Moving to Chicago, recording, and stuff

So, I’m moving to the north side of Chi-town after my semester here at lame-ass-pissing-me-off-waste-of-my-life-ville (Grand Rapids) for the summer (and probably after I graduate ...
Posted by on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:07:00 GMT

New songs! And more to come! First Album! AAAAHH!

Hey. I just recorded 3 new songs at Greenville. Karl Kling was gracious enough to be my engineer, as well as abuse and swear at me. He rocks. There will also be 4 other news songs that I am ...
Posted by on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 17:34:00 GMT

Back in the Studio!!!

Because of a canceled tour, cut dates, a job only once a week teaching snot-nosed little chums how to play the guitar when they never practice, and depression, dammit, I've decided to record some more...
Posted by on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 19:52:00 GMT

Solo.......Stonehill........and more.

Hey there. Back at home now, and I'm working up some solo shows around town and around a few places I travel to in the near future. The rest of the shows posted are a part of a tour for Rand...
Posted by on Tue, 16 Jan 2007 11:12:00 GMT

new pics and video

Hey there. Just letting you know that I have new pictures posted. The next page (and when you choose a song) includes some old pictures that my mother dug up from ages ago. Being the sentimental guy I...
Posted by on Tue, 16 Jan 2007 11:09:00 GMT