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THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN BOYSBased in London and Limoges, France.Father and son, Steve and Ben Somers brought ‘The Rocky Mountain Boys’ together through an argument in a bar, Ben with his passion for Bluegrass and Steve with his passion for Western Swing music.Steve Somers plays guitar,autoharp,banjo,harmonica, double bass and sings. He has been on the music scene since the 60's. In 1975 he was spotted in a pub singing solo and performing his own material, by a scout for a national television talent show called New Faces. steve won the show with his own country song ‘Mavis Brown’, this marked the beginning of his song writing and publishing career. After this he joined top Television / recording group The Settlers Since then Steve has appeared around the world on stage, television, radio and record,working with some of the greatest names in the country business. People like Glen Cambell, Skiffle King 'Lonnie Donegan',n Billy Jo Spears, Don Everly( Everly Bros) Frank Ifield, Pete Sayers and many, many more, as well as in his own right.Ben Somers is also a multi-instrumentist playing Double Bass, Tenor sax, flute, clarinet and he sings.
Ben was born into a musical family. Ben has appeared in his own right, around the world, on telvision, stage and record with Dr John, Roberto Pla, Mika, Michael Bolton, Kate Nash, The Pippettes and many more.
It is his passion for Bluegrass and Western Swing music that brought him together with his father to form ‘The Rocky Mountain Boys’Cousin Jocephus Aukland is yet another multi-instrumentist.
playing Banjo, Trumpet, Flexitonic hooperphone and he also sings.
Joe has toured with Madness, The Pet Shop Boys, The Pippettes and many more, but it is Joes' passion for bluegrass that drives him with The rocky Mountain Boys..
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