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ben lourie

About Me

Ben has been playing bass guitar for 25 years both professionally and semi-professionally. He also plays acoustic guitar and sings in an acoustic duo with Sam Harland.For any gear-heads that are interested, Ben uses the following equipment;Basses- 2006 Musicman Stingray, Warwick Corvette $$ (main workhorse for band gigs), '74 Fender Jazz (nearly all original, used in acoustic duo), '80 Aria SB1000 super bass, '93 Peavey Foundation 5 string (seldom used but handy for those deep down notes.Amplification- Yamaha bbt500 digital bass head, 2 Yamaha 4x10" enclosures.Effects- Zoom 2.1b bass unit

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Member Since: 01/01/2008
Band Website: www.baddog-band.co.uk
Influences: eric clapton, jimi hendrix, jack johnson, mark knopfler, phil lynott, pino palladino, stuart zender, paul turner, bernard edwards, victor wooten, nathan east, duck dunn, thin lizzy, james jamerson, ben harper....
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

About time....an update from yours truly!

Well it's been a while! But despite the recession the band is going really well, plenty of gigs booked, check out www.baddog-band.co.uk for details.......My other musical project, the Trio got tempora...
Posted by on Mon, 06 Apr 2009 11:20:00 GMT

20.01.08 Bad dog rehearsal in Beverley

Looking forward to tonights session with Bad Dog. Will let you know how it goes! B Well, it was a really good rehearsal, we have about a month now before we start gigging and I think we're well on co...
Posted by on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:09:00 GMT

20.01.08 Jam at Ralphs

More drum and bass grooves at Ralphs tonight...... He's got quite a good setup there & we both wear headphones so we don't annoy his neighbours. Keeps me ticking over in between band practice...
Posted by on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 09:57:00 GMT

13.01.08 Passion Spent rehearsal

Band rehearsal this afto with Passion Spent, which went pretty well considering we've not played together since before xmas........
Posted by on Mon, 14 Jan 2008 12:47:00 GMT

11.01.08 Jam session at Ralphs

Well, this afto went to see my old mate & great drummer Ralph Wilky. When we got set up a scary thought hit me- it had been about 17 years since I had a bass round my neck whilst Ralph was sitting...
Posted by on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:57:00 GMT