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Ben Cheshire & The Chats

Hey there alley cats...

About Me


Ben Cheshire and the Chats is a groovitational and spiritual journey back to a future where folk singer/songwriters could co-exist happily with a couple of jazz cats. In band conversations the Chats are always talking about girls; and Ben is always saying let's go dance with waterlillies; its a wonder any happy medium is found, but, bless them, they try.
"You make me want to cry and laugh at the same time. You're an assault on the reactions." Jefferton James, artist and Sydney music scene guru.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/21/2006
Band Website: bencheshire.blogspot.com
Influences: 1920's jazz singing, 1960's folk lyrics, Martha Wainwright, Louis Armstrong, Tim Buckley, Bob Dylan, David Bowie.
Sounds Like: A wry folkie backed by a jazz combo.
Record Label: Bookings/enquiries: ben.cheshireAToptusnet.com.au
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Wonderboy Charlton by Reg M. Thoughton

This song has never been recorded. It was first published in the Manly Daily, would you believe, in 1924. it was written, by Thorton, as a tribute song to a record-breaking swimmer Andrew "Wonderboy" ...
Posted by Ben Cheshire & The Chats on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:44:00 PST

Cheshire goes drum’n’bass.

Apologies for the long silence. I've been fashioning a band from glass... I'm studying glass blowing... Its very delicate, and if you talk too much about it, it can all turn in on itself. Last night ...
Posted by Ben Cheshire & The Chats on Sun, 10 Feb 2008 01:45:00 PST

heaps of new stuff up at bencheshire.blogspot.com

You should have that bitch bookmarked, its got so much good stuff on it! I'm biased cause I like wrote it. Been furiously updating while I should have been doing assignments, so its as up to date with...
Posted by Ben Cheshire & The Chats on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 05:50:00 PST

Even better than the real thing: Ben Cheshire live on youtube

My youtube page: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=bencheshire New videos from last Madame Fling Flong gig, with Ali on violin. Turn Me Inside Out, a song about literally being turne...
Posted by Ben Cheshire & The Chats on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 01:09:00 PST

If not for Buster Keaton I'd hardly be sane at the moment...

NEWS IN BRIEF: NEW PLAY IS AVAILABLE @ http://www.bencheshire.blogspot.com, NEW BC SONGS ARE AVAILABLE NEXT TIME I PLAY, AS WELL AS YOUR FAVOURITES, LIKE X, Y, Z, AIN'T THAT A HICKORY SANDWICH AND FIL...
Posted by Ben Cheshire & The Chats on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 04:54:00 PST

Hippie weather makes Bluesfest a Cold Fact

Blues and Roots ran alternately hot and cold. I was with an old school friend, we had many great laughs together... Saw some great things, had an amazing experience, only thanks to our sense of humou...
Posted by Ben Cheshire & The Chats on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 07:41:00 PST

New blog spot and super news: had my first play produced!

Okay, so I went along to my orientation day not expecting to get a play out of it, but I'd just been to the Wooley Building book sale, an annual ritual almost as important as the Chancellor's Book Sal...
Posted by Ben Cheshire & The Chats on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 05:00:00 PST

Once was novel, now is play, was blind and now I see.

I feel like a human again and am ready to reenter the land of the living..... So my novel turned out to be a play, and my play turned out to be a comedy with a sour ending. We'll see if I get away wit...
Posted by Ben Cheshire & The Chats on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 05:20:00 PST

"John Columbus"

Mellow baby bones break stones and throw entries into diaries into disarray. Dreamers do, but nevermind the never-never, we'll hit the road to find out if we're great or not, play some tunes and bake ...
Posted by Ben Cheshire & The Chats on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 10:19:00 PST

I am now legally a master.

No, I haaven't changed my name to Master Ben - I had enough of that from the british disciplinarian who refused to call any student by their first name (always with the Master Benjamin... grrr) but ha...
Posted by Ben Cheshire & The Chats on Fri, 20 Oct 2006 01:46:00 PST