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Ben

Guitarist

About Me

..This profile was edited with MySpace Help - Profile Creator and Editor MySpace Profile Help!I've been playing guitar for 17 years - in that time I've played in numerous bands (including Black Top Phoenix, Chris Kahl and the B-Sides and my current function band, Back in the Day ). I've also played on cruise ships, in a Danish circus, in musicals, studios, theatres, clubs, grotty pubs etc. Apart from my function band, I'm currently working with singer Nicki Murphy playing acoustic sets (Hang The Underdog), and have started a 4 piece blues band - watch this space! I'm always up for any recording or live work that may come my way too.

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Member Since: 4/6/2006
Band Members: No band members - just me! But I owe massive thanks to Gordon Livesey for producing, engineering, and playing drums and keyboards on my demo (I kept him very busy!), Mike Green and Percita James and Nicky for singing on three of the tracks (you're all legends) and Maria Armata for kicking me up the arse, and sorting out my website. Cheers guys!
Influences: Guitarists - Jimi Hendrix, David Gilmour, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Steve Clark, Jimmy Page, Walter Trout, Rory Gallagher, Eric Clapton, Brian May, Robben Ford, Gary Moore, Phil Collen etc
Bands etc (eg - stuff I like..!) - Def Leppard, Led Zeppelin, Iron Maiden, Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix, The Black Crowes, Bjork, Jeff Buckley, Free, Marvin Gaye, Pearl Jam, Janis Joplin, The Wildhearts, Van Morrison, Incubus, The Beatles, The Foo Fighters, AC/DC, Extreme, Stevie Wonder, Live, Aerosmith, David Bowie, Nirvana, Muse, Pantera, Machine Head, Aretha Franklin, Skunk Anansie, Nick Cave, Cream, Van Morrison, Faith No More, Alice In Chains, Otis Redding, Dire Straits, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Guns n Roses, Alice Cooper, Metallica, Thunder, ZZ Top, Queen, Therapy?, Portishead, Rolling Stones, Rage Against The Machine, The Lemonheads, Soul Asylum, Prince, Soundgarden, Smashing Pumpkins, Suede, Radiohead etc etc - you get the idea...
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Sounds Like: Guitar! I enjoy playing many styles - rock, pop, blues, soul, jazz, funk...
Type of Label: None

My Blog

the number is...

fuck shit bollocks. i appear to have gone qutie deep this time. I needa trip to ikea.
Posted by Ben on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 03:36:00 PST

Thus spake the super guru

I'm sorry, I just have to get this off my chest...I read a lot of stuff online, blogs, journals, whatever, full of the most meaningless quotations you ever saw; stuff that, on the surface, looks very ...
Posted by Ben on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 02:27:00 PST

The day the postman should have stayed at home

An open letter to my housing people, who will remain nameless:Dear Housing PeopleNext time you decide to write me a letter, complete with bold type, telling me that my service charge payment is overdu...
Posted by Ben on Sun, 05 Aug 2007 03:03:00 PST

Music and Pictures

Ok this is a bit weird, but hear me out. I've noticed recently that if you look at a photograph of something while you're listening to music, the photograph will take on the vibe of the song. So then,...
Posted by Ben on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 02:16:00 PST

Coincidence? No, just paranoia

Maybe it's just me, and the fact that I spent thirteen hours in a field yesterday (no, I wasn't at Glastonbury) but I'm, beginning to think that the people I know know far too many other people that I...
Posted by Ben on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 04:18:00 PST

Cutting a Rug

This is actual proof that grumpy guitarists will get up and have a little dance after 10+ vodka and tonics. Song of the Day...Promises by Eric Clapton.Loving the la la las....
Posted by Ben on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:55:00 PST

Patience

I was told yesterday that patience is a virtue. About bloody time! I've been waiting 26 years for someone to tell me that.By the way, new Wildhearts album...fucking ace. Beg, borrow or steal this albu...
Posted by Ben on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 02:15:00 PST

Bambaleo!

I just watched the Gypsy Kings on that Abbey Road programme, and out of 6 (I think) guitarists, I counted 4 left handers! Is there something about being a gypsy, or indeed a king, that makes you left ...
Posted by Ben on Sat, 31 Mar 2007 04:09:00 PST

Where's the nearest river?

This is what happened to my washing machine yesterday. Actually, I don't know what happened, but this is the end result. Yes, it's fucked - it won't spin anymore, there was a bunch of brown stuff on t...
Posted by Ben on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 03:33:00 PST

Compilize

I'm having an interesting week - I've heard some great, beautiful news (congrats Dave and Maria - Uncle Ben won't let you down!), I've finally got round to burning some CDs and I've been compilizing (...
Posted by Ben on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 04:09:00 PST