BOOKING ENQUIRIES: IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BOOKING BEN POOLE AT YOUR VENUE, FESTIVAL OR EVENT PLEASE EMAIL: benpooleband@gmail.com
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BEN POOLE BAND DEBUT ALBUM: IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN PURCHASING THE BEN POOLE BAND'S DEBUT ALBUM PLEASE EMAIL: benpooleband@gmail.com
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BAND MEMBERS: Ben Poole (Guitars and Vocals), Gary Pearson (Bass Guitar), Alan Taylor (Drums) plus many more guest/dept musicians... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ENDORSERS: Ben Poole proudly endorses 'Rotosound Strings' and is currently using the 'Roto-Blues' nickel on steel 10's - 52's range of electric guitar strings. Ben Poole proudly endorses 'Cornford Amplification' and is currently using the 'Hellcat' head with 2x12 or 1x12 Cornford Cabs.
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BELOW: The first part of an interview I did for 'Brighton Vibe TV' in August '09:
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DANI WILDE: Besides my own project I also play lead guitar with this UK blues/soul singer signed to German based record label 'RUF Records'. We tour extensively throughout the UK and Europe. By the fall of 2009 we will have toured in Germany 3 times, toured extensively around the UK and also toured in Luxembourg, Switzerland and Spain. www.daniwilde.com
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Influences
Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Healey, Richie Kotzen, FREE, Philip Sayce, Rod Stewart, Rory Gallagher, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Slash, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Gov't Mule, Albert Collins, BB King, Albert King, Mato Nanji, John Mayall, Jeff Buckley, Scotty Moore, Chet Atkins, Jerry Reed, Albert Lee, Eric Sardinas, Greg Howe, Danny Gatton, Brad Paisley, Lenny Kravitz, James Morrison, Prince, John Mayer, Guthrie Govan, Robben Ford, Sonny Landreth, Led-Zeppelin, Robert Johnson, Matt Schofield, Son House, Joe Cocker, Steve Marriott, John Lee Hooker, Eric Johnson, Brent Mason, Freddie King, Muddy Waters...the list goes on and on and on...
Sounds Like
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PRESS/QUOTES...
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"F***ing amazing! I loved his playing...I really loved his playing! -JEFF BECK
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"A really good player!" -GARY MOORE
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"Unbelievable! It's very refreshing to hear someone in today's time who reminds me of the guys who inspired me when I was young. He'll be a household name someday for sure...Amazing! -RICHIE KOTZEN
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"This 21 year old from Bedfordshire has been honing his technique since he was 12 and looks up to the blues guitar greats who have inspired his sound. As far as Ben's concerned, the sky's the limit. Ben really brings the fire with his licks. He's got neck-snapping vibrato where he catches a bunch of strings at once and grinds the shit out of them. By the way he hits the guitar, we can only assume it's been saying rude things about his mother! Ben Poole: the next Joe Bonamassa? -'TOTAL GUITAR' MAGAZINE
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"Very good. A really fresh sound and style!" -PAUL JONES (MANFRED MANN / THE BLUES BAND / BBC RADIO 2)
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"Great tracks, great guitar and vocal live...one great special player!" -BERNIE TORME (Ozzy Osbourne, Gillan)
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"Ben Poole...talented little bugger-I should cut his f***in' hands off!"
-'SNAILS PACE SLIM' (THE HAMSTERS)
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"Blues Extravaganza! The guitar sounds were impeccable, the timing was beyond reproach and there was evidence of dynamic awareness throughout…This was no “lazy” blues offering – Ben managed to sneak in everything from country licks to Satriani-style legato widdling, yet this was never to the detriment of the overall musicality of the performance. Nice."
-GUTHRIE GOVAN (Asia, Erotic Cakes, The Young Punx)
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“He got the blues…yeah he got it!”
-CARVIN JONES
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"Something really special there...some great playing!" -JAN CYRKA ('Guitarist Magazine')
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PICS...
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Inspired by the Blues, infused with a hard hitting, “in-yer-face” rock approach and topped-off by virtuoso musicianship, Ben Poole is being talked of as “the” new up-and-coming UK Blues guitarist; one of the finest to have emerged in Europe for years. Having already played with, and received critical acclaim, from some of his heroes, including legendary blues artists such as Jeff Beck, Gary Moore and John Mayall, at just 22 years of age it appears that there is no stopping this young and incredibly gifted musician. His latest recordings reinforce this and make it blatantly clear that Ben is destined for a great future on the European Blues/Rock scene. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VIDEO
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THE BLUES JAM TRACKS SESSIONS! Ben Poole was invited by legendary guitar player and Producer Jan Cyrka (Ex-Zodiac Mindwarp, credits also include producing Guthrie Govan's debut album) to his London recording studio to jam over some blues backing tracks to help promote the www.bluesjamtracks.com website. Ben was the forth artist to stop by the studio for this session after Aynsley Lister, Ian Parker and Guthrie Govan...this is what happened:
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BELOW...Ben Poole with Jason Knight playing keys, Martin Wright on drums and Jonny Chase on bass Live @ Concorde 2, Brighton. March 2008:
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BELOW...Ben Poole live @ The Concorde 2, Brighton. December 2007:
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BELOW...Ben Poole playing with RUF records artist Dani Wilde and her band at 'Alte Piesel' in Fulda during our April 2009 Germany tour. The song is an Etta James song called 'I'd Rather Go Blind'. Ben's guitar solo is 3mins 30secs in:
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BELOW...Ben Poole playing with RUF records artist Dani Wilde and her band at The Blues Garage in Hannover during our April 2009 Germany tour. Ben's solo is 2mins 10secs in:
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Crikey Ben! You're doing a bit well for yourself, and well deserved it is too. Hopefully I can come see you with the Hamsters on 20th Nov, looks like a good show.
Line up for the Nov 13 Children In Need gig is confirmed as DJ CAPTAIN BOB + XANTHUS + HEELS CATCH FIRE + THE CURST SONS + BEN POOLE BAND. Advance tickets, a snip at £4, will go on sale soon at Ape, Resident & Rounder.
Ben. Nice to see that my all time guitar hero Jeff had to sit down when hejammed with you. The link for voting in yourr blog doesnt work - too many dots probably' Catch you soon & hope to have promo for the Nov 13 gig. Bob
Hey! Thanks again for being our friend. Make sure you have a little listen to our album Songs For Abandoned Buildings. If you like it, please follow the link on the player to buy it from itunes so we can play a town near you! Don't forget to give us a review on itunes:)
Thanks for the fantastic performance at The Bentworth Blues Festival. Enjoyed the Jeff Beck connection. Glad to have bought your C.D. So much good stuff on there, I find it hard to choose a favourite (I'm Losing You, Foolin' Around, Liquid Wonderment, Hear My Train A Comin'?!!) Well done! Gonna definitely catch you in the Spring with Dani (she's good - heard her at The Chichester Blues festival last year). See ya.
To help you keep recording during these times of economic crisis and price rises we would like to offer all our myspace friends a 40% discount on all bookings for band recordings from the 24th August to the end of September 2009. This means an hourly rate of just £25.
The heart of our recording studios is a Pro tools HD 2 system (x2) with C24 control surfaces together with an Allen and Heath 32:8:2 analogue desk for analogue mixing. We provide a mixture of classic, analogue audio equipment and cutting-edge digital technology. see our website www.altrecordingstudios.com for further details.
please mention myspace if booking, this is a one time offer prompted by our recent studio refurbishment
Wotcha. Looking forward to the Children In Need gig on Nov 13. Also on bill are Xanthus and Heels Catch Fire. More may be more added soon. Thanks to a tipoff from Lout I will be at the MGMT secret gig on Friday so I may not see you guys at the HBar this time. Enjoy the RK gigs. Bob
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Great guitar and vocals. Looking forward to the Bentworth Blues Festival. See you are also playing with Dani Wilde next year in Andover. She's fantastic! Hope to get along to that as well.
