Ian Bennett- vocals, guitar, piano
Sam Ritchie- trumpet, vocals, guitar, piano
Joe Truscott- double/electric bass
Jason Ribeiro- drums/percussion
Influences
Neil Young, Frank Black and the Catholics, Jeff (+Tim!) Buckley, Joni Mitchell, Nick Drake, Django Reinhardt, Andrew Bird, Beck, The Beach Boys, Lois Armstrong, Muddy Waters, Nick Cave, Nina Simone, The Dandy Wahols, PJ Harvey...
Ian Bennett is very often mistaken for not taking things very seriously. This is very wrong indeed. Bery worng. He is awfully serious. He sings songs of loves lost, opportunities missed, plans foiled, always being the brides maid, never the bride etc. Plus with the addition of Sam, Jason and Joe, they are, collectively, about as serious as a Darren Aranofsky film but hell the tunes are good!
Actually that's mostly a load of balls, however what is true is that Ian Bennett grew up in North London and was playing the guitar so young that he hadn't even had his artificial fingers attached yet. The first few attempts were a bit dodgy but things became a lot easier after his mother started sellotaping frozen sausages to his palms. Oh, how the tunes flowed!
Before long he left home and became a travelling jester just like his dad and to this day wanders aimlessly, hypnotising unsuspecting bystanders with his strange blend of extremely serious/totally ridiculous storysongs.
Hey Ian!!!!!! long time no see, sorry for the slowest of responses but i am very slow. How r u??glad u have put some tunes up !!! don no when ill be visiting london next :(, ive got crappy accountany exams at the mo, booooo!!!! hows joey???? i send my love to u both xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
hey Ian! we're doing Spoonful of Poison on Monday as a featured artist, Wednesday night at Gramaphone, and Friday night at Ryan's. But when are you coming around to do some open mic's? We'll have a double-bill. (from Rima)
yeh nice to hear from you hows everything?many things changed since i last saw you playing in stokey!will drop you a date this week, would be nice to see u perform again nat
Howdy, If anybody knows a bassist or keybord player please get in touch....... we have a tour booked and have just released a single. have a listen to our myspace and message us if interested.
Hope you are having a good Holiday season! I wanted to let you know that i'll be touring in the UK in January with Kevin Montgomery, and we are playing London on Jan. 15th....at the Half Moon on Putney.
If you have a moment...here is a video about the tour- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0u6hDmd4As
I hope you can make the show..........until then, Happy Trails! AP
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hmmmmmmm, id thought id let every1 know that my penis is soooo small it ocassionly inverts itserts itserts itself...yay. im looking for to prac and im having chessy chips and not sharinf.....boooo.i may a little late as im raping a small fish!
So there I was cooking bangers and mash whilst listening to Zane Lowe....and a really cool band comes on..........and who was it I hear you ask! The bees!!!! How bizarre! They are great! I bet you any money that as I'm writing this you're hammered and sticking to the floor and as you're reading this you're hungover and at work! MUA HA HA HA HA :)
yes,it changed my life completely a new vision of life and its priorities.colour musicblended with responsibility for environment and people,thanks giulio
Just thought I'd let you know that we're playing in Croydon next Thursday 1st March. Starts 8pm. Would be lovely to see your dashing face there if you've nothing better planned.
Court case went really well, waiting for result but looks positive.
Smelen xx
puuurrrrrllllllllleeeeeeeaaaaasssssseeeeeeee come and play in my home town :) Ya gotta come and show the brummies how good you are :) (and come and drink lots of beer with me!)
I shall put some more batteries in my Hi Fi and play some of your great tracks (available from your website www.ibmuso.com) at crazy levels that will make the ladybirds in my flat fall from the ceiling!
hey Ian! i had a tip off from my sis you were about. So long! Let me know when you have a gig or if you just want to catch up. Your music sounds great, well done.
