WELCOME...
The Ben Poole Band welcomes you to the new website! There is loads of stuff to check out - including news, reviews, pictures and much more so we hope you enjoy your visit to www.benpooleband.com! While some developments are still in progress why not check out the Ben Poole MySpace page: www.myspace.com/benpoole
Many thanks from: Mark Braybrook (administrator), Ben Poole (editor).
NEWS...
18th November 2008...
-Many thanks go out out theRotosound team, Cornford amps and www.bluesjamtracks.com for making my experience playing at 'Music Live' this year so much fun! Guthrie Govan and I (Picture below) were demoing for Rotosound strings on Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th November at the 'Music Live' Trade Show at the Birmingham NEC.
21st October 2008...
-On the back of a few great shows in Essex and Hampshire playing lead guitar with amazing blues/soul singer and good friend Dani Wilde, I have now become a full time member of her touring band which I am absolutely delighted with!
23rd September 2008...BIG NEWS THIS MONTH!!!
-BEN POOLE IS IN NATIONAL GUITAR MAGAZINE 'TOTAL GUITAR' THIS MONTH (PAGE 29)...Be sure to have a peak!
-BEN POOLE HAS RECENTLY BECOME ENDORSED BY ROTOSOUND STRINGS! Other endorsees include: Velvet Revolver, Guthrie Govan, Walter Trout, Billy Sheehan, Oasis, John Paul Jones, Paul McCartney, Status Quo, Pink Floyd and many more. Visit the Rotosound website at: www.rotosound.com
-BEN POOLE IS ALSO THE LATEST ARTIST TO SESSION FOR THE 'BLUES JAM TRACKS' WEBSITE. PREVIOUS ARTISTS INCLUDE AYNSLEY LISTER, GUTHRIE GOVAN, STEVE VAI, PAUL GILBERT, JOE SATRIANI, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN AND MANY MORE. CHECK OUT BEN'S SESSION BY FOLLOWING THE LINK BELOW:
http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=bluesjamtracks
...SPREAD THE WORD AND POST A COMMENT UNDER YOUR FAVOURITE OF THE 6 VIDEOS!
14th August 2008...
-Live CD on the way! Recorded at The Hamsters gig on 4th July this live album is sounding cool, featuring a whole bunch of songs not present on the studio album (which was released on the very same night!). It should be ready for release within a few months....so watch this space!
16th July 2008...
-Thanks to everyone who came along to support us and The Hamsters at Esquires in Bedford on 4th July. Thanks especially to Rob Vernon and to everyone who bought a copy of our first album. Hope to see you all at a show soon...
Above and below: Ben and 'Slim' from The Hamsters
17th June 2008...
-THE ALBUM IS FINALLY HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-At last our first, self-titled album is finished and it sounds AWESOME!!! With a total of 12 tracks and a whopping 53 minutes of "red-hot blues-rock," the album also features a handful of brand new songs that we have never even played live before and we will hopefully have a few advanced copies available at 'The Ship' gig in Bedford this Sunday afternoon. We plan to officially launch the album on Friday 4th July at our gig at Bedford Esquires supporting THE HAMSTERS! Be sure to grab yourselves a copy as soon as possible!!!
Here is the track listing of the album...
1. PACK UP, GO HOME
2. I'M LOSIN' YOU
3. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE (BE MINE)
4. FOOLIN' AROUND
5. LIQUID WONDERMENT
6. HEAR MY TRAIN A COMIN'
7. HIT + RUN
8. MEAN DISPOSITION
9. BLITZKRIEG BLUES
10. NEVER KNOW
11. JUST ROCK 'N' ROLL
12. SUSSED OUT
26th May 2008...
-The latest news on the album is that it is currently being mastered by a freind and tutor at the Brighton Institute of Modern Music called Martin (but known to everyone as Ace), he is a guitarist himself, having formed and played in 90's act Skunk Anansie, so the record should be very guitar prominent which is what we like ;-) We hope to use our gig on Friday 4th July at Esquires in Bedford supprting THE HAMSTERS as our album launch night so be sure to come down as its going to be an amazing night....and grab yourselves a copy of our self titled debut album!
29th March 2008...
- The Ben Poole Band's first full album is finally under construction! Recorded completely live, except for vocals and a few guitar solos, all the drum parts, bass parts and most of the guitar parts have been finished leaving just a few lead guitar lines and vocal lines left to finish before the mixing and mastering can take place. The album should contain between 10 and 13 tracks and the band hope to have it completely finished by the start of June so watch this space!
2nd February 2008...
- The Ben Poole Band set to go into the studio in late March
- Loads of new pictures in the Gallery...check it out!
THE BEN POOLE BAND LIVE @ THE STABLES, MILTON KEYNES ON FRIDAY 30TH JANUARY!!!
JOINING BEN POOLE WILL BE PAUL HANNON ON DRUMS AND TOBY SHWEITERING ON BASS. SUPPORT COMES FROM THE FABULOUS BLUES/SOUL SINGER CHERRY LEE MEWIS. 7:30PM. TICKETS ARE £9.50 IN ADVANCE OR £11.50 ON THE DOOR AND THEY ARE SELLING OUT FAST SO BE SURE TO GET YOURS NOW, THEY CAN BE PURCHASED FROM THE STABLES WEBSITE (www.stables.org) OR SIMLY BY FOLLOWING THIS LINK:
http://www.stables.org/Whats_on/Event/Cherry
BEN POOLE'S FIRST LIVE ALBUM WILL ALSO HOPEFULLY BE READY FOR SALE AT THIS, WAS IS SHAPING UP TO BE, GREAT GIG!
DON'T MISS IT!!!
LATEST PRESS...
Above: Article from 'Total Guitar' magazine, September 2008 (issue 180)
IN THE PAST...
BEN POOLE WILL BE APPEARING AT 'MUSIC LIVE' AT THE BIRMINGHAM NEC, COURTESY OF ROTOSOUND MUSIC STRINGS, ON SATURDAY 8TH AND SUNDAY 9TH NOVEMBER...
BEN WILL BE DEMOING ON THE ROTOSOUND STALL ALONGSIDE GUTHRIE GOVAN, PLAYING TO BACKING TRACKS PROVIDED BY www.bluesjamtracks.com FOR WHOM BEN HAS SESSIONED FOR IN THE RECENT PAST: www.youtube.com/bluesjamtracks
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LATE 'N' LIVE IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE BEDFRINGE FESTIVAL PRESENTS...
THE BEN POOLE BAND
LIVE @ THE HARPUR SUITE, BEDFORD (part of the Corn Exchange complex, near the Bedford shopping centre)
10:30pm-12midnight (more info below)
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Silver Gig Promotions Present...
THE HAMSTERS +
THE BEN POOLE BAND
FRIDAY 4TH JULY
7:30pm - 12 midnight
Tickets £15 on the door or available from www.seetickets.com / Danny's Bar / The Music Centre / Guitar Empire. Alternatively, e-mail Silver.Gigs@ntlworld.com or telephone (07774)717774
THIS GIG WILL ALSO BE THE LAUNCH NIGHT OF THE BEN POOLE BAND'S SELF TITLED DEBUT ALBUM!!! (See left...)
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PRESENTS...
FRIDAY 29TH FEBRUARY '08
THE BEN POOLE BAND
LIVE @
THE HORN, ST. ALBANS, HERTS
9PM
With Kaned & Able (See Below)
| THE MUSICBOX presents... | 8-2am £5 /£3 | |
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Kaned & Able - a stonking St Albans based live 6 peice hip hop band + The Ben Poole Band (Blues) These guys are destined for a great future with the Blues, see them here first and you'll be able to say you'd seen them before they became famous! If you like Joe Bonamassa you'll love this band.+ tbc + Indie Disco dj Rob (Juicebox) from 12-2am. Door price drops to £3 after 11.30pm. No entry after 1am. | |
| Links: The MusicBox | ||
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FRIDAY 22ND FEBRUARY '08
ALL BLUES NIGHT!!!
DANI WILDE +
THE BEN POOLE BAND +
WILL 'HARMONICA' WILDE
LIVE @ THE BRUNSWICK, HOVE, EAST SUSSEX
8PM
FREE ENTRY!
"Dani Wilde. Amazing Blues and Soul Singer playing The Brunswick as part of her UK tour. Check out her myspace http://www.myspace.com/daniwildemusic www.daniwilde.com" Support from The Ben Poole Band and Will 'Harmonica' Wilde.
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THURSDAY 18TH OCTOBER 2007
LIVE AT 'THE HORN' MUSIC VENUE IN ST.ALBANS, HERTFORDSHIRE
SHADES OF BLUES PRESENTS...
'THE CARVIN JONES BAND'
AND...
'THE BEN POOLE BAND'
"Get ready for the flamboyant crowd pleasing showman 'The Phoenix Thunderbolt' Carvin Jones. "Spontaneous , mesmerising , bags of fun, and to the youngsters in the crowd, perhaps shades of what Hendrix might have been like, but twice as fast." – Pete Feenstra. "Carvin Jones is a young cat out of phoenix who I think is the next up-and-coming blues player" - Eric Clapton. Support from The Ben Poole Band - a young power Blues/Rock trio from Bedford - these guys are destined for a great future with the Blues, see them here first and you'll be able to say you'd seen them before they became famous! If you like Joe Bonamassa you'll love this band." (From www.thehorn.co.uk)
8PM-12AM
£12 Door/£10 Advance from www.thehorn.co.uk