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Who are the members of the band?
Brady Gomillion (bass),
Doug Hartin (sax, backup vocals), Kevin Chandler (drums, percussion, vocals), Ben Nelson (vocals, guitar, piano, songwritter)
When and how did you get together?
(Ben)
well i have been playing many years solo and desided to put out another album but with a hired band..so i called around and
looked around and brady and doug are who i desided with. we clicked so well in the studio i desided to take them on the road
then a few months later we brought kevin on.
How would you describe your music style?
(Ben)
this is the question we hate the most. we are dave mathews meets the beatles meets a unique sound. we get labeled Folk Rock
How would you describe your songwritting/ recording process?
(Brady) i dont have
one i just do what been tells me!...
(Ben) and you best remeber that! just kidding. i just right what ever i fill
at the time and either keep it the next day or throw it out. then the band makes it breath, or gives it life.
Which songs do you like performing most and why?
(Ben) our own... even though we do like to cover
a few songs by bands and artist that have inspired us.
What artist would you say have hade the
most influnce on you?
(brady) flea or red hot chilli peppers and dirc lance of incubus
(doug) leroy
moore of dave mathews and phil woods
(kevin) will denton of DC talk and alex Vanhalen of..duh!
(ben) jack
johnson, john lennon, bob dylan, damien rice..the list could go for years!
If you could jam with
any band who would it be?
(ben) we are huge fans ofa band called Gabe Dixon band, www.gabedixonband.com, we
would love to share the stage with them one day.
(kevin) agreed.
Where are you guys playing?
all over the south east, here are a few venues.
The pour,
t-town
the fish, t-town
coffee on valley, b'ham
the mug, mobile
cross roads, mobile
8th and rail, auburn
cambridge coffee, auburn
smothie joes, trussville
reWire cafe, dothan
featured players theatre, dothan
pj's,
t-town
...this could go a while.
(ben) i think i plugged enough venues for now.
Have you had and bad/funny experiance on stage?
(brady) well there was that birthday
suit situation...
(doug) lets not mention that.
(ben) HaHa...no but seriously...i mean there are some but
way to long to describe here.
Do you have any cd's out for the fans?
(ben) you
can grab the EP at any live show and off the counter at a few of our venues... but the bands debut album "changed" should
be out early to mid October. there will be a huge cd premier party. you should be able to grab this cd at many locations.
check web sites for more details.
Do you have anything else to add?
(brady) 2+2...
(ben)please check us out and become our friends online at...
www.myspace.com/bennelson
www.bennelsonmusic.s5.com
www.purevolume.com/bennelson
also thank our sponcer jones soda www.myjones.com
(ben)thanks to you all
and i hope you enjoy the fresh new sound of the Ben Nelson Band.. and remeber support local musicians and venues! peace and
a big thanks to all our fans! peace.
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