 BEN WATERS
Ben Waters is one of world's leading Boogie Woogie/Rock N Roll Piano
players. Although only 35 he has entertained in Festivals, Theatres, and
clubs for over 20 years, with over 3000 gigs under his belt. Together with
his band he has toured the UK , Europe , Scandinavia , Canada , USA , the
Middle East , Japan , Australia , and the West Indies . Ben’s energetic
piano driven rock n roll shows have to be seen to be believed Ben Waters has
a no nonsense approach to playing gigs. This is hard hitting music at its
best. Combining the music of his heroes (Fats Domino, Jerry Lee Lewis
Amos Milburn etc) with cutting edge original material.
Ben Waters has shared the stage with some of the top names in the business, including
Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jools Holland, Ray Davies, Dave
Gilmore, Dave Stewart, Shakin Stevens, Status Quo, The Beach Boys, The
Pogues, Leo Sayer, The Teenagers, Chris Jagger, Freddie Star, Screaming Lord
Sutch, Shirley Bassey - to name but a few.Ben is currently working with the
fabulous Charlie Watts!
Ben Waters has also played at countless special events including a Royal
Variety Show for H.R.H Prince Edward, Jools Holland's Wedding, The Elephant
Durbar for H.R.H Prince Charles, Mick Jagger & Jerry Hall’s Christmas Party
(Mick sat in for a few songs), Jerry Hall’s 50th Birthday, The Royal Albert Hall, The Royal Festival Hall,
BB Kings Times Square New York , The Lorelei Rock Germany together with many
private events attended by Royalty.He recently played for House star Hugh
Laurie's 50th Birthday.
Ben Waters has also been on many TV and Radio shows including, The Conan O’
Brien Show NBC New York (The biggest TV show in the world), Jools Hollands
Radio 2 show (two live appearances), John Peel’s Radio 1 show, Andy Kershaws
Radio 1, Radio 3 and world service shows, Radio 4’s Loose Ends with Ned
Sherrin (10 live performances) BBC1 Pebble Mill, Radio 2 Paul Jones show,
Jazz Fm’s Paul Jones Show and Narahudu TV Japan. Ben was featured on NPR
throughout the USA when Hurricane - the title track of his recent CD was
chosen as Song of the Day.
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FESTIVAL APPEARANCES INCLUDE:
Cork Jazz Festival - Ireland
Holders House Season - Barbados
Soulard Mardi Gras – St Louis, USA
Molde Blues Festival – Norway
Zottegam Blues Festival – Belgium
Glastonbury Festival – UK
Cambridge Folk Festival – UK
Colne Blues Festival – UK
Trowbridge Festival – UK
Castlebar Blues Festival – Ireland
Tamworth Festival – Australia
Memphis Zydeco Festival – USA
Larmer Tree Festival – UK
Bergen Festival – Norway
The Queens Birthday – Holland
Chichester Real Ale and Jazz – UK
Henley Festival – UK
The Rhythm Riot – UK
Great Woods Festival – Canada
Farnham Blues Festival – UK
Small Nations Festival – Wales
Burnley Blues Festival – UK
Wendlestien New Orleans – Germany
Rotterdam Riverside Festival – Holland
London Jazz Festival – UK
Donau Insel Fest – Austria
Eddie Cochran Festival – UK
Tonder Festival – Denmark
Mettmann Blues Week - Germany
Birmingham Jazz Festival – UK
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"Boogie woogie is alive and well! Ben Waters – who incidentally is PJ Harvey’s cousin - has got the touch and the feel for it. Half of the secret of boogie woogie is knowing the tempo at which to play and not making things too fast, and Ben really understands that. I saw him years ago and I thought he was great so ended up playing with him. Then he ended up playing at my wedding and very kindly gave me some Albert Ammons sheet music, which is strange because neither he, I nor Albert read music! He’s just finished a new record that I haven’t heard yet, but he really is a great talent and someone to look out for. He is always playing so do go see him because he is terrific live."
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