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The Steve & Ben Somers Country Band

6 piece band delivering Americana, Western Swing & Country in classic style!

0	PORTSMOUTH: The Square Tower
P	Saturday 16th December, 2017
N	7:15pm

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The Square Roots Xmas Show!

“Western Swing, Bluegrass and lovelorn waltzes all delivered with panache in classic style!” (Blabber & Smoke)

“This 6 piece band well and truly nail that classic western swing sound! Here’s a band that play with a smile on their faces - audiences are in for a treat!” (Fatea Magazine)

Here at Square Roots towers, we receive more video links from bands that would like to play at the Tower than we can shake the proverbial stick at! And very occasionally there’s one that makes us sit up and take notice! And so was the case with these guys - the Steve & Ben Somers Country Band! We just took one look at the videos they sent us and just knew that they’d go down an absolute storm in our beautiful venue! Check out our website for those videos and you\'ll see exactly why we are so excited that we\'ve booked this amazing band to play for us all at our Xmas show!

Steve Somers started as a young singer/songwriter in the London Folk Clubs of the 60’s. In 1975 he won a national TV talent show called ‘New Faces’, after which he joined British hit pop/folk group ‘The Settlers’ and appeared on National and international TV, radio and records. Steve played for Skiffle Legend Lonnie Donegan, Cockney chart topper Joe Brown, American Legend Johnny Tillotson, sung on TV behind British legend Lulu, Don Everly and toured with Glen Campbell, Johnny Cash, Billy Jo Spears whilst still performing and broadcasting with his own band playing western swing and country and bluegrass.
“Guitars fizz and burn, while the pedal steel is a delight throughout! A tight little band delivering cracking slices of good old fashioned delights!” (Blabber & Smoke)

Ben Somers was practically ‘born in the dressing room’ and grew up listening to his Dad Steve from the side of the stage, Ben made his own way in music and after completing a degree in Jazz on the saxophone, he was rapidly in demand as a composer, arranger and session player on various instruments, recordings and performing live around the world. He also happened upon a TV concert by Steve Earle & Del McCoury and soon acquired a double bass and jumped head first into the musical world of bluegrass, country and folk. In the last few years he’s worked with some of his musical heroes such as Dr John, Dirk Powell, Nashville Grammy winners The Time Jumpers as well as Taylor Swift and Seal amongst others.

Steve and Ben, after years of playing together have finally found a group of musicians that have inspired them to form this brilliant band! So as well as Steve (acoustic guitar and vocals), and Ben (double bass and vocals), you’ll find Rob Updegraff (guitar), Marcus Bonfanti (guitar and vocals), Matt Park (pedal steel) and Wes Gibbons (percussion) and all contributed to the brand sparkly new album “The Highway Is My Home” - a collection of Americana, Western Swing, and Country old and new, sung and yodelled in harmony!

More info at: www.squarerootspromotions.co.uk