The Ben Waters Hoedown Band Featuring the Amazing David Lee from Australia

Ben Waters is recognised as a internationally acclaimed musician excelling in the arts of boogie blues, rock 'n roll piano and vocals.

The nucleus of the band is a six piece consisting of Ben on piano and vocals; chart topping drummer vocalist Ady Milward; bass player, vocalist, lyricist and also chart topping Richard Hymas; and amazing sax players Chris Rand and Adam Davey along with Ben's 14 year old son, Tom, who has been amazing audiences all over the world and steals the show every time.

Travelling the world for over 20 years, Ben has gained a reputation as an internationally acclaimed musician. He has playe in every imaginable type of venue from the bottom of whisky vats to the Royal Albert Hall and the Royal Festival Hall where he and his band were selected by Ray Davies as one of his 12 favourite bands to perform at his Meltdown Festival.

He has had a remarkable apprenticeship, having worked and recorded with many of the legendary greats of the rock 'n roll world – The Rolling Stones. Chuck Berry; Jerry Lee Lewis; Shakin' Stevens; Jools Holland; Ray Davies; and many others. Ben and Tom played again last summer on Broadway in New York at the legendary Les Paul's Iridium Club and have just returned from a phenomenally successful tour of Singapore, Australia and New Zealand.

Ben recorded his album "Boogie for Stu" at Jools Hollands studio (which Jools donated freely) – it is a commemorative album in honour of the late Ian Stewart, family friend and founder of The Rolling Stones , all of whom, along with Jools and P-J Harvey are featured in the CD. It has topped blues and rock 'n roll charts world wide with proceeds from sales and Ben's advance going to the British Heart Foundation in Stu's memory. The CD cover painting of Ian Stewart was created by Sir Peter Blake who has donated a further £10,000 from print sales to the BHF in memory.

The Ben Waters Band play amazing rock 'n roll, blues and boogie numbers from this and other albums, along with ground breaking original numbers which are attracting world wide interest.