I also front the funky rockin’ blues band ‘Benny Guitar Carr & The Hot Rats’. The band is made up of Aly Day, myself Ben Carr and Tom Carr. We have performed at various festivals locally including the International Jazz
Solo Artist
As a solo artist I perform a mixture of slide guitar styles including blues, jazz, folk and some more international phrasing. I play a resophonic tricone guitar which leads itself beautifully to Hawaiian and delta blues. I play regular gigs
Original Artwork by Ben Carr
I’ve been involved in some other projects including an art exhibition at the International Jazz and Blues Festival in Plymouth. I created a series of paintings of my favourite blues artists. You can see some of the artwork of that
About Benny Guitar Carr & The Hot Rats
I grew up on the outskirts of London near Maidenhead and moved to Devon as a teenager. It was in devon working behind the bar of The Royal Oak I was lucky enough to meet hundreds of fantastic world class
Latest album ‘Good Times’
Good Times was inspired by a trip Ben took to New Orleans. Whilst traveling out there he had the grand privilege of not only seeing, but also getting to play with, Ian Smith and The Frenchman Street Horns. This collaboration,