Ben Harrison
A great alternative to a classical guitarist, Ben Harrison is an acoustic fingerstyle guitarist performing a unique repertoire of original folk, jazz & world music as well as a few well known popular tunes by The Beatles, Eric Clapton and Louis Armstrong.
Price from £288 + travel
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Set List / Repertoire
The Boy with the Arab Strap - Belle & Sebastian
Don’t Think Twice - Bob Dylan
Foxglove - Bruce Coburn
Going Home (Local Hero) - Dire Straits
Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits
Sunday Morning - The Velvet Underground
Pachelbel’s Canon in D - Johann Pachelbel
Cavatina - John Williams
The South Wind - Irish Trad.
Take Me Home Country Roads - John Denver
I Will Always Love You - Dolly Parton
Wasn’t Born to Follow (Easy Rider) - The Byrds
How Long Will I Love You? - Ellie Goulding
Friday I’m in Love - The Cure
There She Goes - The Las
Tell Her This - Del Amitri
Can’t Help Falling in Love - Elvis Presley
Albatross - Fleetwood Mac
Greeny - Peter Green
Imagine - John Lennon
Here, There and Everywhere - The Beatles
Can’t Buy Me Love - The Beatles
Free As a Bird - The Beatles
Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton
Layla - Eric Clapton
Tears in Heaven/(Over the Rainbow) - Eric Clapton
Crazy - Gnarls Barkley
If You Want Me to Stay- Sly & The Family Stone
Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence - Ryuichi Sakamoto
All Along the Watch Tower - Jimi Hendrix
Supersonic - Oasis
Don’t Know Why - Norah Jones
What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
The Liquidator - Harry J All Stars
Walking in the Air - The Snowman
When a Knight Won His Spurs - English Trad.
Loch Lomond - Scottish Trad.
The Moon Represents My Heart - Teresa Tang
Night Fishing - Simon Fox
Silent Passenger - Pierre Bensusan
Le Jardin d’Adonis - Pierre Bensusan
So Long Michael - Pierre Bensusan
Flowers from Ayako -Franco Morone
plus 36 original tunes spanning three albums
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Highlights
* Hugely experienced acoustic guitarist
* Creating the perfect ambience for your special event
* Wide ranging repertoire performing original folk, jazz, world music as well as covering a few popular tunes
* Fully self contained with small PA as standard
A great alternative to a classical guitarist or pianist, Ben Harrison is an acoustic fingerstyle guitarist performing a unique repertoire of original folk, jazz & world music as well as a few well known popular tunes by The Beatles, Eric Clapton and Louis Armstrong!
Ben’s distinctive sound ranges from beautiful, haunting, Celtic melodies through to world music inspired compositions similar to those of Pierre Bensusan and Michael Hedges. Creating a beautiful and elegant atmosphere, Ben’s unobtrusive performance style and refined music choice will help to make your event extra special.
With a wealth of experience, Ben has performed a whole spectrum of gigs; from thrilling the Celtic Connections’ audience in Glasgow, to entertaining Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood on the sun-drenched streets of Bath. A true professional, Ben has also performed at The Ullapool Guitar Festival in Scotland and in contemporary art spaces in central Rome.
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Instrumental Guitarist.
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Price from £288 + travel from Somerset
Based on 1 person performing 2 x 45 minute sets
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Laura W booked Ben Harrison for their Wedding in Devon • July 2024
“Ben’s music was entirely beautiful. Magical in fact. His presence too. A true musician with exceptional talent. Many of our family and friends at the wedding commented on his beautiful playing. Thank you Ben!”
Julia F booked Ben Harrison for their Wedding in Dorset • August 2023
“Ben was easy to communicate with and was kind enough to learn a special song for our wedding reception. He arrived on time and was a delight. He played impeccably and drew lots of applause from our guests. We would certainly recommend him to anyone looking for a talented musician for their big day.”
Diane & Rhod's wedding 01/08/23
Diane W booked Ben Harrison for their Wedding in Powys • August 2023
“Ben you were absolutely brilliant, you made quite a few of our guests cry playing Elvis Presley's "I can't help falling in love with you" as I walked down the isle with my daughter..thank you so much for making our special day even more special. Lots of love from The newlyweds Diane & Rhod xxx”
Exactly what we were looking for!
Chris W booked Ben Harrison for their Wedding in Gloucestershire • June 2023
“Ben is a fantastic guitarist and really set the tone for our wedding reception and ceremony. I used to play at weddings and Ben is very accomplished and no hassle with multiple guests asking how we found him. A fantastic musician and I cannot recommend him enough. Thanks Ben for making our day really special. ”
Ben was professional and amazing
Karishma Y booked Ben Harrison for their Wedding in Somerset
“Ben was very nice and easy to work with. His ceremony music was absolutely perfect and set the tone just right. Not a dry eye in the house!”
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