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"Trouser Mouse"

Missouri Stomp? That was a tough sell the first time they performed.
It is deep-seated roots blues / Americana / bluegrass with hellishly emphatic entertainers. You’d do best to expect them to surprise you. What you can expect: washboard, trumpet, trombone, harmonica, strong vocals and sturdy essentials.

Ben, Doug, and Scott are talented musicians with an eclectic background. Scott’s love for blues/roots fortifies the gamut, Doug’s ska influence adds to the energy, and Ben is left to his electronic gadgetry and the daunting task as Master of Ceremonies of a solo band expanded.

It’s like watching the multiple personalities of a musician jump out and pick up an instrument.

When you catch their energetic and musically spacious performance it seems difficult to replicate. We’ve had them back a half-dozen times. The crowds are only getting stronger.

Brad Mallen
Trouser Mouse
816-516-6433 - Brad Mallen


"Liquid Blues"

These guys wre great! They had the whole bar dancin. Great guys, great fun, Please come back!

Jim adn Amy
Liquid Blues
Woodstock IL
815-790-5631 - Jim and Amy


Discography

2005-Ben Miller Band (eponomous)
2006-(yet unnamed)
2007-Benefit show at KP
Live in J-Town at KP
Bubbafest

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The Ben Miller Band is made up of three very different vagabond musicians. Ben Miller(slide guitar, lead vocals) began his musical career on the streets of northern europe playing his distinctive delta-blues slide guitar for passers-by. He built an impressive collection of folk songs and original material as well as honing a distinctive performance style.
Combine that with the home grown musical mad scientist Scott Leeper(washtub bass, backing vocals). He began his musical career at the gentle age of 4, wowing audiences playing folk music in his family's band The Leepers. Later he toured with delta-blues hero Lightning Boy Malcom, and also made a name for himself as a truly astounding one man band.
To complete this trio of musicians comes Doug "Cap't Washboard" Dicharry(washboard, drums, trombone, backing vocals). As a navy brat growing up he assimilated an array of musical styles and attidudes. Moving every 2 years throughout the globe his one constant was music, from playing with punk, ska, and progressive noise bands to school marching bands.
The three met in Joplin Missouri at open mic nights that Ben was running. The three naturally gravitated towards each other feeding off of their shared interests as well as their different influences. They have been relentlessly gigging a minimum of 3 nights a week for over 21/2 years crafting a tight, dynamic yet amazingly original sound.