BJ Cole & Lushlife

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Lushlife are BJ Cole, Roger Beaujolais and Simon Thorpe. Sting described BJ Cole as ‘the best pedal steel player in the world’. In a career stretching back to the mid-Sixties BJ’s recording credits read like a ‘Who’s Who’ of rock music, BJ has carved a reputation as the supreme innovator with his instrument adapting it across numerous genre’s of music. Roger, like BJ, has taken his unusual instrument, the vibraphone into new contexts time and again. He is renowned as a master of the jazz idiom and is considered the leader in his field, with a session CV as long as his instrument. Simon Thorpe is fast becoming one of the UK’s favourite bassists, known for his exquisite style and compelling raw sound. BJ, Roger and Simon have played with : (to name a few) Elton John, Scott Walker, David Sylvian, Bjork, John Cale, The Verve, REM, Beck, Pet Shop Boys, John Dankworth, Depeche Mode, Robert Plant, Marc Bolan, Martin Simpson, Devon Sproule, David Gilmour, Joseph Arthur, Guy Chambers, Paul Weller, Morrissey, Emmylou Harris, Brain Eno, Groove Armada, KD Lang, Elvis Costello, Jimmy Webb, Shania Twain, Charlie Rich, Sting... etc. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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The Word - Now Hear This! November 2009

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Now Hear This! 81 November 2009

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Word-Issue 81-Nov 2009

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Now Hear This! November 2009

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Now Hear This! (The Word Magazine 81, November 2009)

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Now Hear This!

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Now Hear This! - November 2009

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Word 81 November 2009

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Now Hear This! Word Nov09

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Now Hear This! - Word 81 November 2009

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The Word

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