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Roots musician Benji Kirkpatrick has long been the guitar and bouzouki-playing powerhouse at the core of successful bands Bellowhead, Seth Lakeman and Faustus.

His own writings are now vibrantly being brought to life in The Excess; a classic power trio with Bellowhead band-mate, Pete Flood, on drums and Pete Thomas on bass.

Benji leads on acoustic and electric bouzoukis and guitar and together the band stokes up rhythms, riffs and uproarious, soaring melodies. Sometimes cacophonous, sometimes stark and raw, at times sensitive, always powerful.

Benji's aim is to bring roots music to the mainstream fusing a range of styles with alt-rock, drawing on his Led Zeppelin and Hendrix influences.

Debut album GOLD IS WORN AWAY is out on Westpark Records and available to buy during the tour, and at Spotify, Bandcamp and Apple Music.

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131 Oval Road,

Croydon,

Greater London,

England,

CR0 6BR.