years. Then last November I did a
Light of Day show again in Dublin.
Vini Lopez was on that show, so
I got to meet Vini. He told a few
stories about being on the road
with Bruce. I actually got to play
‘Growin’ Up’ by Springsteen with
Vini on drums. I couldn’t believe
I was playing with the original
drummer on that song.”
While live performances with
his band are on hold, Ben Reel
has been putting digitally remastered
recordings of live concerts
from over the years for sale on his
website. These “live bootlegs” are
available for download per concert
or by individual songs.
“I’ve only put them up now because
I had a lot of shows from
the past which I didn’t have the
chance to mix or have time to
mix,” explained Reel. “So during
this lockdown period, I went in
and mixed a lot of the stuff - just to
put up on the website for people
to download.”
As of this writing, Reel has a bootlegs
available from a 2007 concert
recorded for RTE Radio 1; a
Watch a video for “Heart Just Won’t Heal” by Ben Reel
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