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Brian Laurence Bennett OBE (born 9 February 1940 in Palmers Green, North London, England) is an English drummer, pianist, composer, arranger and record producer of popular music. He is best known as the drummer of the UK rock and roll group, The Shadows. He is father of musician and Shadows band member Warren Bennett.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Brian Bennett Allmusic Page )〕 ==Biography== Educated at Hazlewood Lane School, Palmers Green, London and Winchmore Council School, he finished school at the age of sixteen to play drums in a Ramsgate skiffle group performing for holiday makers. After returning to London he became the in-house drummer at The 2i's Coffee Bar in Soho and was a regular performer on Jack Good's TV show ''Oh Boy!'' He then became a member of Marty Wilde's Wildcats in 1959. After a successful period with the Wildcats, during which he appeared on their instrumental record without Wilde (recorded as the Krew Kats), "Trambone", he backed Tommy Steele for some of his London stage performances, and then in October 1961 he joined Cliff Richard and The Shadows as the replacement for Tony Meehan. In 1967, Bennett released a solo album of jazz music, entitled ''Change of Direction'', in mono and stereo (neither charted). This was the first solo album by a member of The Shadows. He stayed with the group throughout all of their subsequent line-ups, and in May 2005 took part in The Shadows' European tour. During a show in Reykjavík, Iceland he sustained what was thought to be a minor injury to a finger. A splinter from a drumstick pierced under his fingernail on his right hand, he removed it with a pair of old pliers and applied a plaster. A few days later after arriving in Paris, France he was in so much pain he called a doctor. The doctor diagnosed a bad infection and recommended Bennett go to hospital immediately. Thinking it would be a short visit he attended only to find out that it would involve a minor, but very painful, operation to remove the poison. He was due to be playing on stage that evening and had already missed the soundcheck. He arrived at the theatre 15 minutes before the show with his right-hand bandaged and still numb from the anaesthetic. He managed to play for the whole show using an altered playing style.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Diary of a Drummer )〕 In addition to his work with the Shadows he has also appeared in Cliff Richard's backing band and plays piano and occasionally vibraphone. He has composed many popular TV theme tunes including BBC sports themes such as ''Rugby Special'' ("Holy Mackerel") and BBC Golf ("Chase Side Shoot Up"), the sitcoms ''Robin's Nest'' and ''Birds of a Feather'', ''The Ruth Rendell Mysteries'', ''Pulaski'', ''Close to Home'', ''Murder in Mind'' and, with son Warren, composed and played the incidental music in ''New Tricks''. Two of his most famous works were ''The Journey'' and ''Just a Minute'', used for the ITV Schools on 4 broadcasts between 1987 and 1993. He also scored the British-German film ''The Harpist'' in 1999. He is also an orchestral conductor, having learned how to arrange and conduct music for orchestras from a correspondence course. His son Warren Bennett formerly played keyboards for the band Glass Ties, and is also a composer and producer. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brian Bennett」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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