THIS IS
BEN

BG has played guitar since the age of 11.
This year on june 16 he celebrated his 60th birthday and released his 20 th solo release Gratitude which is a homage to his heroes Gary Moore, Jeff Beck and Robin Trower. His past bands include Gringos Locos, Guitar Slingers, Leningrad Cowboys, Wishbone Ash, Los Bastardos Finlandeses.

Gringos Locos 1986-1990: Great melodic hard Rock with one of the first international careers from Finland.
Guitar Slingers 1990-1998: a side project that grew to be one of the biggest AOR/Rock bands in Finland in the -90’s
Leningrad Cowboys 1991-1996: A fantastic circus ride around the world with a bunch of crazy guys. Performed with the Russian Red Army choir and orchestra at the MTV awards + played huge events in Finland, Sweden and Germany with them too. “It was a pure Vodka, Tractors and Rock’n’roll experience around the globe!”
Wishbone Ash 2001-2004: “What a chance to play with such a legendary group!” 4 musically fantastic years around the world... again!
Los Bastardos Finlandeses 2010-2013: ”Pure biker rock fun with 4 best friends”.
Ben Granfelt Solo 1994 - still going: “Simply put, my heart and soul!”

1991: Nominated for a Venla (a Finnish Grammy) for his work in the TV program Dynamo where he had a special guitar corner and introduced a guitar in every episode + he was the houseband leader.
1995: Wrote and performed the Theme for the World Icehockey Championships held in Finland. The song “Slapshot” appears on his 3rd solo album LIVE.
1997: Awarded the Golden Emma Guitar Award by the Sounds Society in Finland.

Ben Granfelt Discography