Ben Leach (born 2 May 1969 in
Liverpool
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,
England
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) was the keyboard and synthesizer player in the Liverpool-based
pop band,
The Farm. He joined in 1988 when the band acquired another brass section playing trumpet (also including Bobby Bilsborough on saxophone and David Peel on trombone). When the band decided to drop the brass section in early 1990, Ben became the keyboard player. He was with them at the height of their success in autumn and early winter of 1990, when they achieved chart success with "
Groovy Train
"Groovy Train" was the second single released by Liverpool-based group The Farm (British band), The Farm. It was released in 1990 as the first single from their debut album ''Spartacus (The Farm album), Spartacus'' (which would be released in 1 ...
" and "
All Together Now".
He later went on to become keyboard player for the second incarnation of
Happy Mondays
Happy Mondays are an English rock band formed in Salford in 1980. The original line-up consisted of brothers Shaun Ryder (vocals) and Paul Ryder (bass), Gaz Whelan (drums), Paul Davis (keyboard), and Mark Day (guitar). Mark "Bez" Berry la ...
in the late 1990s.
References
1969 births
Living people
English rock keyboardists
The Farm (band) members
Musicians from Liverpool
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