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BJ COLE: PEDAL STEEL

‘BENDING NOTES LIKE TOFFEE’

   In a career stretching back to the mid-Sixties, BJ’s recording credits read like a who’s who’ of music. He has carved an outstanding reputation as the supreme innovator on the pedal steel; adapting it across numerous genres of music.
   His uniquely eclectic style of playing first made an impact on the British music scene in the early 1970's. His iconic performance on Elton John's classic 'Tiny Dancer' put him in place as the go-to pedal steel player for numerous major artists and bands who desired his unique sound on their tracks. READ MORE


"Best Pedal Steel player in the World I'd say .." Sting

LATEST PROJECT

DAYDREAM SMILE

BJ Cole with Dave Eastoe

RELEASE DATE SEPT 2020

After a career in music of over 50 years in which he has explored every stylistic nook and cranny; where has BJ Cole left to go to find something new to say in music?  
Well, back to his roots of course To his passion for the lyricism of Hank Marvin’s guitar, Santo & Johnny’s ’Sleepwalk’ and the music of the Hawaiian Islands. The sounds that ignited his musical flame. 

PreOrder on Vinyl or CD at COWPIE click here

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Black Midi with BJ Cole

Black Midi with BJ Cole

Thursday, November 11, 2021 @ 7:00PMThu, Nov 11, 2021 @ 7:00PM

Alexandra Palace Theatre, Alexandra Palace Way London UK N22 7AY, London

BJ Cole recently played on 3 tracks for their new album. They invited him to come and play at the only London gig on their current tour.

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Hank Wangford Band with BJ Cole

Hank Wangford Band with BJ Cole

Sunday, October 10, 2021 @ 1:30PMSun, Oct 10, 2021 @ 1:30PM

Half Moon - Putney, 93 Lower Richmond Rd, London SW15 1EU, United Kingdom, London

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BJ Cole with Los Pistoleros and Jon Langford

BJ Cole with Los Pistoleros and Jon Langford

Saturday, September 4, 2021Sat, Sep 4, 2021

The Maverick Festival, Easton Farm Park

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BJ Cole & Dave Eastoe with The Daydream Smile’ Hawaiian group

BJ Cole & Dave Eastoe with The Daydream Smile’ Hawaiian group

Sunday, August 29, 2021Sun, Aug 29, 2021

The Red Rooster Festival, IP24 2QH

Fresh from their new LP release “Daydream Smile” steel legend BJ Cole and slack key guitar ace Dave Eastoe will bring the sun whatever the festival skies may provide.

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BJ Cole with Los Pistoleros

BJ Cole with Los Pistoleros

Sunday, August 22, 2021Sun, Aug 22, 2021

Come Down And Meet The Folks’ at The Betsey Trotwood, 56 Farringdon Rd, London EC1R 3B

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BJ Cole with Hank Wangford & The Lost Cowboys

BJ Cole with Hank Wangford & The Lost Cowboys

Sunday, March 15, 2020 @ 2:00PMSun, Mar 15, 2020 @ 2:00PM

The Half Moon, Putney, 93 Lower Richmond Road, Putney, London

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BJ Cole with ‘The Twilight Zone’ (Grace Solero & Dan Beaulaurier)

BJ Cole with ‘The Twilight Zone’ (Grace Solero & Dan Beaulaurier)

Friday, March 13, 2020Fri, Mar 13, 2020

The Karamel Club, 4 Coburg Road, , London N22 6UJ

The Twilight Zone’ is a new project featuring BJ, Grace Solero and Dan Beaulaurier. Three songwriter musicians who tap into their dreamy, spacey, atmospheric side; where everything becomes possible, between light and shadows.

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INTRODUCING NOTES LIKE TOFFEE

Playing wth Sting Italy 2001

JOURNAL / MEMORIES / STORIES

Two of my early guitars from the mid 1960’s. Built by my father John Cole.

My father was not an active musician himself, but he always encouraged me in my passion for the steel guitar, and often drove me around to gigs before I was able to do so myself. He also built me a…

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TOURING WITH THE VERVE.

How I got to go on an American tour with the Verve was an unlikely combination of circumstances.  

Following the falling out of Richard Ashcroft and Verve guitarist Nick McCabe, I got a call from Richard asking me to join…

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NO REGRETS

The first half of the 1970’s was my most intense period of session work. 
Following the high profile use of my Steel Guitar on Elton John’s track ‘Tiny Dancer’, everybody wanted to use me. Of the arrangers I worked with,…

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THE NIGHT REG CALLED!

I'll never forget getting the call to work on 'Tiny Dancer'.

Late one evening in 1972, around 10 PM, the phone rang. It was Steve Brown of Dick James Music, he was in London's Soho, working on a project, and…

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THE RETURN OF COWPIE

   Back in the late 1970’s Country music in the UK was in a worse state than it is today,  but that didn’t stop me establishing a record label dedicated to encouraging British musical talent who wished to express themselves through…

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