Aug 25, 2008
New pics & new gigs
We have added some new photos from Piteå Dansar och Ler and Scandinavian Country Music Festival in Furuvik. Live photos from our gigs down in Furuvik will be added soon. Two new truck stop dates have also been added, 27/8 in Kåge and 4/9 in Skellefteå.

Aug 7, 2008
Keep that diesel truckin´

Ben Carbine & the 18 wheelers are back home again after the long trip down to Furuvik and the Scandinavian Country Music Festival. We met a lot of friends there and made lots of new friends and we enjoyed great country music from the other bands and artists every single night. We have added some new photos to our photo gallery and there will be more pictures coming up in the near future, so make sure to visit us soon again.

July 29, 2008
Unplugged in Byske

Four BC members will perform totally acoustic tonight in Byske. The rest of the band stays at home to "load up" for the upcoming trip down to Furuvik.

July 24, 2008
Crocodile rock

Tonight at 23.45 the 18 wheelers will roll up on the "crocodile stage" in Piteå to perform a one hour show. Jill Johnson, Cookies and beans, Swinging Doors are some of the other acts performing tonight. Visit the PDOL website for more information.

July 10, 2008
TV interview

Ben Carbine & the 18 wheelers have been interviewed today by Västerbottensnytt. You can watch the whole interview on the web if you follow this link to svt.se.

July 9, 2008
Best in the West

Ben Carbine has been voted the best country band in Västerbotten 2008. Read the whole story on svt.se/vasterbottensnytt. Thank you all who voted for us!

July 8, 2008
New songs on Myspace

Three new songs have been added to our myspace site. Visit www.myspace.com/bencarbine and listen. All three songs are our own and we recorded them with Niklas "L-O" Wikström at Tone Studio.

July 4, 2008
Vote for Ben Carbine

The best country music band in Västerbotten is to be decided at www.svt.se/vasterbottensnytt. Please visit and vote for Ben Carbine & the 18 Wheelers.

July 4, 2008
Good time in Gumboda

The first of three festival gigs took place at Gumboda Hed last night. It was a great night with lots of good country music, sweet sunshine and some real good burgers. Next time we´re heading north to PDOL, see you there!

July 3, 2008
Ben Carbine in media

Read the interview with Ben Carbine & the 18 wheelers in the newspaper Norra Västerbottens or read it at their website.

June 16, 2008
Schedule for Furuvik

The schedule for the Scandinavian Country Music Festival in Furuvik is now official. Ben Carbine & the 18 Wheelers will be the first band to enter the main stage every night. Here are the times on which we play:

19.30 - 20.30 Thursday
18.00 - 18.40 Friday

18.00 - 18.40 Saturday

For more information about the other artists, complete schedule or anything else regarding the festival, make sure you vistit the Scandinavian Country Music Festival website.

June 4, 2008
PDOL schedule
(Krokodilscenen)
Here is t
he schedule for Krokodilscenen on Thursday July 24. The entrance fee at the gate will be 200:- for Thursday night. Tickets can also be bought via ticnet.
12.00 Le Chat Mort

13.30 Tumbleweed

15.15 Tom Malmquist

20.15 Swinging Doors
22.00 Cookies & Beans

23.45 Ben Carbine & the 18 Wheelers

June 3 , 2008
Tickets for Gumboda Hed
On Thursday the 3rd of July at 21.00 Ben Carbine & the 18 Wheelers will play at the Gumboda Hed Country Music Festival. You can buy your tickets online from their website. The entrance fee for thursday night will be 50:- and except for BC you will also get to see Western Satelites from Borlänge, Rickard Magnusson & Rag Wagon from Luleå, New Acid from Skelleftehamn and Kecke & Tega from Umeå.

May 27, 2008
Dinner tickets sold out
The dinner tickets for the BC gig at JIP on friday night (30/5) are sold out! Entrance tickets will be sold at the door. Ben Carbine and the 18 Wheelers will be entering the stage at around 22.00.

May 15, 2008
Piteå dansar och ler
Ben Carbine & the 18 wheelers will play at "Piteå dansar och ler" festival July 24 this summer. Thursday night will be the big evening for country music at the festival. Jill Johnson, Cookies and Beans and Swinging Doors are some of the other acts performing that night.

May 13, 2008
Brand new t-shirts
The brand new BC tees are finally here. Make sure to order today - tomorrow might be too late. Check it out - just click on merch.

May 11, 2008
Studio update
We started early this morning with the recordings, but we´ll have to go back there for at least one more day to finish the songs. There are some brand new pictures in our photo section, some from the studio and some from the Garden of lights gig friday night.

May 10, 2008
First day of recording
Today it´s the first day in the studio and BC will start recording the new songs. Niklas L-O Wiklund is the man behind the buttons and will surely make a good job.

May 9, 2008
Garden of lights
Tonight 4 out of 9 from Ben Carbine and the 18 wheelers will play acoustic at the Garden of lights. The gig is private so there are no tickets available. Next chanse to see us live will be at Johanna i parken on the 30th of May.

May 7, 2008
Rock the boat, 31/5
Ben Carbine will play at the "Rock the boat" event at Johanna i parken, on Saturday the 31 of May. The event is arranged by Season. Tickets can be bought at Season (Kurjan, Skelleftehamn).

April 22, 2008
Johanna i parken, 30/5
Ben Carbine & the 18 wheelers will perform live at Skellefteås finest restaurant, Johanna i parken, on the 30th of May. Get on your horse, bring your friends, a hat and get yourself ready to have a good time with the wheelers.

April 21, 2008
New merchandise incoming
There will be some brand new BC t-shirts available in about two weeks. The t-shirts will have the old classic BC truck logo on the front and will be available in different colours.

April 14, 2008
Two new dates
Two new dates have also been added to our summer tour, May 30 and May 31. Make sure to visit us again later for more information about these shows.

April 14, 2008
Demo songs decide
d
Next month when we will go into the studio to record three of our own brand new songs. The song are called Love on trial, Gone fishin´ and Good time.

April 7, 2008
Ben Carbine interview

As you already know we are going to play at the Scandinavian Country Music Festival this summer. Due to that we´ve been interviewed by Per Gyllingberg at svenskacountryartister.com. Take a visit and read the whole interview under "artiklar".

April 1, 2008
Back into the studi
o
Ben Carbine & the 18 wheelers are planning to go back into the studio to record three new songs in the beginning of May. It´s the same studio and same producer as the last time. The songs have not been decided yet, but it looks like at least two out of three songs will be our own.

March 18, 2008
New band member
Steel guitarist Rusty Steelburgh (formerly known as Peter Ivansson) is the latest addition to the BC line-up. We are very glad to have him aboard the 18 wheeler and we are confident that he will make us sound even better in the future.

March 10, 2008
Balzac unplugged 13/3
Ben Carbine & the 18 wheelers will send four members who will perform an unplugged show at Balzac this upcoming thursday (13/3). No tickets are available - the show is private and exclusive for the special invited guests.

March 3, 2008
Ben Carbine to Furuvik
Ben Carbine & the 18 Wheelers will be playing at the Scandinavian Country Music Festival in Furuvik this summer. Other artists who will perform at the festival are John Bush & the Bandoleros, Bill Green, Red Jenkins, Gene Watson & the Farewell Party Band, Jeff Chance, Karin Risberg with Lonnie´s Lonesome Riders.

February 24, 2008
Taste update
When Ben Carbine entered the stage at Taste last night the fans were already there, well warmed up by the excellent band Royal Delta Rangers. We would like to thank all of our devoted fans for an awsome concert. Special thanks to the RDR and the staff at Taste Restaurant. Check out the photos from last night!

February 18 , 2008
Tickets for Taste
There are only a few dinner tickets left for the Taste gig on Saturday 23rd. The dinner tickets are 240:- and includes entrance fee + one beer. If you only want to listen to the music then you only pay the entrance fee 80:- directly at the door.

February 10 , 2008
Tour schedule 2008
The tour planning for the summer is Ben Carbines current interest. There are many possible upcoming gigs for this summer, but there are still some lose ends to be tied to close the deals. We hope to seal some contracts for some gigs before the end of this month. As soon as anything of interest is ready we will post it here, so be sure to come back and visit us again soon.

January 13, 2008
Steel guitar visit
Ben Carbine & the 18 wheelers was back in the studio today rehearsing for the first time this year. Steel guitarist Peter Ivansson from the Tribe made a guest appearance and added some sweet country sound with his instrument. Hopefully we´ll get the chanse to play with him again.

December 27, 2007
Crowded Christmas concert
About 250 fans were gathered for the Ben Carbine concert at Balzac last night. The gig was definitly the highlight of the year and maybe the biggest moment in the BC history. All the members of Ben Carbine would like to thank their fans for a great night and also wish you all a happy new year.

December 12, 2007
Live at Balzac
Christmas is upon us and we are rehearsing and making some final adjustments for the gig at Balzac on December 26. All dinner tickets are sold out, but there are still concert tickets available for 60 kr. Tickets can be bought at Balzac. The bar opens at 8 PM and the concert starts around 9 PM.

November 10, 2007
Aurum re-visited
Last night Ben Carbine played at Hotel Aurum in Skellefteå for the second time this fall. The 18 wheelers machinery was missing both Clay Cohones and Billy TT Justice and therefor had their favourite stand-in drummer Steven G-Line back in the line up. Stevens last BC performance was in Drängsmark December 9 2006. Steven made a terrific job behind the drums and we can´t thank him enough.

October 28, 2007
Concert review
There was a lot of dancing in the crowd at Folkets Hus in Boliden last night. Ben Carbine played about 35 songs during the 3*45 minutes long concert. For the nights encore the band played Tim McGraws "I like it I love it", Sammy Kershaws "Tennessee girl" and finally "East bound and down" by Jerry Reed.

October 26, 2007
Stay out of that hay
Here´s a sneak peek of how the brand new demo, "Stay out of that hay" will look like. Former BC member Lance Womack gets credit for the cover design. The demo contains three songs which you also can listen to under "music" here on the BC website.

October 24, 2007
Skellefteå Guiden
If you read the November issue of Skellefteå Guiden you will find an interview with BC. In the magazine you will find out more about the bands history and you´ll get an explaination of why we took Ben Carbine & the 18 Wheelers as our band name.

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December 26, 2007
Balzac, Skellefteå

December 1, 2007
Unplugged - Garden of lights, Skellefteå

November 10, 2007
Hotell Aurum, Skellefteå

October 27, 2007
Folkets Hus, Boliden

September 22, 2007
Unplugged - Hotell Aurum, Skellefteå

September 01, 2007
Unplugged - Odd Fellow, Skellefteå

July 14, 2007
Unplugged - Private Party, Boliden

July 13, 2007
Cape Ranch, Innervik

July 05, 2007
Gumboda Hed Country Festival

May 26, 2007
Unplugged - Birthday Party, Innervik

Dec 14 , 2006
The Brink, Skellefteå

Dec 9, 2006
Folkets Hus, Drängsmark

Oct 6, 2006
Garden of lights, Skellefteå

July 7, 2006
Burträsksvängen, Burträsk

Nov 9, 2005
Private party, Bursiljum

May 7, 2005
Private party, Sunnanå

 
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