One reviewer noted that "his music style is original and can be described as energetic blend of blues, pop, and rock and roll".
He performed his first gig in a heavy metal subsequently noting "I guess when you're in school at that age you kind of fall into liking what all your friends are into.
[2] When he later played in a three piece blues rock ensemble, his drummer decided to enlist at the British and Irish Modern Music Institute in Brighton, which made Poole drop the idea of doing a history degree, and concentrate instead on his fledgling musical career.
In 2012, Poole was chosen as the UK representative at the European Blues Challenge held in Berlin, where he came third out of 19 participating countries.
[1] On the recording, seven of the songs were Poole originals, two were co-writes with Nossel and three were versions of previous material, which included the Otis Redding/Steve Cropper penned song "Mr. Pitiful" and the Ann Peebles original "I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down".
Poole commented "We basically locked ourselves away regularly over a period of around six months at a studio in the hills of North Wales writing and demoing the majority of the tunes on this album from scratch.
It’s the first time I've worked in this way and, though it was challenging to force myself to conjure a creative mind-set on cue when in a room with two other songwriters whom I'd never written with before, I think the results are really rewarding".
In 2021, Poole issued another live album, although this time in an acoustic format and in conjunction with the Dutch bluesman, Guy Smeets.