Blues and Soul Band - Number 2
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Livin' in America Midnight Hour Mustang Sally Sweet Soul Music Who's Making Love This band was formed in 1991 as the house band for the legendary Hollywood Club in Within months of their formation The Commitments film was released and the band, being of a similar size and specialising too in 60’s Soul music, were inundated with work, constantly playing in every club, pub and eat house in South Wales. In a short time they were supporting The Commitments at a number of venues and were soon welcoming offers of work that took them to holiday camps, five star hotels and nightclubs both in the U.K. and abroad. The line up is that of tenor sax, trumpet and trombone, bass, drums, guitar, keyboards, two dynamic female vocalists and a charismatic front man. Their front man is a Soul singer in the purest sense of the word, thus the band, though more than adept at producing the raw edged originals of Wilson Pickett, Sam and Dave, Otis Redding and James Brown, are also proficient in the more polished spheres of black music, Motown, Philly, Funk and those glorious vocal harmony drenched ballads. The band has played Cairo, Tenerife, Germany and Dublin, as well as settings here in the U.K. as diverse as The Café Royal and The Marquee Club. Such far-reaching appeal is witness to the band’s adaptability and versatility. To date they have appeared on the bill with a vast number of top names, from Edwin Starr, Jimmy James and The Vagabonds, Van Morrison, The Pasadenas and Jools Holland to Go West, Dodgy and Shed7. Appearances on TV and radio shows, touring, playing, rehearsing and performing have all served to polish the bands act, repertoire and musicianship without ever diminishing its energy and enthusiasm. From its very beginning the band has been immensely popular, building a rock solid reputation. They are a firm favourite at weddings, festivals, corporate events and social gatherings where a first class, energetic and wholly infectious good time act is required. |