My BIG BAND is working again - check out the cute new singer

**bassybill** · #1 06-03-2011, 12:55 PM

The 22 of us have a big corporate event up North later this month and first rehearsal for this was today. Great fun, I love this gig.

Updated set list -

1. Sugababes - Girls (4:55)
2. Beyonce Knowles - Crazy In Love (3:41)
3. Girls Aloud - Love Machine (3:25)
4. Cee Lo Green - Forget You (3:43)
5. Stevie Wonder - As (7:08)
6. Earth Wind & Fire - Star (4:23)
7. Duran Duran - Rio (4:46)
8. Wham! - Freedom (5:18)
9. Michael Jackson - Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough (6:05)
10. The Jacksons - Shake Your Body (3:38)
11. Jackson 5 - I Want You Back (2:54)
12. Huey Lewis & the News - The Power of Love (3:52)
13. Gloria Estefan - Oye Mi Canto (4:53)
14. Earth Wind & Fire - In The Stone (4:25)
15. Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke (3:51)
16. Stevie Wonder - I Wish (4:11)
17. Earth Wind & Fire - Let's Groove (5:32)
18. Earth Wind & Fire - September (3:35)
19. Georgie Fame - Yeh Yeh (3:40)
20. Incognito - Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing (4:46)
21. Robbie Williams and Kylie Minogue - Kids (3:43)
22. Elton John - Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting (4:54)
23. Queen - Don't Stop Me Now (3:30)

Wassat ya say? The singer? Okay.

basswave · #2 06-03-2011, 12:56 PM

Oh My Dude...She's a hottie.

Spinal Tapper · #3 06-03-2011, 01:00 PM

OWWWWWW! She's smokin!

NWB · #4 06-03-2011, 01:58 PM

Bill, I want to be you.

Not that I could actually fill your shoes or anything...

**bassybill** · #5 06-03-2011, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by NWB

Bill, I want to be you.

Not that I could actually fill your shoes or anything...

Me, dude? Hey, I'm just a lucky fella who happens to have found a musical niche that suits me. Plenty of other niches wouldn't, believe me.

The band is also lucky to have landed Susanna to help us out with some gigs as she's pretty busy and in the spotlight with a solo career and her own dance company. She's a friend of a friend sort of thing and she's doing some dates for us just because it's such a fun gig.

ForSix · #6 06-03-2011, 06:20 PM

Do you have a link to a YouTube of you?

**bassybill** · #7 06-03-2011, 07:26 PM

YouTube? Sure. There's one here from a while back - different singer then, but still a babe.

YouTube - ‪Yams NAC 06‬&rlm;

The best bit of this is probably the last few minutes, for some reason.

Scogman · #8 06-03-2011, 07:37 PM

Great Clip, Looks like a fun gig!

Bredian · #9 06-03-2011, 08:51 PM

Nice gig/clip. Mercy me sounded fun too.

Thanks for sharing.

jmbjandfam · #10 06-03-2011, 09:12 PM

Great video, enjoyed very much!

Love the big band!

Never_grew_up · #11 06-03-2011, 09:29 PM

Why is her sweater on backwards?

**bassybill** · #12 06-03-2011, 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Never_grew_up

Why is her sweater on backwards?

Lol! I really don't know.

By the way, to all the guys on here who bag on cover bands, let's see you try to play this set. If you can, much respect.

**Stumbo** · #13 06-03-2011, 10:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bassybill

YouTube? Sure. There's one here from a while back - different singer then, but still a babe.

YouTube - ‪Yams NAC 06‬&rlm;

The best bit of this is probably the last few minutes, for some reason.

Is this your band too?
YouTube - ‪The notorious EBO knocking out some tunes...‬&rlm;

Nice recording. Tight.

**bassybill** · #14 06-04-2011, 03:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stumbo

Is this your band too?
YouTube - ‪The notorious EBO knocking out some tunes...‬&rlm;

Nice recording. Tight.

Yes, that's my main band. I'm glad you liked it.

jmbjandfam · #15 06-04-2011, 06:12 AM

Quote:

Nice recording. Tight.

+1 Excellent recording

thetaxmiser · #16 06-04-2011, 12:16 PM

Both bands look like a lot of fun...bet the crowds love you.

The big band video sets a record for MMPSI (most musicians per square inch).

troy mcclure · #17 06-04-2011, 12:29 PM

wow Bill, you need some pretty big stages to play on 22 members... you sound great

faulknersj · #18 06-04-2011, 12:37 PM

My band plays all of the Funk(stevie, MJ, EWAF,etc) stuff on your list(and a ton more funkalicious stuff) and I have to agree with you that it is so fun to play! Cool band dude and congrats on the new Honey!

JEDI BASS · #19 06-04-2011, 12:43 PM

Very cool stuff! Congrats!

My band plays some similar tunes, all we have is me and the guitarist though :-/ . It's a challenge trying to pull off songs w/ horns, but man are they fun.

bwoodman · #20 06-04-2011, 12:43 PM

Sounds like fun, but do you make any decent bread with a 22-piece band? I"ve always wanted to do something like this, but it always comes down to the bread. I got a call a few weeks ago to sub for a local big band and it paid $40 for the usual 3-hour block + travel time etc. I said no because of the crazy low dough. I think the band consists of a bunch of retired guys who don't do it for the money, so there's the situation right there - I need to make at LEAST $100 to leave the house with my junk.