Bubblegum band?

[ThePresident777]

 

[Gravedigger Dav]

Tony Orlando and Dawn

 

[DirtDog]

And a mashup of the songs from all those Saturday morning cereal commercials.

 

[Basshappi]

Brilliant!
To pull it off you would have to have very good male and female singers and very strong backing vocal harmony.

 

[dtripoli]

There's an audience for most any genre.
I wouldn't book the band at an R&B or Jazz club though.
My bass tutor got his performance chops and his first big money touring with a bubblegum act.

 

[bluesblaster]

I've been trying to talk my band into doing 1-2-3 redlight by the 1910 fruitgum co., we tried a bit of sugar sugar and that went OK. we already do Yummy Yummy by Ohio Express, thought that would be a good companion bubble gum tune. I have to admit, they are happy little tunes.

You could also maybe see if you can find old copies of tiger beat magazine online to see what was popular in the late 60's , early 70's era

 

[Bass Viking]

And a mashup of the songs from all those Saturday morning cereal commercials.

Interesting! Which ones are you thinking of?

You probably remember the Rocket Robin Hood theme. Just at the point where the male chorus goes "Blastoff!" that's where the guitarist scrapes his pick along his strings.

 

[Bass Viking]

Brilliant!
To pull it off you would have to have very good male and female singers and very strong backing vocal harmony.

Ideally, you would have a brunette female (Veronica) and a blonde (Betty).

 

[basted]

I like the idea. It is happy music. You would have to get the vocals just right.

 

[ToP fan]

Love it! Play them all but rock them up a bit- throw in the Banana Splits theme song and the tunes from the Flintstones - Going Way-out by the Way Outs , Let the Sunshine In etc.

Dave

 

[Engle]

Love will keep us together by Captain & Tenille!

 

[bluesblaster]

I just watched a 20 minute doc on the history of bubblegum on youtube and realized my band plays about two thirds of what was on there. tried to move it onto this thread but it did not work for some reason.

 

[bluesblaster]

 

[bluesblaster]

these are a bit more obscure but pretty rockin little tunes

 

[heynorm]

My classic country band throws in quite a few rockin' oldies. One night, for fun, we played (ugh) "Sugar Sugar" by the Archies. Surprisingly, it went over very well, especially by the women singing along as they danced to it. We like to throw in at least one "curve ball" every gig to keep things from getting stale.

 

[Ekulati]

My take is you're 10-15 years late. Nowadays the campy, schlocky, cheesy demographic is 80s pop/new wave, like the Spazmatics. They are a multi-city "franchise" band and they absolutely rake in the big corporate bucks. My company just had them at a party in Austin. My colleagues (in their 30s, 40s mostly) ate it up. Despite my telling people they made copious use of backing tracks...

60s, 70s, bubblegum...possibly the retirement thing if there is much of that where you live.

 

[GrooverMcTube]

You would need to include some Yummy tunes from the genre-defining 1910 Fruitgum Company...

 

[bluesblaster]

Here's a tip for you, throw some Rock me gently by Andy Kim at 'em and you'll have them eating out of your hand, the chicks totally dig that tune, works like a charm

 

[Ross W. Lovell]

Absolutely right about the costumes! And how could I forget to mention the Monkees?!!

What was Barry Williams doing at the state fair? His Johnny Bravo gig?

Paul Revere and the Raiders

 

[Bass Viking]

Would do quite well on the retirement home circuit

You don't have to be retirement home material to remember that era. Those of us who were kids then remember it well.