Our Dad

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The Band

“Our Dad” means jazz, jazz-funk and live fun music
at corporate functions, weddings, dance parties in Europe
plus also for the homeless or for prisoners at no charge.
Our Dad was the hit show at Cafe Uno in SSB 2005 & 2006.
Acoustic "dinner jazz" is also possible.

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Bookings

Mary Weeks send eMail to: '''theadministrator@our-dad.com'''
or ...
Steve Weeks

Costs are approximately £1,500 for a 7 piece band, depending on expenses, your requirements, and distance. Here’s a checklist. We'll need to know:
Date and Set-up times (start and end)
Playing time (start and end)
Venue address with postcode Access for loading and parking Stage size and location of 240V power supply, number of sockets
Age & size of audience, musical preferences (Ideally jazz funk, right?)
Special P.A. requirements: Yours or ours, or pre-installed?
Does the venue have a sound limiting system? Do you need to use our P.A. / microphone for speeches?
Do you need to play CDs through our P.A?
Our Dad could provide a DJ if needed
Special offer! Our Dad will not only play dinner jazz, and a dance set, but will also learn and perform your one favourite song, any song, within limits!

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Influences

Apart from the '''Soul Survivor''' festival our gigs seem to be weddings to which we are invited by couples who were guests at our previous wedding gigs! Our Dad is slightly different from the usual function bands. We hope to get a bit involved with the audience, and occasionally, when appropriate, an element of Christian worship is noticeable in the music. Certainly, we heartily enjoy everything we do, and the trade-off for this, is that the material is al stuff that '''we''' like, so you might be disappointed if we don't do your expected typical songs. Also, like the Staple Singers of old, we try to choose material that is uplifting, if not specifically ''Christian'', at least in general attitude, lyrics and spirit.

Our Dad is listening to: Anne Peebles, Aretha Franklin, Average White Band, Bill Withers, Frank Sinatra, Brand New Heavies, Cab Calloway, The Chain Gang, The Crusaders, Dizzy Gillespie, Donald Fagen, Earl King, Eric Clapton, Incognito, Isley Brothers, Jamiroquai, Jim Reeves, Jimi Hendrix, John Scofield, Joss Stone, Julian Joseph, Incognito, Macey Gray, Miles Davis, Otis Redding, Steely Dan, James Brown, Herbie Hancock, Nina Simone, Robben Ford, Staples Singers, Stevie Wonder, Tower of Power, Wilson Pickett, and the Young Disciples.

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Set List

A set is likely to include songs like these: All Along The Watchtower (Rock, Jazz, or Samba versions) [C#], Apparently Nothing [Am], By the Rivers of Babylon [G], Can't Stand the Rain [G], Crosstown Traffic (C), Green Earings [D], Hard to Handle [G], Harvest for the World [D], I Feel Good [Dm6], I Wish, Pick up the Pieces, My Baby Just Cares For Me [G], Still be Diggin' on James Brown [C], You Might Need Somebody [Dm], You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman [C], midnight@the.oasis.com [Eb] Take me to the River [E], Rudi, a Message to You [Bb], Peg [A], What is Hip? [E], Spanish Moon [W], Haitian Divorce [E], This Little Light [E13], Talkin' to Our Dad [B], Superstition [E], How do I Know? [F], Minnie the Moocher [Em], New York New York[D], Hope & Pray [E], Mustang Sally [C], Knock on Wood [E], Midnight Hour [E], Respect Yourself [Bm], Lean on Me [G]. I Can't Wait to Meetchu [D], The Other Side of Town [D], Soul Power, [Dm] Ruby [F->F#], Say a Little Prayer [A], Sir Duke [Bb (was C)], So What [D], Sometimes [D], Still a Friend of Mine [A], Talkin' Loud [?], Too Young to Die [C#m], Wiggle/Take my Life [E], Wonderful Tonight [G], You Got a Friend [Em],

And some instrumentals: Coco B [Eb], Put It Where You Want It [C], Chameleon [Gm], Cantaloupe Island [F], Let it Flow (Freak Power) > Family Affair [E], , Kool [Eb], Lay Down My Burden [F], Watermelon Man [F], Girl from Ipanaema [F], Oh Happy Day [F], Ska-Ra-Van [Fm], SoulFinger [D], Film'97 [F], Killer Joe [C], All Blue [G], A Night in Tunisia [D], So What [D], Oasis [Cm], Killer Joe [C], Blue Bossa [Dm], "What's Goin' On", and of course a "Real Book" standards selection and some improvisation.

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