At the minute anyway:
Andrew Dougherty - Drums (sometimes Paul Killough when Andy's not about),
Tom Hughes - Bass,
Becca Hopkins - Vocals,
Donal Scullion - Vocals, Guitar,
Div - Trombone,
Marc - Trumpet,
Zoe - Clarinet,
Brendan - Flute, Percussion (anything we tell him really),
Conor - Keys,
Mary - Tenor Sax,
We're a flexible line up so this can, and probably will change from time to time, but hey, it keeps things fresh!
Influences
Many influences. Obviously soul, also ska, funk, raggae, blues.
Gil Scott-Heron, Sly & the Family Stone, Bill Withers, Aretha, Otis, Marv, Bob Marley, The Skatalites, Jimmy Cliff, Parliament Funkadelic, anything George Clinton touches, Jamie Lidell, James Brown (aow!), Marlena Shaw.
I could go on and on and on.....
If it's got soul, then we can dig it.
Some of us met studying music in college. Tom also rocks out on his cello in "Folk Noir" band The Winding Stair, Donal Scullion can be found singing and shouting in uncle-social, as well as doing a bit more singing and a bit less shouting with his solo, more acoustic material, Andrew Dougherty is the low down beat provider and all the way from Kentucky USofA Becca Hopkins provides her operatic lungs.
The past few months the band has been growing and growing, causing stress, joy, frustration, band members joining, leaving, songs being learned, forgotten and relearned and finally relief after playing 2 fantastic shows in Belfast to great reception. I recruited brass and woodwind players (Marc, David, Zoe and Brendan) and keys player (not hard to recruit as he's my brother, Conor) to fill out our sound and we (somehow) got it together pretty quickly with only a few rehearsals.
Here we are now in 2008. Things have started quite well, couple gigs in Derry were brilliant!! Should be back for the Derry Jazz & Big Band Festival in May. Another day, another saxophone player, you know how it goes. Recruited Mary (who ya might recognise from The Winding Stair) who will be blasting out a bit of saxy funk for ya.
Apart from that, just going with the flow really, you're bound to end up somewhere. PEACE!
thanks Donal, yea the empire was class..you guys were awesome! seriously good! think we're on around 9.15 tomorrow..should be a nice wee relaxed gig. ciara :)
hey hey hey!!!! it's like 2.30 in the morning... back from the gig in the Pavilion! FUCKING AMAIZING!!! still have a smile on my face! love you guys....
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