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Band Info | The Music
| The Band | History | Equipment
| Song List | News | Oct04
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| Photos 2 | | Bad Girls mp3 | Praise You mp3 | Somebody Else's Guy mp3 | |
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Groove Shack Chris Hall
(drums), Dave Eldred (keys), Carry (vocals), Mike Hall (bass), Tobias
Thornton (sax) and Kristian Ambrose (guitar)
This pic was taken at my wedding on October 2nd, they got a dep in but I did a couple, couldn't resist it. They were great, I was very proud of them. 17 May 2007 03Sep04 Just
to let you know that Grooveshack is back up and running after our
terrible start to the year due unforeseen circumstances. 15Jun04
10Jan04
Mar 2005 Update We played at a fund
raising party for the Tsunami victims in St Albans on Saturday where a
well dressed crowd of 200 danced their hearts out in front of us raising
£2700 in the process. It was a great party atmosphere and very pleasing
to think that so much cash was raised through the tickets and raffles
for a good cause.
Click here for more photos
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Groove Shack is a six piece Funky/Jazzy Dance covers band. Previously known as Idaho the name changed to be more suited to the musical style. Not a Funk band as such and not a Soul band, but with a nice blend of well-known funk, soul and dance covers from the sixties to the present day. A variety of dance music with a funky and jazzy touch. From real groovers like "Sex Machine" and "Funky Nassau", to dance classics by Sister Sledge, Donna Summer, Aretha Franklin, Tom Brown, and Jocelyn Brown. More up to date hits by Jamiroquai, Spiller, Fat Boy Slim, and Kylie Minogue plus, for those who really like to throw themselves around the B52’s "Loveshack". The set does calm down from time and as a special treat they rearranged "Tear Drops" by Womack and Womack and turned it into a lovely Ballad. There is also a superb version of "Ain’t No Sunshine". Originality is not always easy with covers but Groove Shack adds originality at every suitable opportunity. The aim is to play well-known tunes that the crowd will recognise and enjoy, but to add extra spice and flavour by doing them the ‘Groove shack’ way. This means keeping the original melody or hook and either modifying the groove, adding extra energy and Funk, and/or altering the arrangement with extra instrumental and extended sections. There are also a few original tracks in the repertoire, which are only played when the audience or venue is suitable. The Band
Carry
on lead vocals. She leads on most of the tracks with an amazingly
powerful and expressive voice. Mike
is the bass man and groove master. His tight, rhythmic and melodic bass
lines with their laid back and funky feel sit underneath the music to
make each track really move. Back the early 90’s a funky covers band called TBO (Two Blocks Over) was gigging like crazy in the Herts, Beds, Cambs area. When the band was forced to give up after loosing two members, the vibe never died. The Brother’s Hall (drums and Bass) after playing in other bands such as the Funky Tiger Lily, and Rocket Child met up with the original members of Idaho. The addition of Toby (sax) and Dave (keys), with long histories of soul, funk and jazz playing between them, meant that the funky covers feel was back. This line up featured Sean on vocals and gigged around Herts, Beds Cambs, Essex and Oxford for 18 months. When Sean’s acting career took off a new lead singer was needed. Carry then joined on lead vocals and provided the opportunity to bring a whole host of funky diva songs into the set. Some tracks do prefer male vocals and the vocal talents of Kristian Ambrose and Dave Eldred have allowed "Sex Machine", "Funky Nassau", and "Praise You" to remain in the set. Because of the big changes in vocals it was felt that a name change was needed, Groove Shack suites the band’s style and so became the new name. We have since changed guitarist as Kristian got signed with the band "Sub Pop Sunday" and so now Woody is the guitar man. The band is self sufficient with it’s own 2.4 kW P.A. featuring 16-channel Mackie mixer, EV amps and speakers plus custom Scoop bass bins for maximum quality in sound. Various mounted and floor lights plus projectors add extra atmosphere to gigs. At no extra cost we can put music on between sets or when ever required using pre-mixed cd's to keep the party grooving. |
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