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BOOK JOEY AND THE LIPS
Originally formed as a soul outfit the band is best described now as Soul/Blues/Funk outfit with a bit of Disco, Motown & Rock thrown in! Within todays set are classic soul numbers such as Otis Redding's Try a Little Tenderness and Aretha Franklin's Think, but also popular contemporary classics like Queen's Don't Stop Me Now and the band's storming version of the B52's Love Shack - with a heavy metal medley thrown in!
In there '14 years on the road' the band has worked in many areas of music including a spot on tour with American soulster Edwin Starr and performances on BBC1 featuring a medley performed with Atomic Kitten & Martine McCutcheon for Children in Need in 2000. In 2001 they were resident band on Carlton TV's 'Langsford Late' TV show. In November 2005 BBC1 commissioned the band to appear live on TV for Children in Need.
Joey and The Lips bring a truly electric atmosphere, both visual and spontaneous. The band features three high quality vocalists, driving rhythm section and a kicking horn section that won't stay still for a second!
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SAMPLE SET
Ain’t Nobody - Rufus (featuring Chaka Khan), Bad Girls - Donna Summer, Blame It On the Boogie - Jackson 5, Boogie Nights - Heatwave, Can’t Turn You Loose - Otis Redding, Car Wash - Rose Royce, Dance To The Music - Sly & the Family Stone, Dancing in the Street - Martha & The Vandellas, Disco Inferno - Trammps, Do Right Woman - Aretha Frankin, Do You Love Me - The Contours, Don’t Leave Me This Way - Harold Melvin, Everybody Needs Somebody - Solomon Burke, Get Ready - The Temptations, Gimme Some Lovin’ - Spencer Davies Group, Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye, Hold On I'm Coming - Sam & Dave, Hot Stuff - Donna Summer, Houseparty - J. Geils Band, I Want You Back - Jackson 5, I Wish - Stevie Wonder, It's Raining Men - The Weather Girls, Just Wanna Make Love to You - Willie Dixon, Kids - Robbie Williams/Kylie Minogue, Knock On Wood - Amii Stewart, Lady Marmalade - Labelle, Land of 1000 Dances - Wilson Pickett, Le Freak - Chic, Let Me Entertain You - Robbie Williams, Little Less Conversation - Elvis Presley, Love Man - Otis Redding, Love Shack - The B52s, Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett, Mama told me not to Come - Randy Newman, Movin On Up - M People, Mr Pitiful - Otis Redding, Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett, Peter Gunn - Henry Mancini, Piece of My Heart - Janis Joplin, Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry, Proud Mary - Creedence Clearwater Revival, Respect - Aretha Frankin, Shake A Tail Feather - Tina Turner, Show Me - Joe Tex, Signed Sealed Delivered - Stevie Wonder, Soul Man - Sam & Dave, Superstition - Stevie Wonder, Sweet Soul Music - Arthur Conley, Take Me To The River - Al Green, Thats The Way I Like It - KC & The Sunshine Band, Think - Aretha Frankin, Too Hard To Handle - Otis Redding, Treat Her Right - Roy Head, Try A Little Tenderness - Otis Redding, Unchain My Heart - Ray Charles, Uptight (Everything's Alright) - Stevie Wonder, Walk The Dinosaur - Was Not Was, With A Little Help From My Friends - The Beatles, You Can Leave Your Hat On - Randy Newman, You Should Be Dancing - Bee Gees
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PREVIOUS CLIENTS
Carlton Theatre, Teignmouth
Falmouth Pavilions, Falmouth
Watermark Centre, Ivybridge
St Mellion, Cornwall
Seal Hayne Grand Opening Ball, Newton Abbot
The Tunnels, Bristol
King's Head & Ship's Tavern, Plymouth
Mama Stone's, Exeter
The Wharf, Tavistock
Exmouth Pavilions, Exmouth
King's Head & Ship's Tavern, Plymouth
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TESTIMONIALS
"This band creates a truly electric atmosphere, both visual and spontaneous. It features three high quality vocalists, a driving rhythm section and a kicking horn section that won't stay still for a second! It's a 'High Energy' style and vocalist Jimmy Alderson is the consummate frontman, an expert both at working the crowd and at audience interaction. It's a winning formula and it puts this a band in great demand".
All-Electric Productions 2007
"Joey the Lips are a big funky outfit making a joyous sound in the true spirit of the soul band revue - great entertainment"
Snake Davis - M People
"Encores were jaw dropping with totally unexpected showmanship and flair you rarely see these days. Its hard to believe that Joey the Lips have been going fourteen years because they’re as fresh today as they were when I first heard them all those years ago. Go see them, you won’t be disappointed"
South West Gig Guide
"I got near the front just in time to see the kind of explosive team effort that left me exhilarated. They must have been choreographed by the best that Andrew Lloyd Webber knew because they were one cohesive unit in perfect harmony. The atmosphere really was electric and the anticipation all but touchable. Treat yourself , go and see them soon"
Torbay Review
"Sometimes, just sometimes, when great or even good singers sing soul music an odd thing happens.
A thing that you experience oh so rarely. The feeling goes beyond passion, beyond excitement. Mystery
takes over. You are reminded that this music was born out of gospel, that before soul took on its themes
of money, success, black freedom, political struggle and love it was concerned with the search for the divine.
That's what happened to me, watching you sing last night. A condition of mystery approached a condition of
prayer. You've probably sung that song 500 times but you sang it like it was the first time. Your hands clutched
at the air as you hit the highest notes and you shook your head and beamed with pure helpless joy as you seemed to wrench the words out of yourself. The band swelled and soared behind you, the drums and horns came in and the whole place went wild. By the chorus the whole place was singing with you. It was an amazing performance. Magic, pure and simple, just absolutely magic.
Be proud of yourself, and thank you."
LETTER TO KAT FROM MEMBER OF AUDIENCE
(KAT'S RENDITION OF 'PROUD MARY')
"Well wot can I say but "WOW!!!" I am so glad I have been introduced to this kind of music by such an amazing
band. I never even considered listening to this kind of music before, and never in my wildest dreams thought it
would make me feel the way I feel, when your all on stage giving it all you have!! The atmosphere you create
is just AMAZING!!! "
NATASHA, PLYMOUTH
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