About
Spooky is a cover band for hire in Melbourne, VIC.
Book Spooky as a duo, a trio or the full band, depending on the size of the room and what you're after. The repertoire runs past 300 songs, taking in 60s classics, Motown and soul, rock and roll, reggae, jazz, blues, ballads and southern country rock, and they'll learn a favourite that isn't on the list. They arrive an hour or more before the start, bring their own PA, add lighting on request, and can MC the night as well. If the floor is still full, they'll keep going. For family events, members hold current Working With Children checks.
Watch
The show
Spooky roll in an hour to ninety minutes ahead of your start, which gives them time to set up without an audience watching them do it. The PA is theirs. Lights too, if you want them. They play the set times you've agreed and take short breaks between, and if the floor is still packed when the last song lands, they'll stay on and keep going rather than pack up on a good crowd.
On the day
Parking near the stage door with a clear run for gear is the big one. Power close by. And if there's no stage, mark out a spot that isn't a doorway or a corridor people are walking through, because that gets dangerous fast with cables and instruments about. A room to change in is welcome. Outdoor bookings need something overhead for the band and the equipment.
Performance options
Duo, trio or the whole band, depending on the room. MC work folds in if you'd rather one person handle the announcements and the music. Instead of hiring a DJ for the gaps, they'll run recorded music of your choosing between sets. And at family events, they'll hand out percussion so the kids can join in from the front.
Insurance and paperwork
Working with Children Check
Song list
POP/SOFT ROCK/ ALTERNATIVE
Abracadabra-Steve Miller Band Better Be Home Soon- Crowded House
Big Jet Plane- Angus & Julia Stone Budapest- George Ezra
Brother- Little Birdy Brown Eyed Girl- Van Morrison
Count on Me- Bruno Mars Crazy Little Thing Called Love- Queen
Daydream Believer- Monkees Fool If you think it's Over- Chris Rea
Happy Together- Turtles I Guess It Doesn't Matter Anymore-Buddy Holly
I Saw the Light- Todd Rundgren I Wonder- Rodriguez I’m A Believer- Monkees I'm Yours- Jason Mraz
It Ain't Necessarily So- Classic/ Normie Rowe
It Never Rains in Southern California-Albert H It's Not Unusual- Tom Jones I Still Call Australia Home- Peter Allen Leaving on a Jet Plane- Peter Paul & Mary Life is a Rollercoaster - Ronan Keating Perfect- Fairground Attraction Que Sera Sera- Doris Day/ Normie Rowe
Rhythm of the Rain- Cascades Set Fire To The Rain- Adele
She’s Not There- Zombies/ Santana Shotgun- George Ezra
Slipping Away- Max Merrit Stuck in the Middle- Stealers Wheel
Sugarman- Rodriguez Sunny Afternoon- Kinks
Tide Is High- Blondie/ Atomic Kitten To Her Door- Paul Kelly
Walk on the Wildside- Lou Reed
What Have They Done To My Song, Ma- Melanie/ Janis Joplin
Wicked Game- Chris Isaak Wildwood- Paul Weller
Wonderwall- Oasis
ROCK/ SOUL
Bad Moon Rising- CCR Crazy- Gnarls Barkly Dancing in the Dark- Bruce Springsteen Ferry Cross the Mersey- Gerry & Pacemakers Have You Ever Seen the Rain- CCR Hungry Heart- Bruce Springsteen I'm On Fire- Bruce Springsteen Khe Sahn – Cold Chisel Lodi- CCR Losing My Religion- REM Love Potion No 9- The Clovers Midnight Special- CCR Nights in White Satin- Moody Blues Proud Mary- CCR Sultans of Swing- Dire Straits Tainted Love- Soft Cell/ Gloria Jones That’ll be the Day- Buddy Holly
JAZZ/ SMOOTH
Cry Me A River- Jazz standard Dance Me to the End of Love- Madeleine Peyroux/ Leonard Cohen
Dream Lover - Bobby Darin Fallen-Lauren Wood
