About
Diamond & Rock is a musical duo for hire in Mandurah, WA.
Twin brothers, playing Neil Diamond and 60s classic rock. Steve is on the fretless Fender bass he bought new in 1969, and the two of them first put a band together in the late 60s, calling it The Peaches and Cream. They've been at it since. Both released records separately, a couple of which reached the top 40. Sweet Caroline, Cherry Cherry, Solitary Man, Red Red Wine and Song Sung Blue sit alongside Stand By Me, Mustang Sally and Ferry Cross The Mersey. Backing tracks fill in the parts two people can't cover, so it lands closer to the record than a duo usually gets. Sets run one, two or three hours. They bring a full system with lighting, or work with in-house if it takes in-ear monitors. Mandurah based.
The show
Sets come in one, two or three hour shapes, so you can have them through a dinner or across a whole night. What makes the sound bigger than two people should manage is the backing tracks. The parts the brothers play get stripped out of them, so what you hear is live bass and live vocals sitting inside the rest of the arrangement, and the Neil Diamond and 60s rock material lands close to how you remember the records. Expect Sweet Caroline and Solitary Man to get a reaction from the older half of the room.
On the day
They travel with a full system and their own lighting, so a bare room is no problem at all. If your venue already runs its own rig, they'll happily plug into it, with one condition: it has to handle in-ear monitors. Not every house system does. So check that with the venue before you lock it in, and if the answer is no, they'll just bring their own.
Song list
55 songs
Girl you’ll be a woman soon
Yesterdays song
Brooklyn roads
Heartlight
Holly holy
Song sung blue
Longfellow serenade
Lazy Hazy
Play me
Morningside
Love on the rocks
If you know what I mean
Beautiful noise
Crackling rose
Cherry Cherry
Soolaimon
Kentucky woman
Solitary man
Red red wine
The boat that I row
Blue jeans
Crunchy granola
Thank the Lord
America
