About
Soul'd is a soul band for hire in Byron Bay, NSW.
Eleven musicians is a lot of band. SOUL'D built theirs around a horn section of three to five players, male and female vocalists, and a rhythm section made for dancing. The material comes off the Atlantic, Stax, Motown and Savoy labels of the late 50s through the 70s: James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, The Supremes, Booker T and the MGs, plus selections from Joe Cocker, Chicago and The Commitments. They've been a fixture around Byron Bay for fourteen years, playing the Rails, the Beach Hotel and the Byron Bay Bluesfest in 2007 and 2009. Weddings, corporate functions and private parties round out the diary. Soul, funk, R&B, blues and swing, played loud enough to fill a floor.
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The show
The horns are what you hear first. SOUL'D work the great labels of the late fifties through the seventies: Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, Sam Cooke, with The Supremes, The Temptations, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas and Smokey Robinson and the Miracles at the Motown end. Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Sam and Dave, The Four Tops, Junior Walker and the All Stars, Jackie Wilson, Eddie Floyd, Booker T and the MGs, The Contours, The Mar-Keys and Earth Wind and Fire all get a look in. Then Joe Cocker, Chicago, Blood Sweat and Tears, plus a run at The Blues Brothers and The Commitments. Dance floor music, played by a band big enough to do it properly.
Insurance and paperwork
Public liability insured
Song list
44 songs
Set 1
BF13 Vehicle 4.38 Jason
Your No good Bbm 3.44 Laura
SE90 Master Blaster Cm 5.11 Jason
71 Dancin In The street E 2.38 Laura
SE241 Touch Me Am 3.14 Jason
SE56 Walking On Sunshine Bb 3.59 Laura
Nothing But A Woman C 4.01 Jason
HS9 Valerie Amy Winehouse 3.39 Laura
SE220 Hard To Handle Shaun Evans G 3.08 Jason
SE174 Piece of my heart C 4.17 Laura
SE48 Spinning Wheel C 4.04 Jason
65 Stop In The Name of Love C 2.52 Laura
43.25
Set 2
SE152 Unchain My heart Am 5.57 Jason
SE259 Hold On I'm Comin AB 2.33 Laura
SE6 Born To be Wild E 3.30 Jason
269 Nutbush City Limits A 2.56 Laura
SE53 The Letter Bbm 4.18 Jason
Sledge Hammer Eb 5.45 Laura
SE1 25 or 6 to 4 Am 4.53 Jason
91 Rock Steady WAZOO C 3.08 Laura
79 Superstition Eb 3.59 Jason
