New Orleans-style brass band, playing everything from traditional jazz to 70s funk, with a little Chicago blues, Southern rock, and St. Louis R&B in the mix. The Funky Butt Brass Band has been named Best Soul/Funk Band by the Riverfront Times Music Awards for the past four consecutive years. The band is known for its high-energy performances that appeal to a wide range of audiences.
Prefer PA provided (a stage plot is available on our website); ideally, require 45-60 minutes to set up, but can be ready in 20 minutes under festival circumstances if necessary.
Fresh Heir has been putting on high-energy performances since 2007.Originally a 5-piece ensemble the band now has 10+ pieces. Meeting at Webster University (St. Louis, MO) in the jazz studies program, their beginning sound featured instrumental originals & covers similar to Soulive, RH Factor and Charlie Hunter. Evolving, the band added vocals to the energy and began writing positive inspired lyrics in 2009 as showcased on their “Alive Around The World” and “Sky’s The Limit” albums.
FH’s current album “All Up From Here” (2016) displays a melting pot of funk/soul/pop/jazz/hip-hop. The album features a message of equality, peace and social justice for all.
Nick Savage and Ryan Marquez have remained the bands core founders as membership has been fluid through the years. The current configuration has been together for 4 years and features a cast of STL’s top players. FH now operates similar to Steely Dan, in that it always features Savage & Marquez but integrates the other members to create the sound most appropriate for the task/tour at hand.
The group has experience playing in different configurations all over the world as one can see in their videos. FH can jam an acoustic setup with 2-5 people or can produce a full-scale theatrical production featuring 10+ members utilizing high level audio/production skills.
The band is currently in production on their 5th release “Believe” due out in 2017. The album’s title track features an anthem for unity ‘Believe in Love Today”.
Drawing upon influences from musical groups such as Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, The Roots and John Legend the band creates their own eclectic “pop” sound. Connecting the body, mind, and spirit, Fresh Heirs’ music keeps their audiences moving while they deliver meaningful words of encouragement in harmony over a high-energy musical platform featuring blazing guitar and rippin’ horn lines.
Requirements available upon request
What happens when Manouche swing in the tradition of Django Reinhardt meets American straight-ahead jazz? We think we have the answer, and hope that it would have been both Django and Duke Ellington dancing in their graves, along with our very alive and well audience. Franglais–pronounced [frahn-GLAY] is the homecoming of American in Paris back to Missouri. We have played to rave reviews all over the United States and France. We were the only American band to be invited to the Django Reinhardt Jazz Festival in Samois-Sur-Seine, France, and to the Manouche Jazz Festival in Zillishiem, France.
Full notification regarding available amplification and audio systems (i.e. if PA is available or if band must provide our own equipment). Notification of lodging requirements is applicable.
The Fountain City Brass Band (FCBB), founded in 2002, is a thirty‐piece brass and percussion ensemble based in Kansas City, but draws its members from around the United States and abroad. FCBB is committed to a mission of cultural enrichment by performing eclectic concerts that expand the brass band art form and are both entertaining and educational for audiences. Performing a wide variety of music including modern compositions written specifically for brass band, as well as arrangements of classical works, jazz, and Broadway hits, FCBB seeks to bridge the gap between popular and classical art music. Offering audience friendly concerts, the band actively seeks to initiate cultural revitalization and arts awareness in the local community. When not performing for regional audiences, FCBB competes nationally and internationally. FCBB has won 9 U.S. Open Brass Band Championships, 8 North American Brass Band Championships, and 1 Scottish Open Brass Band Championship, becoming the first U.S. band ever, and the first non‐UK band in over 50 years, to win a major brass band competition on UK soil.
Available upon request.
Forte and Roe are an exciting pairing of musicians with classical, jazz and popular music backgrounds. A Julliard graduate with her debut at Carnegie Hall, Sutu Forte ignites passion, blending her piano with Bill’s expert electric bass leads in unconventional ways. They bring virtuosity, inspiration and fun to their music.
A three-person ukulele group with vocalist and percussion. This award-winning group was named “Best Old Band of 2011” by the Riverfront Times in St. Louis. The group was a chosen act to play for NASA’s largest Solar Eclipse event at the Smoky Mountain National Park during the total eclipse of the sun. Playing a variety of music ranging from the 20s to the modern, their song selection includes swing, blues, pop, ballads, and original songs. They have three CDs out with airplay on six stations in five states. KETC-TV (St. Louis) included the Dawgs in a segment on ukuleles.
Travel with own sound equipment suitable for a small venue of about 100 people. If in a larger venue or outdoors we need two vocal mics, two DI boxes, and three mics for percussion. Also, two stools. Set up with our equipment is 30 minutes after our gear is in the venue. With supplied sound it is 15 minutes. Sound check is 20 minutes. We need three bottles of water and access to a change room. We run our own sound with our equipment.
FIRE DOG is my three-piece rock band. The show features electric guitar, bass, and drums. Our high energy show of original tunes can be geared toward young audiences, families, teens, and adults. FIRE DOG has toured extensively and has released six albums of original music on our homemade label LOVE-O-RAMA records.
A PA system and sound person is a plus. But all programs can be self-sustainable. All I need is power.
The Finley River Boys are a high-energy, acoustic bluegrass band that performs a wide variety of bluegrass, country, folk, and gospel songs. The band is the 2020 nominee of International Singer /Songwriter Association for Entertainer of the Year and Album of the year. Their unique, rich blend of tight, four-part harmonies and intricate instrumental breaks captivate audiences everywhere. The Finley River Boys feature Brad Reynolds (upright bass, vocals), Bill Crider (guitar, vocals), Brett Dudenhoeffer (fiddle, mandolin, vocals), and Alan Johnston (banjo, mandolin, vocals). The band has performed over a hundred shows yearly, including venues such as Starvy Creek Bluegrass Festival, Silver Dollar City, Jerusalem Ridge Bluegrass Celebration, Missouri State Fair, churches, county fairs, theaters, civic centers, schools, and many more events throughout the United States. The Finley River Boys present a family-friendly show that will have your audience grinning, tapping their toes, and clapping their hands!
If needed Finley River Boys has a state of the art digital sound system for large and small events. When using an event provided system 4 vocal mics, 3 instrument mics, and 2 direct inputs or 5 instrument mics.
Fine to Drive is an original Americana band residing in St. Louis, Missouri. Capturing the nature of traditional Americana they effortlessly blend country, folk and blues to create a fresh and yet comforting sound in their roots driven music.
Their first full length album What Whiskey Did was released February 2018. As versatile and energetic as they are true to the classic spirit of country music, Fine to Drive’s first album proves they are an undeniable powerhouse thanks to their distinct and dynamic male and female vocal harmonies, unique sound and authentic songwriting. The album starts off with just the right amount of twang and lyrical sass in the song “Everything but Love,” a playful take on the American dream and picturesque suburban life with that clap-your-hands and stomp-your-feet feel that invites you to the dance floor.
Requirements available upon request.
From the Branson area, the Farnum Family performs American and European heritage roots music with influence gleaned from bluegrass, folk, gospel, Irish, old-time standards, and cowboy and western. Their music is styled in a quasi-traditional string-band fashion with 5-string banjo, fiddle, guitar, mandolin, and upright bass, often supported by piano and pennywhistle. Depending on the occasion, their homespun and entertaining presentations include appropriate academic dialogue, family harmonies, and instrumental demonstrations sure to captivate young and old. A special feature is their award-winning daughter, Hannah, who plays Irish, Texas swing and old-time fiddle styles, and currently performs in Branson at the Clay Cooper Theatre.
As a family, they have been featured at the Missouri State Fair, Buffalo Bill Cody Stampede Rodeo, International Washboard Festival, Ozark Folk Center, Silver Dollar City, and many other venues throughout the Midwest. They have been recipients of regional and international band, instrumental and vocal awards.
For large concert environments: 6 vocal mics (or 4 vocal and 2 instrumental), acoustic piano (or direct box for electric), direct box (or mic) for upright bass. For small venues, power source (for artist-provided system). Pure bottled water & healthy snacks…which may include dark chocolate!