BACKBEAT BAND’s SUMMER SOULSTICE 26 – tickets in advance:https://wegottickets.com/f/16990
Backbeat is an 11 piece band that play their favourite Soul, R & B and Jump Jive tunes by artists including Jackie Wilson, Ruth Brown, Wilson Pickett, Louis Jordan, Ann Peebles, Fontella Bass, Edwin Starr, Stevie Wonder, Irma Thomas, Martha Reeves, Aretha Franklin and many more.
Backbeat Band’s mission is to have fun and play music for DANCING!
Featuring Alison Rolls and Colin Armstrong – lead vocals; Dave Gray – guitar & lead vocals; Di Whittaker – backing & lead vocals; Pete Thompson – bass; John Wright – keyboards; Craig Broadfoot – keyboards; Simon Price – drums; Sean Horsey –tenor sax; Dick Hanson – trumpet (ex-Graham Parker & the Rumour); Steve King – baritone sax and special guest on harmonica – Neil Packman.
This is always a nostalgic trip for many and a night of partying and dancing for friends – old and new!
Backbeat Band’s Winter Soulstice 2024 at Watlington House, Reading. Video credit Rob Sowden
Video credit Rob Sowden
Don’t Mess With My Man (You Can Have My Husband) was written by Dorothy LaBostrie. The song was first recorded by Irma Thomas in 1959
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