The Brightsides are a vibrant cover band made up of highly experienced professional musicians with many years of performing experience, playing the very best in piano-based rock, pop and swing with lively danceable hits from the 50s to the present day. Prices: From £1026 +
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"We booked Scott and the band to play at our wedding on the 4th August and boy did we enjoy it. The music was outstanding and there was something for everyone. I strongly recommend using these guys to play at your special day. "
Highlights * Young; lively; professional; affordable * The band perform Rock, Pop and Jazz so there's something for everyone! * Live – no backing tracks * Available with horn section (trumpet & sax) * Repertoire spanning 8 decades from Frank Sinatra to Kings of Leon * Will learn any special requests (e.g. first dance) * Stage lights and disco lights supplied for all engagements at no extra charge * Can provide DJ option when the band is not playing
"You were all so professional, looked fantastic and most of all sounded amazing!"- Rebecca and James Ryan
The Brightsides are a vibrant cover band made up of highly experienced professional musicians with many years of performing experience. They are the perfect addition to your wedding, civil partnership, private party, corporate event, award ceremony or ball.
Fun dynamic entertainment with a great full sound the band includes lead vocals, harmony vocals, piano, guitar, bass and drums. Adding the horn section (trumpet and alto sax) creates another dimension to this great fantastic sound. The Brightsides don’t use backing tracks – everything you hear is totally live.
With an exciting and varied song list catering for all ages the band perform fantastic tunes from across the decades. Flexible and versatile their massive repertoire covers a huge variety of artists with lively danceable hits from the 50s to the present day.
Special song requirements are catered for free of charge and the band are happy to rehearse any song requests for you (first dance for example).
The band will tailor their look to suit your needs whether it be black tie and tuxedo or something more relaxed.
The Brightsides provide their own high quality PA, stage and disco lighting as part of the package.
Background music is provided free of charge, and a DJ option is also available at a small extra cost. This is provided via a laptop computer containing a huge amount of popular songs, and is controlled by one of the band members, who will make basic announcements and take requests.
Lowest rates are offered in Yorkshire and London but will travel country-wide.
Meet The Band Scott Grant - Lead Vocals/Piano Scott Grant is an accomplished singer/pianist with a repertoire spanning eight decades. Performing professionally since 2003 Scott has performed all over the world as a solo piano vocalist for P&O North Sea Ferries, Warner Hotels, Suncruises and Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines. Since his return to the UK in 2006 Scott has been performing at venues across the country holding residencies at The Charnwood Hotel, Choice Bar and Restaurant in Manchester and The Sands Venue in Gainsborough where he has supported artists including Acker Bilk Stacey Kent and Frank Carson. Fresh on the London scene, more recently he has appeared at venues including Piano Soho, Piano Kensington, the Hyatt Regency Churchill Hotel and Brasserie Toulouse Lautrec. Equally at home performing solo piano vocals or leading his own band Scott specializes in swing and jazz standards as well as the very best in piano based rock and pop with a vast repertoire that is increasing all of the time.
Emilio Montuori - Bass Emilio studied double bass for 7 years at the Conservatory of Music in Salerno Italy before taking up music as a profession performing very different styles of music in theatres cabaret venues touring shows and on board cruise ships all over the world. In the last five years alone Emilio has played with the Nelson Riddle UK Big Band (including a Palladium performance) the New Squadronaires Big Band Memphis Belle Big Band Kings of Swing Big Band and the Glenn Miller Tribute Big Band. He has also acted as musical director for Joan Rivers’ UK National Tour performed for pantomimes at Nottingham Playhouse and Sheffield Lyceum and undertaken UK theatre tours and an Australian national tour and TV shows with "Reelin` and Rockin" featuring Mike Pender Gerry Marsden Dave Dee Wayne Fontana Brian Poole Dave Berry Tony Craine and The Nolans.
Paul Grady - Guitar/Dep Bass/Light & Sound Paul has been playing guitar since the age of 7. Originally studying classical guitar he quickly adapted the skills he'd learnt to teach himself rock, jazz and blues on the electric guitar. Paul achieved Grade 8 Classical Guitar (ABRSM) in 1997. Soon after this Paul took up the bass guitar when he was called upon to fill in for an absent bass player. These days Paul can be found in several different function bands including BUDO Big Band, The Sally Army and Doncaster Jazz Orchestra. Playing both electric guitar and bass he regularly performs across the UK as well as having played in Europe and the USA. In addition to his playing career Paul is a sound and lighting engineer, having worked at Abbey Road, Air Studios and Realworld Studios, recording, engineering and mixing tracks and albums for the likes of Paulo Nutini, The Kaiser Chiefs, The Kooks, Coldplay, and Peter Gabriel. This proves very useful in the band where his technical skills are often called upon. Rob Clark - Drums/Backing Vocals Rob studied percussion at The Birmingham Conservatoire from 1997 – 2001 and since graduating he has worked extensively as a drummer and percussionist both in this country and abroad. He has worked with many distinguished artists including The Drifters, Elaine Delmar and Joe Longthorne and performed at the International Association of Jazz Educators Conference in New Orleans, USA. Musical theatre work includes UK tours of “Cabaret” & “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers”.
His orchestral work has included performances with The National Youth Orchestra, Orchestra of the Swan, Orchestra da Camara, ESO and The City Concert Orchestra. He has also worked under the baton of renowned conductors such as Yan Pascal Tortelier, Sir Roger Norrington and Sir Colin Davis. As a music educator, Rob is in high demand. He runs percussion workshops in primary schools across the UK aimed at developing whole class music tuition. Rob has recently been appointed to the panel of examiners for ‘Rockschool’, assessing musicians for examinations in the UK and abroad. His work in education also involves drum kit and percussion tuition at independent & preparatory schools in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire & Nottinghamshire.
The Brightsides's Set List / Repertoire
50s Bad Bad Leroy Brown - Jim Croce Beyond The Sea - Bobby Darin Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino Bye, Bye Love - Everly Brothers Come Fly With Me - Frank Sinatra Elvis Presley Rock 'n' Roll Medley Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash Good Golly Miss Molly/Tutti Frutti - Little Richard Great Balls Of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis Hallelujah I Love Her So - Ray Charles I’ve Got A Woman - Ray Charles I've Got You Under My Skin - Frank Sinatra Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry Mack The Knife - Bobby Darin My Baby Just Cares For Me - Nina Simone Summertime Blues/C'mon Everybody - Eddie Cochran Sway - Dean Martin That'll Be The Day - Buddy Holly That's Amore - Dean Martin You Never Can Tell - Chuck Berry
60s All You Need Is Love - The Beatles Beatles 60s Medley Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations California Dreamin’ - Mammas and Pappas Can’t Take My Eyes Off You - Andy Williams Daydream Believer - The Monkees Delilah - Tom Jones Gimme Some Lovin’ - The Spencer Davis Group Happy Together - The Turtles House Of The Rising Sun - The Animals I Can't Get No Satisfaction - Rolling Stones I Feel Fine - The Beatles I Got You (I Feel Good) - James Brown I’m A Believer - The Monkees Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett My Girl - The Temptations Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding Stand By Me - Ben E. King Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond Whiter Shade Of Pale - Procul Harum You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ - The Righteous Brothers
70s American Pie - Don McLean Blame It On The Boogie - Jackson 5 Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison Copacabana - Barry Manilow Crocodile Rock - Elton John December '63 (Oh What A Night) - The Four Seasons I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye Joy To The World - Three Dog Night Layla - Eric Clapton Let’s Stay Together - Al Green Moondance - Van Morrison My Life - Billy Joel New York State Of Mind - Billy Joel Night Fever - The Bee Gees Piano Man - Billy Joel Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry Queen Medley - Queen Rocket Man - Elton John Signed Sealed Delivered - Stevie Wonder Stuck In The Middle With You - Stealers Wheel Superstition - Stevie Wonder Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd Night Fever - The Bee Gees Piano Man - Billy Joel Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry Queen Medley - Queen Rocket Man - Elton John Signed Sealed Delivered - Stevie Wonder Stuck In The Middle With You - Stealers Wheel Superstition - Stevie Wonder Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd Waterloo - ABBA
80s Billie Jean - Michael Jackson Beat It - Michael Jackson Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen Don’t Stop Believing - Journey Englishman In New York - Sting Every Breath You Take - The Police I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers Karma Chameleon - Culture Club Raspberry Beret - Prince Summer Of ‘69 - Brian Adams Tainted Love - Soft Cell Town Called Malice - The Jam True - Spandau Ballet With Or Without You - U2 You Can Call Me Al - Paul Simon
90s Alright - Supergrass Birdhouse In Your Soul - They Might Be Giants Common People - Pulp Don't Look Back In Anger - Oasis I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing - Aerosmith Million Love Songs - Take That Parklife - Blur Praise You - Fatboy Slim Walking In Memphis - Marc Cohn Wonderwall - Oasis
00s Angels - Robbie Williams Bad Day - Daniel Powter Bad Romance - Lady Gaga Bohemian Like You - Dandy Warhols Cannonball - Damien Rice Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol Clocks - Coldplay Everybody’s Changing - Keane Everything - Michael Buble Forget You - Cee Lo Green Handbags And Gladrags - Stereophonics Home - Michael Buble Human - The Killers Jar Of Hearts - Christina Perry Just The Way You Are - Bruno Mars Moves Like Jagger - Maroon 5 Mr Brightside - The Killers One Day Like This - Elbow Pencil Full Of Lead - Paulo Nutini Price Tag - Jessie J Rolling In The Deep - Adele Sex On Fire - Kings Of Leon She Will Be Loved - Maroon 5 She's So Lovely - Scouting For Girls Shine - Take That Somebody I Used To Know - Gotye feat. Kimbra Someone Like You - Adele The Scientist - Coldplay Use Somebody - Kings Of Leon Valerie - The Zutons/Amy Winehouse You’re Beautiful - James Blunt
Ballads Against All Odds - Phil Collins Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers Brick - Ben Folds Five Candle In The Wind - Elton John Can't Help Falling In Love - Elvis Presley Can You Feel The Love Tonight - Elton John Careless Whisper - Geaorge Michael Close To You - The Carpenters Desperado - The Eagles Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me - Elton John Easy - Lionel Richie and The Commodores Everybody Hurts - R.E.M. Everything I Do (I Do It For You) - Bryan Adams First Cut Is The Deepest - Rod Stewart Halleluiah - Leonard Cohen Imagine - John Lennon Jessie - Joshua Kadison Just The Way You Are - Billy Joel Love Is All Around - Wet, Wet, Wet Let It Be - The Beatles Mandy - Barry Manilow The Scientist - Coldplay She - Charles Aznavour/Elvis Costello She’s The One - Robbie Williams Something - The Beatles This Year’s Love - David Gray When You Say Nothing At All - Boyzone Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton Your Song - Elton John
Jazz Standards Ain’t Misbehavin’ Ain't Got No (I Got Life) Ain’t That A Kick In The Head As Time Goes By Bad Bad Leroy Brown The Best Is Yet To Come Beyond The Sea Blues In The Night Caravan Come Away With Me Come Fly With Me Don’t Get Around Much Anymore Fly Me To The Moon Georgia On My Mind The Girl From Ipanema Hallelujah I Love Her So Have You Met Miss Jones He’ll Have To Go I Left My Heart In San Francisco It Had To Be You It’s Only A Paper Moon I’ve Got You Under My Skin The Lady Is A Tramp Let’s Face The Music And Dance Let There Be Love Love Is Here To Stay (Love Is) The Tender Trap Luck Be A Lady Mack The Knife Makin’ Whoopee Minnie The Moocher Misty Moondance Moon River Mr Bojangles My Baby Just Cares For Me Nat King Cole Medley New York New York A Nightingale Sang In Berkley Square One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) The Party’s Over Pick Yourself Up Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars Route 66 Speak Low Stardust Straighten Up And Fly Right Sway That’s All That’s Amore They Can’t Take That Away From Me Unforgettable The Way You Look Tonight What A Wonderful World What The World Needs Now Is Love
New! Christmas Repertoire! All I Want For Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey The Christmas Song - Nat King Cole Driving Home For Christmas - Chris Rea Fairytale Of New York - The Pogues feat. Kirsty McColl Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Judy Garland I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday - Wizzard Jingle Bell Rock - Bobby Helms Jingle Bells - Traditional Last Christmas - WHAM! Let It Snow Let It Snow Let It Snow - Dean Martin Little Drummer Boy/Peace On Earth - Bing Crosby and David Bowie Merry Christmas Darling - Carpenters Merry Christmas Everyone - Shakin' Stevens Merry Christmas (War Is Over) - John Lennon Merry Xmas Everybody - Slade O Holy Night - Traditional Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Jackson 5 White Christmas - Bing Crosby Winter Wonderland - Rosemary Clooney Winter's Tale - David Essex
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Customer reviews for The Brightsides
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04/08/2012 The Brightsides
"We booked Scott and the band to play at our wedding on the 4th August and boy did we enjoy it. The music was outstanding and there was something for everyone. I strongly recommend using these guys to play at your special day. "
Customer review by Greg Lowe
09/06/2012 The Brightsides
"We booked Scott and his band for our wedding in Norfolk. They were fantastic and had an excellent repertoire which catered for all parts of the night and for all guest building to an excellent end. They were also very accommodating learning adding a couple of new songs for the evening to make it an extra special day for us both. Would very much recommend to others. "
Customer review by Graham Robinson
19/05/2012 The Brightsides
"Hi Scott,
I can safely say everyone had a great night. The mix of music was just right and certainly had everyone dancing. The piano and vocals on arrival were also greatly enjoyed and received some lovely comments from guests (only sorry it was so cold).
Thank you all again. "
Customer review by Susanne Barker
08/10/2011 The Brightsides
"A fantastic wedding evening of entertainment! We absolutely loved your performance, the selection of music, the interaction with our guests, such professionalism...we are still receiving huge compliments on behalf of our guests for your first class show...thank you so very much...there will always be a HUGE welcome in the hillsides :)"
Customer review by Liz & Rich Thatcher
20/08/2011 The Brightsides
"Andrew and I just wanted say a huge Thank You to you and your band for making our evening reception so amazing. All of our guests were so impressed and had a wonderful time. Your music got everyone up dancing, just what we wanted. I'm sure you could tell I enjoyed myself - I don't think I left the dance floor the whole night.
Thank you so much.
"
Customer review by Lou and Andrew Garvey
11/07/2011 The Brightsides
"Brilliant service from Alive Network and fabulous playing by the Brightsides!"
Customer review by Jane Skinner
02/07/2011 The Brightsides
"We are just back from our honeymoon.
We loved the band – we had such a great day and the music made it extra special. Thanks for being so professional. We would definitely book you guys again…maybe when we renew our vows next ;-)
Thanks again.
"
Customer review by Nicola & Matt Puttick
23/10/2010 The Brightsides
"A huge thank you for playing at our Wedding. You did an incredible job and that guests could not stop talking about how fantastic you were.
You really did go above and beyond, including learning our first dance song, One Day Like This by Elbow - we were thrilled that you could do that for us and it was amazing! We enjoyed every moment and you really created a party atmosphere - it was just what we wanted!
Thank You!!
"
Customer review by Steven and Anna Robinson
04/09/2010 The Brightsides
"Thank you so much for playing at our wedding on 4th! You and the band did a fantastic job and it was great to see everyone up on the dance floor enjoying themselves all evening. All our guests had an amazing time and the mix of music appealed to everyone.
Very highly recommended to anyone else looking for a band to play at their wedding!
"
Customer review by Ann & Jonas
24/08/2010 The Brightsides
"I wanted to thank you for a fantastic performance at the wedding. It was such fun to have you guys play, and I got dozens of compliments on you guys.
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