THE ESSENTIALS
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on a title to hear a sample:
Signed,
Sealed, Delivered
What
Is Hip?
Will
It Go 'Round in Circles
Hard to
Handle
Let's
Stay Together
Brick House
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Since its
inception in 2004, The Essentials has been wowing audiences across
the Northwest with its 9-piece powerhouse sound of soul, funk, and R&B.
From the band's critically acclaimed and award-winning original music
and shows to its huge book of classic covers from such artists as Otis
Redding, Stevie Wonder, and Tower of Power, everyone of every age has
found a reason to dig The Essentials.
Combining
a love and passion for good, authentic music with highly educated and
honed talent has produced the band's sound a mixture of tight
rhythm, heavy brass, and soulful vocals. Members of The Essentials have
recorded multi-platinum albums, received the highest award at national
jazz festivals, and have been national finalists in prestigious song-writing
competitions. Most players have a degree in music and back it up on
stage, whether the group is headlining a festival or packing a local
club.
SONGLIST:
Signed, Sealed, Delivered - Stevie Wonder
Dancing in the Street - Martha and the Vandellas
Hard to Handle - Otis Redding
Brick House - The Commodores
Rock With You - Michael Jackson
Lets Get it On - Marvin Gaye
What Is Hip? - Tower of Power
This Love - Maroon Five
At Last - Etta James
Musicology - Prince
Let's Stay Together - Al Green
Some Kind of Wonderful - Grand Funk Railroad
I Feel Good - James Brown
What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
Georgia On My Mind - Ray Charles
Superstition - Stevie Wonder
Down to the Nightclub - Tower of Power
In The Stone - Earth Wind and Fire
Me and Mrs. Jones - Billy Paul
Does Anybody Really Know - Chicago
Celebration - Kool and the Gang
On Broadway - George Benson
Hold on I'm Comin' - Sam & Dave
Sunshine of My Life - Stevie Wonder
Soul Vaccination - Tower of Power
Shining Star - Earth, Wind, and Fire
Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton
Simple Song - Sly and The Family Stone
So Very Hard to Go - Tower of Power
For Once In My Life - Stevie Wonder
Sing a Song - Earth, Wind and Fire
Fly Me to the Moon - Frank Sinatra
What You Won't Do For Love - Bobby Caldwell
September - Earth Wind and Fire
Pass The Peas - The JBs
Never Too Much - Luther Vandross
The Chicken - Jaco Pastorius
Diggin' On James Brown - Tower of Power
Whats Goin On - Marvin Gaye
Will it Go Round In Circles - Billy Preston
You Are The Best Thing - Ray Lamontange
So I Got to Groove - Tower of Power
This Masquerade - George Benson
Ebony and Ivory - Stevie Wonder
That's How Strong My Love Is - Otis Redding
Here I Am - Al Green
Work to Do - Isley Brothers
I Heard it Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
Sittin On The Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
Youre Still a Young Man - Tower of Power
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Lou Rawls
Soul Trilogy
Chain of Fools - Aretha Franklin
Fallin' - Jamiroqui
Aint Too Proud to Beg - The Temptations
Pick Up the Pieces - Average White Band
Back in Love Again - LTD
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