FD Entertainments
Providing Professional Function Bands for All Events
The Supershakers are a four piece covers band playing a mixture of Blues, Soul, Indie, Funk, Reggae and Rock'n'Roll from the 60's to the present day.
Lead vocals - Lara Smiles is a singer/songwriter who has worked on many projects with bands and songwriters for over 9 years. She now fronts her own all girl rock group The Berettas who are a regular on the London gig circuit. She has recently played support gigs with Pete Doherty, Status Quo and Jesse Wood.
Lead Guitar - Dan Whiffin started playing guitar at 13 and was taught by Bryan Parker co writer of the no.1 sixties hit Concrete and Clay. Since then he has worked with; Toby Baker (BB King, Eric Clapton), Nicole Russo (The Brand New Heavies), Butch Thomas (Sting, Lenny Kravitz, Jaco Pastorias) and Kevin Sutherland (Lemar).
Bass - Oliver Mckiernan has played bass in bands all over the UK and abroad for the past 10 years including Paris Trading featuring a current member of The Kooks. Ollie played on Mel B's (Spice Girls) solo single two years ago and has recorded with Julian Lennon. Also he won student of the year award and graduated from The Guitar Institute in London.
Drums - Tobias Humble started drumming at the age of 5 and began gigging at the age of 13. Currently studying for a Degree at Drum Tech in London he plays drums for Indie band Akayzia who are signed to Universal records and recently supported The Charlatans at The Road to V festival.
Together they make up one of the best covers acts in the country having performed hundreds of gigs all over the UK playing bars, weddings, private functions and parties.
Genre
Indie/Rock, Soul/Disco/Funk, Party/Rock/Pop
Line up
4 piece - female vocals, guitar, bass, drums.
Also available as an acoustic duo - female vocals and 2 x acoustic guitar.
Repertoire
Boom Boom - John lee Hooker
Stuck in the middle - Steelers wheel
Three little birds - Bob Marley
Sighned sealed delivered - Stevie Wonder
Lady Madonna - Beatles
Rock and Roll music - Chuck Berry
I cant stand loosing you - The Police
Valerie - Amy Whinehouse
Money - Motown/The Beatles
Cosmic Girl - Jamiraquai
Sing it back - Moloko
Could you be loved - Bob Marley
Seven nation army - White stripes
Sex is on fire - Kings of Leon
Bet you look good on the dance floor - Artic Monkeys
Killing me softly - Roberta Flack
You can't Hurry Love - The Supremes
Blame it on the boogie - Jacksons
I love you honey - John Lee Hooker
Long train running - The Doobie Brothers
Kiss - Prince
Play that funky music white boy - Wild Cherry
Aint Nobody - Chaka Khan
I feel good - James Brown
Sir duke - Stevie Wonder
I Wish - Stevie Wonder
Crazy - Gnarles Barkley
Proud Mary - Tina turner
(Acoustic)
Moondance - Van morrison
Sunny afternoon - The Kinks
Hit the road Jack - Ray Charles
You give me something - James Morrison
Oh darling - Beatles
Stand by me - Ben E King
It's all over now - The Stones
Got My Mind Set On You - George Harrison
Son of a preacher man - Dusty
Sitting on the dock of the bay - Otis Redding
Location
London
UK Wide
Yes
International
Yes
Performance Time
4 x 40 mins maximum
Other options available
Equipment
600 watt PA supplied
Rates
Starting from:
Duo - £400
Four piece - £725
Mileage Charge
POA
Client Testimonials
"We just wanted to say a massive thank you for a fabulous set at our wedding, all the guest are still talking about how good you guys were! You certainly got everyone dancing and we loved doing our first dance to Aint nobody!!"
Lindsay & Miles, September 09
"The Supershakers are fantastic!!! We hired them for our wedding and given the testimonials of our guests and what we witnessed these guys blew the roof off!!! Everyone was on the dancefloor, every song was performed to perfection and we even had people asking for their CD! They performed a full spectrum of songs from Reggae to Blues to Funk, Movie Song covers and Rock and Roll and they nailed every category. You had to be there it was something special. We'd recommend these guys to anyone, they were absoutely amazing, they should be famous!!!!"
Eric and Maureen, August 09
You guys were truly fantastic and so many people came up to us to say
how great you were. I keep getting messages from my friends saying how
much they enjoyed the music, so you were a big success!
Thanks again for making my 30th and our Engagement party so memorable!
Natalie Honour, June 09
"The Supershakers helped to make our wedding day perfect – the music was fantastic and doing our wedding dance to live music made it even more special."
Barny and Miranda Johns, August 2008
"The Supershakers were just what I wanted for my birthday – the music was brilliant and they got everyone up dancing, young and old!"
James Barret, Thames Boat party, September 08
"Brilliant music and a professional attitude – we'll book them again and again."
Chris Slater, The Albion West Kensington, June 2008