Everyone
is talking about Boogie Funk Disco Band!!! Founded in
the summer of 1998 in the Inland Empire, Jeff Stone had an
idea
for a 70's tribute dance band that was a little "different" from
the current crop of 70's retro bands that were springing
up in the Southern California music scene. Formed from
remaining members of the local favorite classic rock
band Potty
Mouth, the power trio foundation for Boogie F
was already in place. Members forming this trio include
hard-driving
drummer "Too Hip" Steve Giba, rock steady bassist Woody "Woodman" Smith,
and the keyboard artistry of band leader and Boogie Funk
Disco Band founder, Jeff Stone aka "Duke" Hanson.
After
an exhaustive search, the perfect lead vocalist(s) and
guitarist were finally discovered and incorporated into
the Boogie Funk Disco Band line-up, to round out what is
fast becoming known as the best 70's era disco dance band
in Southern
California. Sharing lead vocals: "dynamic, soulful, inspiring,
and often provocative", Lisa Furr, blended perfectly with
the "power trio". The recent addition of Robert "Bobbie
G." Galbreath gives Boogie Funk Disco Band the flexibility
of using either a male or female vocalist depending on
venue preference.
Included is the awesome 6-string wizardry of guitarist
Todd "The Professor" McDearmon, thus completing the five-piece
line-up of Boogie Funk Disco Band.
To
see and hear Boogie Funk Disco Band "live" is to transport
oneself back in time twenty-five years to the heyday of
the disco
dance era when music was fun, sexy and always a fantastically
entertaining party!
What
makesBoogie Funk Disco Band "different" from other 70's
retro dance bands as mentioned above??? Simple . . . .
to attend a
Boogie Funk Disco Band show is to witness a completely
100% live self-contained band!!! Many if not all of the
70's era
tribute bands coming and going around Southern California
use mini-discs/CD's with pre-recorded instruments and vocals,
playing to a click track, and often times "lip-syncing" many
vocal parts . . . even complete instrument parts!!! Band
leader Jeff Stone and the other band members saw this as
somewhat of a deception to the paying public, (can you
say Milli Vanilli?), and assembled the finest musicians,
(not actors!), available to provide a truly live experience
for dancing partygoers.
The
advantage of a totally live band is that there are no restrictions
to audience interaction. Songs can be played as long or
as short as needed, given the mood of the crowd, without
having to rely on the time constraints of a pre-recorded
mini-disc/CD. Every note Boogie Funk Disco Band plays or
sings is provided by real band members playing real instruments
in real-time with no pre-recorded music or lip-syncing
gimmickry. It's hard to believe that all this sound is
generated from only five musicians on stage covering all
musical/vocal parts and playing authentic 70's music from
an era where many bands at that time often had ten or more
players. Seeing and hearing "is" believing and awe inspiring!!!
Members
of Boogie Funk Disco Band have held extended engagements
at such high profile Los Angeles area venues as "Billboard Live", "The
Coconut Teaser", the "House of Blues" on the Hollywood
Strip, "Aftershock" in Studio City, "Pompeii" in Palm Springs, "The
Ritz Carlton" in Pasadena and Laguna, Disneyland "After
Dark", and a host of others with upcoming engagements in
Las Vegas, Laughlin, Hawaii and Northern California.
Boogie Funk Disco Band recently hosted "Y2K
New Year's Eve Celebrations" at
Gordon Biersch Brewery in the City of Orange. This is Boogie
Funk Disco Band's second straight year providing entertainment
for Gordon Biersch Brewery's with these events being highly
successful.
Boogie Funk Disco Band . . . . the last word in live 70's Disco Dance Entertainment!!!
Partial Song
List:
| Bad
Girls - Donna Summer |
Kung-Fu
Fighting - Carl Douglas |
| Back
In Love Again - LTD |
Ladies
Night - Kool and the Gang |
| Boogie
Fever - The Sylvers |
Last
Dance - Donna Summer |
| Boogie
Nights - Heatwave |
Le
Freak - Chic |
| Boogie
Oogie Oogie - A Taste of Honey |
Love
Machine - The Miracles |
| Boogie
Shoes - K.C. & the Sunshine Band |
1999
- Prince |
| Brick
House - The Commodores |
Night
Fever - Bee Gees |
| Celebration
- Kool and the Gang |
Pick
Up The Pieces - Average White Band |
| Disco
Inferno - The Tramps |
Play
That Funky Music - Wild Cherry |
| Dazz
Dance - Brick |
Please
Don’t Go - K.C. & the Sunshine Band |
| Don’t
Leave Me This Way - T. Houston |
P.Y.T.
- Michael Jackson |
| Do
Ya Think I’m Sexy - Rod Stewart |
Roller
Coaster - Ohio Players |
| FunkyTown
- Lipps, Inc. |
Sex
Machine - James Brown |
| Get
Down On It - Kool and the Gang |
Shake
Your Booty - K.C. & the Sunshine Band |
| Give
It To Me Baby - Rick James |
Shake
Your Groove Thing - Peaches & Herb |
| Good
Times - Chic |
Shake
Your Body - The Jacksons |
| Got
To Be Real - Cheryl Lynn |
Stay’in
Alive - Bee Gees
|
| Grooveline
- Heatwave |
Super
Freak - Rick James |
| Hot
Stuff - Donna Summer |
That’s
The Way I Like It - K.C. & The Sunshine Band |
| How
Deep Is Your Love - Bee Gees |
The
Bird - The Time |
| Hot
Stuff - Donna Summer |
The
Hustle - Van McCoy |
| I’m
Your Boogie Man - K.C. & the Sunshine Band |
Upside
Down - Diana Ross |
| I
Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor |
We
Are Family - Sister Sledge |
| Jungle
Boogie - Kool and the Gang |
YMCA
- The Village People |
| Keep
On, Don’t Stop - Michael Jackson |
You
Should Be Dancing - Bee Gees |