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"Jairus R. September 18, 2022 Verified Patrick Grehan Patrick was great to have! Very easy going, good guy, and an awesome guitar player and singer. Highly recommend for any event! Hired as: Singing Guitarist"

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"Great guitar harmonica vocals and all round good guy. Have seen him play on numerous occasions and always sounds fresh and great on stage"

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"Hired Chad Freeman to provide music/entertainment at my husband’s 70th birthday party in October 2023. Chad arrived early, ready to entertain. Great singer, guitar player and overall provided an awesome evening of live music for our party. True professional that I will hire again for my next party. On top of all of that, a really nice guy!"

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"PAOLA B. Karaoke Machine Rental for $500-1k HE IS AWESOME! He really hit a homerun with our class reunion. He was lighting fast finding the songs and then while DJing, he can certainly read the room to keep people on the dance floor and get unwilling dancers to throw down! We partied for an additional 2 HOURS! People kept saying "I haven't had this much fun in many many years!" He deserves ALL the stars! Oct 4, 2021 · Verified"

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"Jeff was great and first class. Great play list!!! You will not be disappointed in any way!! Book him fast! "

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"Your passion for your craft truly shines Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful gift with us and our guests at my daughter’s surprise dinner party! Your passion for your craft truly shines through your performance, it was epic! You were the talk of the night! We couldn’t have asked for a better musician to play. It was the perfect ambiance for a dinner party. Communication through the booking process was easy, professional and friendly. We look forward to hiring your services again in the future!"

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"We were completely satisfied! Our guests were delighted and the atmosphere was brilliant :) The live songs at the reception were particularly fantastic. It couldn’t have gone better!"

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"We booked Scotty for my 50th. Shed party. Scotty was amazing! He arrived on time and engaged with the crowd & had them dancing & singing along. Thanks for letting me rock out a James Reyne Classic! More than happy to recommend Scotty or have him back for the next parry. Cheers Tim!"

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"Awesome! Chris was great! Showed up early and was set-up and hour before start of the event. He also visited the location a few days prior to review set-up etc... The guest loved his performance. Thank you GigSalad. "

Reply by Chris Arpad Solo Steel Drum Entertainment
Thank you Karla! And thank you GigSalad!

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"The Best Saxophonist!!! We hired Seps for my Sisters Quinceañera and let me tell you…. HE DID NOT DISAPPOINT!! From the moment we got into contact with him he was extremely professional and was quick to respond. At the party, he played a little bit of everything like spanish ballads, reggaeton, R&B, Rock en Español and other genres; it made guest of all ages extremely happy. We even requested a specific father daughter song and he learned it just for our event. His energy is awesome and it gets everyone on the dance floor! We loved him, our guest loved, him, and he made that night extra special!"

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"We've called on Jalo & Sounds several times to play on the terrace of our Café and it's always appreciated by our customers. We recommend him without hesitation. "

Reply by Jalo & Sounds
Hey, great to read this! Big thanks to you all too for creating and running the Cafè, great to see most of your core clients appreciate acoustic rock classics, and the outside terrace is a great place to play ( & kids friendly too! ).

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"All of this is an admittedly roundabout way of confessing that I wasn't prepared to be as delighted as I am with Go Tell It on the Mountain (Silkheart), an album of traditional hymns and originals with heaven-gazing titles by Booker T. Williams Jr., a New York-based tenor saxophonist originally from Seattle who performs as Booker T. The obsessive soul-searching implicit in the programming suggests an affinity with John Coltrane. But unlike too many of the saxophonists who aim for Coltrane's spiritual elevation, Booker T has a devilish sense of humor best illustrated by his "Say amen, Gracie" drollery on "What a Friend We Have in Jesus," a homey little melody he elongates and fragments with the comic élan of a Sonny Rollins. In fact, the classic album that Go Tell It on the Mountain most recalls is Way Out West, Rollins's 1958 album of cowboy tunes--and not just because Booker T, like Rollins before him, finds inspiration in unlikely places. It's also because Booker T's interaction with the bassist Saheb Sarbib and the drummer Andrew Cyrille is as carefree and almost as electrifying as Rollins's with Ray Brown and Shelly Manne thirty years ago (or better yet, with Wilbur Ware and Elvin Jones on A Night at the Village Vanguard, from around the same time). Despite the sarcasm implicit in Booker T's low-register bleats, his performances of "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" and "Jesus Loves Me" exude sincerity, much the way Rollins's interpretations of oddball pop tunes do. For Booker T, as for Rollins, satire is a sign of respect, not condescension. Booker T is ecumenical: one of the album's most infectious cuts is "Halle Kalle Mazeltov," a hora whose modality he cagily exploits. The Spartan trio format means that Sarbib and Cyrille have to function as soloists as well as rhythm stalwarts, and both men shoulder the added burden gracefully, maintaining melodic continuity in a manner that bassists and drummers seldom do when they solo. Despite the length of some of the tracks (the title tune, which is just over sixteen minutes, is a Booker T original, not the folk song of the same name), Booker T's solos never deteriorate into self-indulgent braying. His sense of thematic exposition is too well developed for that-another cue he takes from Rollins. (And as if to underscore his lineage, the CD-only bonus track is Rollins's calypso "St. Thomas.") He switches to alto on his own "When Mama Cries I Cry," and his phrasing is impressively speechlike on this lighter horn. "

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"Best Saxophonist Thank you Seps for being at our wedding! Our guests really enjoyed your music. I appreciate the music you played especially the sza song! I loved every bit of it!"

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"Booking Rob for a gig was easy! Rob responded right away and stayed in touch the whole way through. Rob played an awesome set that had the crowd singing along and dancing! Thank you Rob for making our staff retreat a memorable one!"

Reply by Rob McQuaid Entertainment
Thank you so much for the glowing review—I'm thrilled I could bring some musical magic to your business retreat in beautiful Osoyoos! Your group's energy made it unforgettable. Can't wait for the next one. 🎶

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"Island Troy and the Boat Drinks Band was wonderful for our pool party. We booked them for our next party!"

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