Late in a wedding, once the speeches are over and the volume is allowed up, is where this band belongs. 5 Blues Drive are five mates playing blues rock they love, and the aim is unsubtle: guests going home sweaty and croaky from a proper night out. Behind the sound sit AC/DC and The Angels, Creedence, The Doors, Bowie, ZZ Top and Status Quo, a starting point rather than a fence. Quieter gears exist too: for weddings, an acoustic solo or duet cocktail set for the drinks hour. Bookings run from an hour to four, with a wedding show among the themed nights beside Aussie pub rock and Texas blues. Based in Sydney, the moment to hear them is the final hour, jackets off, when someone yells for AC/DC and gets it.
Watch 5 Blues Drive perform and get a feel for their sound, style and fit for your wedding.
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This is blues rock played by people who love the genre and don't hide it. The aim is unsubtle and they own it: guests going home hot, sweaty and hoarse from singing along, the way you used to after a proper big night out. If that's the memory you want your crowd leaving with, this is the right band.
Load-in access somewhere near the performance area makes life a lot easier, so flag it if the room is up a flight of stairs or a long way from the car park. A performance space of 6 metres by 4 is ideal. Power needs depend on which show you book, but four power points covers lighting, PA, sound and backline.
The flavour is blues rock, and the names it draws on tell you most of it: ZZ Top and Status Quo, Free and Bad Company, The Doors, T Rex and Bowie, Joe Walsh and Talking Heads, then the Stones, Creedence, AC/DC and The Angels. That is a starting point rather than a boundary. They've got quieter gears too. For weddings there's an acoustic solo and duet cocktail set. For birthdays there's a dinner set played at what they call chatting volume, so the music sits under the conversation while people catch up rather than shouting over it.
There are too many variables for a fixed package, so they don't pretend otherwise. What you can book is a length, anywhere from a one hour gig up to a four hour show. On top of that you pick a theme. There is The Great Aussie Pub Rock Show, or Route 66, or a beach party version, or a night of Texas blues, plus a birthday party show and a wedding show. Tell them the budget and they'll work with it.
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