Bongo's Rock & Roll Chilli Band
We are very pleased to announce that we've formed a band to play music that we love called:
Bongo's Rock & Roll Chilli Band
How would I describe our music? Swampy? Old school? blues?....Good!
The band members are:
Manny Elias and his trusty Cajon
No need to introduce Manny - his work can be found everywhere!
Deborah Bouchard on Vocals & Vibe
Actress Debs has been singing and performing for years on stage. She met Manny whilst fronting an ABBA tribute band back in the day! She's toured and sung all over the place but this is the first time she's ever been in a "band". She's a massive fan of the swampy blues style music and wishes she'd grown up on the bayou in USA - so she could legitimately write blues songs!
Cpt. Friday on Swamp Keys
Jonathan Rule (pretty sure there should be letters after his name) is a barrister by day and rock & roll disciple at night. We call him Cpt. Friday because in his world every night is a Friday! He has his own style of playing and would like to come back as DR John in his next life!
Barefoot Tony on "Gator" Guitar
Tony Mercer is never happier than on the beach with the sand between his toes and a guitar in his lap. He gigged a lot in his earlier days all over the North West and now he's back, guitar in hand and we are loving having his calm demeanour in the band!
What do we play?
We have quite an eclectic group of people, with Bongo steering us back onto the straight and narrow if we go too far! We play music by The Band, Dr John, Adele, JJ Cale, Randy Newman, Caro Emerald, Keb Mo, Paloma Faith, Jace Everett, Eric Bibb, KT Tunstall, Immelda May, Pistol Annies and Miranda Lambert - to name a few....
Where are we?
We're all based in Chester, Cheshire. We will travel but only if you're paying, there's beer involved and we want to! This band is together for shits and giggles - we're not looking for a record deal or to be famous, we just love the music and creating it together !
We'll let you know when our next gig is!
(Formerly known as The Hat Band)
