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Two Hour Change

About Me

THE BAND IS CURRENTLY BOOKING PUBLIC & PRIVATE PERFORMANCES FOR SUMMER-FALL-WINTER 2009! Please contact us here for more information!

Two Hour Change (2HC) is Boston’s hottest up & coming funk & soul experience: an energetic 7 piece unit (vocalist, horn & rhtyhm section) that fuses r&b, soul, funk, pop, jazz, & hiphop, into their groove-heavy, spirited, original songs and cover adaptations of some of the work by legendary artists in similiar genres, including Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Gladys Knight, Earth, Wind, & Fire, Marvin Gaye, Prince, Amy Winehouse, Chaka Khan, Patti LaBelle, Alicia Keys & Michael Jackson to name a few.
Each band member brings forth an energy and high level of musicality, and it all comes across in their performance. A tight-knit horn section of tenor saxophone and trumpet rounded off with some of Boston's most groovy rhythm players sets the stage for Two Hour Change, so sit back, relax, and put a quarter in to hear the sweet, sweet sounds.

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PREVIOUS SHOWS:

The Codman Estate (Lincoln, MA)Boston University (Boston, MA)The Knitting Factory (New York City, NY)Harper's Ferry (Allston, MA)Paradise Lounge (Boston, MA)Felt Lounge (Boston, MA)Cask n' Flagon @ Fenway (Boston, MA)Hennessy's (Boston, MA)Who's on First @ Fenway Park (Boston, MA)McGann's Irish Pub (Boston, MA)The Draft (Allston, MA)Skybar (Somerville, MA)Champion Sports Bar (Lynn, MA)
Wellesley College (Wellesley, MA)
Tazza Cafe (Providence, RI) Massimino's Cucina (Boston, MA) Copperfield's (Boston, MA)Kennedy's Midtown Lounge (Boston, MA)All Asia Bar (Cambridge, MA).. ..

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING about TWO HOUR CHANGE:"I think that Two Hour Change brings a jazz player's sense of musicianship and ensemble polish to some seriously funky grooves as they explore the new standards with both feet firmly planted. One in pop country and the other in the world of Horace Silver and Art Blakey."- Ernie Krivda
(CIMP, Cadence recording artist, tenor saxophone)- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -"Two Hour Change took our event to a completely new level. Everyone that attended had a great time and couldn't stop raving about the band."- Josh Liebow
(Giving Opportunities to Others, GOTO Boston)

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Member Since: 22/02/2007
Band Website: www.twohourchange.com
Band Members: MERRILY SCRUGGS-JAMES (vocals) MIKE WYATT (tenor sax, vocals) SAM DECHENNE (trumpet, vocals) ANDY MURACHVER (piano/keys, vocals) SCOTT KULMAN (guitar) JEFF O'BRIEN (guitar) SHANE ALLESSIO (bass) MIKE BLONG (drums)
Influences: James Brown, Stevie Wonder, Earth/Wind/Fire, Sly & the Family Stone, Soulive, Alicia Keys, Michael Jackson, Aretha Franklin, Erykah Badu, Joss Stone, Ledisi, D'Angelo, the Temptations, the Fugees, Parliament, Tower of Power, ?uestlove, Bob Marley, Lauryn Hill, Justin Timberlake (yes!), & many more funk n' soul masters...

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Cover Song List (for private parties, etc.)

AIN'T NOBODY by CHAKA KAHNBLOW WIND BLOW by MUDDY WATERSBRICK HOUSE by THE COMMODORESBUTTERFLIES by MICHAEL JACKSONCAR WASH - by ROSE ROYCEDON'T KNOW WHY by NORAH JONESDON'T STOP 'TIL YOU GET ENOUGH b...
Posted by on Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:23:00 GMT

Debut EP Release w/ Alan Evans, "First Hour" due out May 2008!

The band has been in the studio the last few months laying down tracks at Melodia Sound Studio in Weymouth, MA for the upcoming debut EP release. Engineers George Stearns & Lee Strauss have been work...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:25:00 GMT