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Jeanne and The Obvious

LI's Number 1 Cover band!!! Funk,Rock, R and B!!

About Me

Jeanne and The Obvious is a versatile ,fun,musically excellent, and exciting cover band made up of four professional musicians with many years of experience. We also have some originals,written by the members of the band. Jeanne sings and plays keys/synth and percussion,John sings and plays bass,Tom sings and plays lead guitar,and Rob adds an amazing enregy and funkiness! You cannot sit still when you hear us play-you will just have to get up and dance! We all sing lead vocals and we have great harmonies. All songs are performed as they were originally recorded,in their ORIGINAL keys. People always say that they can't believe how much we sound like the original record. We play all styles:classic rock,blues,party rock,motown,R and B FUNK,reggae.soca,standards~any requests you have,just make them known to us and we will play them. For example,we do: Aretha,Janis,The Doors,Jimi Hendrix,Heart, Pat Benatar,Pretenders,Bruce Springsteen,The Kinks,Cream,Blondie,Commodores,Sly and The Family Stone,The Knack,Police,Led Zep,James Brown,Queen,B-52's,Fleetwood Mac,Beatles,Stones,Astrid Gilberto,Bob Marley,Credence,SRV,James Taylor,Cole porter.Gershwin,Linda Rondstadt,Steve Miller,Lipps Inc,Michael Jackson,Pink,Talking Heads,Beck,Madonna,The Cars,Sade,Sam and Dave,Martha Reeves,Gloria Gaynor,Chic,Van Morrison,Anita Ward-you name it. Please come see us at Pindar this Saturday,Sept 20th,at Darin's in Miller Place on September 27th,Stonewall's Oct 3rd,at Osprey's October4th,Bedell's Oct 5 and 12th, Four Doors Down in Mattituck on Friday October 24th,and at Corey Creek October 25th! We all live on Long Island and have played there as well as all over. We have been playing together and in other projects for over a decade. We love to get the crowd dancing! We play at bars,weddings,private parties,clubs,restaurants,outdoor functions,wineries,festivals,etc. We have many songs and styles. If you'd like to,please check out our other myspace:at www.myspace.com/jeanneband. We will even write a song for your special occasion in a style you prefer. Hope to see you at a gig soon! Reasonable prices,excellent value and reliability,references on request. Contact Jeanne or John-send us a note! Call Jeanne or John at 631 298-2689 to Book.Thanks!!

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Member Since: 4/23/2007
Band Website: myspace.com/jeanneband;aol site (search)
Band Members: Jeanne-lead vox,percussion,and keys/synth.... John- bass,guitar, and vocals..... Tom-lead guitar and vocals.... Rob- drums...and ridiculous energy.......... And,on the occasions where Tom cannot play: we have two other great guitarists/vocalists-Bill,and Bob (thanks guys)NOTE:We now also have Sal De Vitto or Joe Lopez on drums, as our sub-in drummers!We also have SMOOTH PERSUASION,the new ACOUSTIC DUO!!!!!~ featuring two great musicians from Jeanne and The Obvious,: John on guitar and vocals, Jeanne on synth/keys,percussion, and vocals-
Influences: Joni Mitchell,our parents,The Beatles,Steely Dan,Jimi Hendrix,Aretha Franklin,Stevie Wonder,Led Zep,Janis Joplin,Ella Fitzgerald,Flora Purim,Gary Grainger,King Crimson,Chick Corea,Bonnie Raitt,Fleetwood Mac,The Doors,Jaco Pastorius,Free,Fairport Convention,Alphonso Johnson,Michael Jackson,John Wetton,Mick Jagger,Mike Stern,John Schofield,Sheryl Crow,etc.etc.
Sounds Like: FUN!!!! ~and the record-seriously.
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Great summer!

Well,it's about time I wrote a new blog.  Hope all is well with you and yours!       We had a great summer;we spent two weeks in Nice and Provence in the south of France...
Posted by Jeanne and The Obvious on Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:02:00 PST

Osprey’s Dominion Winery June 14th

Hey people,      Hope everyone will come out and party with us at Osprey's Winery from 1:30-5:30-it's the same day as the famous Strawberry Festival-so get your berries and come ov...
Posted by Jeanne and The Obvious on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:02:00 PST

RUNNING IN THE HEAT!!!!

Blog,blog blog-dizzy from running just now!!! It was hot!  Love it though.....xoJeanne
Posted by Jeanne and The Obvious on Sun, 08 Jun 2008 04:52:00 PST

New Gigs!!!

We are busily booking up the rest of the summer and into fall-check back soon to learn our new dates!  Jeanne
Posted by Jeanne and The Obvious on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:48:00 PST

Best gigs ever!!

Hey everyone!  Well,we had a great time at Four Doors both last Friday night and Saturday.  We especially liked playing the party for Pam and we hope to do that again soon!  Thanks to e...
Posted by Jeanne and The Obvious on Mon, 26 May 2008 08:12:00 PST

Check out this video: The Obvious

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Posted by Jeanne and The Obvious on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 11:46:00 PST

GIG TOMORROW NIGHT

Hey everyone!  We hope to see you all at our gig tomorrow night at Darin's in Miller Place (south side of Rte 25A) at ten pm.   Cya on the dance floor........
Posted by Jeanne and The Obvious on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 02:17:00 PST

Weekend Gig Friday Four Doors Down

Hope to see everyone out on the dance floor with us this Friday (tomorrow) at Four Doors Down in Mattituck!! Tom will be on guitar.  Should be a great gig-it starts at ten pm.  Cya there!!! ...
Posted by Jeanne and The Obvious on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 12:36:00 PST

Stonewalls Gig and Party tonight!!!

Hey all.  Yeah,so what a great time we had at the gig last night!!!  Thanks to Bob,his lovely wife, and all his friends-thanks for coming down,partying,dancing and all the energy you co...
Posted by Jeanne and The Obvious on Sat, 15 Sep 2007 09:07:00 PST

Bobby MaGee and Dancin' Days up!!!

Hello~  just put up live versions of Bobby Magee and Dancin' Days-enjoy! Hope everyone's having a great weekend.   xo,Jeanne ...
Posted by Jeanne and The Obvious on Sat, 21 Jul 2007 10:31:00 PST