Taking a trip through the smooth grooves of Eighties Soul and the funk of the Seventies, Andy & the Big Funk, an all star band, visit music from an assortment of artists from Donny Hathaway, Rufas & Chaka Khan, The Fatback Band, Stevie Wonder to late Eighties bangers from Mantronix, Cameo and even a bit of Terence Trent Darby (remember him?).
Fronted by Andy Wood Mitchell who had brief as an Abbey Road Tea boy before pursuing his direction as a vocalist who has over Twenty releases under his belt with several original projects and Three albums with the Big Funk the least of these recorded live in Abbey Road’s number One Studio with a Twenty Six piece band.
He has also had occasion to appear on stage and studios with a random variety of artists including Damon Alban; Michael Ball, Natalie Cole; Brian Eno; Tony Hadley; Romena Johnson, Carla Bruni; Beverly Knight, Micca Paris, Katrina Leskanich (Katrina and the Waves); Lee Johns; Lemal; The London Gospel Community Choir; Barry Manilow; Jim MaCarthy (The Yardbirds); Paul Young, Paul Carrick (Ace); Charles and Eddy Steve Harley; Roy Harper; Bill Wyman, and Elton John’s charismatic and long suffering percussionist Ray Cooper.
Backed up by a stellar band including Ernie Mckone (Galliano, Martha Reeves, Candi Staton, Paul Weller, Dexter Wansel, Acantha Lang, The Blockheads), Perry Melius (Eddy Grant; David Lyndon Hall; Jamelia; Ava Leigh; Billy Ocean; Tricky; The Pasadena’s; Bobby Womack) and Andy Smith ( Lauryn Hill; Westlife; Rod Stewart; Lemar; Gwen Steffani; Shakira; All Saints; George Michael; Belinda Carlile; Lulu; Eternal; Take That; E17; Gloria Gaynor; Brownstone; Misteeq; Don. E; China Black; Billie Piper; Atomic Kitten; Cleopatra; Damage & Joe).
Also appearing is very special guest Vanessa Haynes (Blur; Incognito; Van Morrison; Chaka Khan; Kim Mazel; Kellie La Rock; Corrie (Damage); Mica Paris; Atomic Kitten and Sonique).