The UK’s top international female vocal & saxophone duo!

SAXuality are two highly talented and professional female artists.

Singer, Marie Haywood, was raised in a musical family. Over the years Marie has developed her own unique style and has shared a stage and performed with numerous renowned artists including; Robert Hart (international singer songwriter from Bad Company, The Distance, the Jones Gang, Manfred Mann’s Earthband and Diesel), Bernie Marsden (English rock and blues guitarist – primarily known for his work with Whitesnake having written or co-written with David Coverdale many of the group’s hit songs, such as “Here I Go Again”), Cherry Lee Mewis (British blues singer singer songwriter) and Jim Kirkpatrick (singer, songwriter and guitarist of British rock bands FM and Diesel). A true professional Marie can cover many genres of music with ease from jazz standards, soul, funk and blues to rock, pop and country and has performed extensively both here in the UK and overseas.

Saxophonist, Wendy Allen, a self-taught sax player, has played for many years both on the semi and professional circuits. She has directed her own 9 piece function band ‘Night Creatures’ and currently performs regularly with her jazz fusion band ‘Spiral’ (www.spiraljazz.co.uk). Wendy has also performed with the famous 70s group ‘Odyssey’ as well as the band Apart From Rod featuring 3 of Rod Stewart’s original band members – Jim Cregan, Robin LeMesurier and Gary Grainger. A consummate professional, she is regarded as one of the finest female saxophonist’s in the UK.

Together they have been gigging in the UK and abroad for many years constantly adding to their varied repertoire of over 400 songs, ranging from the 1940’s to current day chart hits. SAXuality pride themselves on their versatility and specialise in tailoring their music to each occasion, the venue and the audience with a blend of sassy sax and soulful vocals so if it’s laid back grooves you want or just to dance the night away, then SAXuality is the perfect duo for your event.

Male – Female Duo

For the two singers of In The Mix, it actually began some time ago. But their combined performing experience now totals forty years so in many respects the proverb is actually true.

Debs and John have decided that the time is right to bring their mixed up blend of fun, frolics and vocal talents into the public domain as a proper act and pimp themselves out to highest bidder. The music on offers covers all eras from the 1950s onwards and most genres (we don’t do thrash metal or death metal; we don’t do gansta garage (c)rap hippy hoppy housey mousey nonsense either). What we do is proper music with structured accompaniment and a melody you can make out. We don’t care when it comes from or who it comes from, if it is good and if it can stoke a party, we’ll give it a try. And we like to do lots off it.

Everything is underscored with a sense of fun and audience inclusion. Come listen to the banter bouncing between us (no domestics but we do have a good laugh at each other’s expense and it’s yours to watch at no extra charge). We want the audience to feel part of what we are doing and we want them to enjoy some of the, how shall we put it, close to the bone, humour that spews from the mouth of the one in the kilt. We want a party atmosphere, we want people to relax, to dance, to sing, to tap their feet, to slap their thighs, to make idiots of themselves by over exersion on the dance floor.

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Backbeat Duo – Dave Lloyd & Sam Lloyd

Catering for a range of different audiences and venues, Backbeat’s play list ranges from Elvis Presley to Kasabian, The Rolling Stones to Supergrass, The Beatles to ELO, Little Walter to The Killers, etc. They play pop, rock, blues, soul, Motown, jive, Rock & Roll and ballads. Dave has been playing in duo’s since 1988 and was the founding force behind BackBeat which was formed in 1996 playing keyboards and vocals. Since June 2014 Dave has now been joined by his son Sam Lloyd on lead guitar.