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About Simon Cragg Band

A 4-piece, 5-star party band who love creating a fantastic atmosphere at weddings, events, and parties.

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We are a 4-piece, 5-star party band who love creating a fantastic atmosphere at weddings, events, and parties. We offer a complimentary DJ service as part of each booking. Simon has been gigging for over 20 years with a blend of Pop, Rock, Motown, Soul, and Indie songs - playing guitar and piano in many different settings. In this setup he brings together three other pro musicians, including his drummer Olly, a regular with the BBC philharmonic orchestra, and one time runner up in Young musician of the year. Completing the setup is bassist, DJ, and harmony genius, Martin, and keys player Richard. What people seem to love is the way the four of them gel together, and have fun themselves, inviting everyone to come and join them in the fun. We also have lots of additional musicians we can get involved - a fantastic female backing vocalist, , saxophonist etc. We know LOTS of musicians, so do just ask. SCB come with their own PA and lighting for venues of any size, as well as public liability insurance. Martin is also a pro DJ who can do that to keep the party going between and after we've played. Do send over any questions you might have

Simon Cragg Band

5 out of 5

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Simon Cragg Band's Reviews

5 out of 5

We had the absolute pleasure of having Simon as the band for our wedding, and we couldn't be happier! He played all the songs we requested and added a fantastic selection of similar hits that kept us dancing all night. After the band finished, Simon seamlessly transitioned to DJing, which was just as amazing and kept the energy high. He was incredibly easy to work with, bringing a calm professionalism and a great vibe to the event. We loved every minute, and our guests are still raving about the music! Highly recommended.

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5 hours ago

Thanks so much Jacob and Louise! We had a great time too - your friends and family were an awesome crowd - into it from the first song to the end. Thanks for booking us. Simon

5 out of 5

The best decision ever to book Simon for our wedding reception! We had acoustic cover by Simon when guests arrived, live band sets and also DJ playlists in between. Both singing and the instruments were on point all night and got everyone dancing! Plus the drummer has some wicked dance moves! We would highly recommend booking them for any event/wedding :)

Reply from Simon Cragg Band

1 year ago

Wow what a lovely review! Thanks so much Rabbiaa and Ethan. I loved the whole day and you are some of the nicest people I’ve ever met. Thank you for feeding us too!

5 out of 5

We had Simon and his band play at our wedding recently and all I can say is that they are an absolutely brilliant band. In the build up to the wedding he kept in contact with us finding out exactly what we wanted and didnt want played. Although we had a few wants we were happy to let Simon have artistic licence and they didnt disappoint. They read the room brilliantly, and the dancefloor was full all evening. All the guests raved about the band who absolutely made the evening so much fun. Simon also did a DJ set which again was brilliant. If youre in two minds if to have a band or not at your function, all I can is absolutely do. I cant recommend Simon and his band enough. Well worth every penny.

Reply from Simon Cragg Band

1 year ago

Wow what a kind review. Thanks so much Adam and congratulations. I hope you many years of happiness, and thank you for booking us. We loved it!

5 out of 5

“Clearly very talented musicians, we can’t recommend Simon Cragg music enough. Simon and the band kept the atmosphere at our Summer Ball upbeat with a good mixture of old and new, leading to some anthemic tunes to round off which had the whole dancefloor going. With a vast setlist, Simon easily navigated the evening through dinner to later in the evening.” (Corporate, Hertfordshire Building Control)

5 out of 5

We were lucky enough to experience Simon's musical talents at a fund raising dinner last year, so when we were planning a special summer celebration for this year we were so pleased he could be part of it. Providing amazing 'background' songs whilst everyone enjoyed their hog roast, Simon was then joined by his newly formed band and 'made some noise' putting lots of smiles on faces whilst we danced and sang along!! We would highly recommend Simon - such a friendly person with a fantastic range of songs to offer.

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Simon Cragg Band's Song list

CURRENT

Watermelon Sugar – Harry Styles

Uptown funk – Bruno Mars

Cold Heart – Elton John and Dua Lipa

Just the way you are – Bruno Mars

Happy – Pharrell Williams

Get Lucky – Daft Punk

Shake it off – Taylor Swift

I’m yours – Jason Mraz

Attention – Charlie Puth

Love on Top – Beyonce

Dance Monkey – Tones

Chelsea Dagger - Fratellis

These Days – Jess Glyne/Rudimental

Feel it still – Portugal the Man

Shut up and dance – Walk the moon

Hold back the river – James Bay

You don’t know you’re beautiful – One Direction

History – One Direction

A million dreams – The Greatest Showman

Redbone – Childish Gambino

Shotgun – George Ezra

Budapest – George Ezra

Rather be – Clean Bandit

Symphony - Clean Bandit

Thinking out loud - Ed Sheeran

Galway Girl - Ed Sheeran

Shape of you - Ed Sheeran

Perfect - Ed Sheeran

Can’t stop the feeling – Justin Timberlake

Say Something - Justin Timberlake

Hymn for the weekend – Coldplay

Viva la vida – Coldplay

Little Lion Man – Mumford and sons

Lover of the light – Mumford and sons

Bad Guy – Billie Elish

All of me – John Legend

A thousand years – Christina Perri

If I ain’t got you – Alicia Keys

Grow old with me – Tom Odell

Spaceman – Sam Ryder

Dakota – Stereophonics

NOUGHTIES

Umbrella – Rihanna

One day like this - Elbow

Toxic – Britney Spears

Don’t stop the music – Rihanna

Crazy – Gnarls Barkley

Sex on Fire – Kings of Leon

Use Somebody - Kings of Leon

I bet that you look good – Arctic Monkeys

Why does it always rain - Travis

Mr Brightside – The Killers

Naïve – The Kooks

Yellow – Coldplay

Somewhere only we know – Keane

Smooth - Santana

Valerie – Amy Winehouse

Girl put your record on – Corinne Bailey Rae

You give me something – James Morrison

Falling slowly – Glen Hansard

The Luckiest - Ben Folds

Beautiful Day - U2

Feel - Robbie Williams

Somewhere only we know – Keane

I predict a riot – Kaiser Chiefs

Gravity – John Mayer

All about you – McFly

Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol

Senorita – Justin Timberlake

NINETIES

You and me always – The Wannadies

Baby one more time – Britney Spears

Champagne Supernova - Oasis

She’s electric – Oasis

Don’t look back in anger – Oasis

Wonderwall – Oasis

Half the world away – Oasis

Live forever – Oasis

Stand by me - Oasis

Make you feel my love – Bob Dylan

Torn – Natalie Umbruglia

Don’t dream it’s over - Crowded House

Weather with you - Crowded House

Distant Sun - Crowded House

Pineapple head - Crowded House

Four seasons - Crowded House

Fall at your feet - Crowded House

It’s only natural - Crowded House

Back for good – Take that

Angels – Robbie Williams

Kiss from a rose – Seal

Virtual Insanity – Jamiroquai

Hallelujah – Jeff Buckley

Last Goodbye – Jeff Buckley

Songs of love – Divine Comedy

I will always love you – Whitney Houston

Mustang Sally – The Commitments

Seven Days - Sting

It’s probably me – Sting

High and Dry - Radiohead

You get what you give – New Radicals

Don’t speak – No Doubt

End of the century - Blur

Country house – Blur

Parklife – Blur

Love fool – The Cardigans

Losing my religion - R.E.M

All Star – Smash Mouth

Show must go on – Queen

All the small things – Blink 182

Disco 2000 – Pulp

Learn to fly – Foo Fighters

Breakout – Foo Fighters

Stars – Simply Red

EIGHTIES

500 miles – The Proclaimers

Careless whisper – George Michael

Faith - George Michael

Man in the mirror – Michael Jackson

She’s out of my life – Michael Jackson

Smooth criminal – Michael Jackson

Billie Jean – Michael Jackson

Bad – Michael Jackson

Beat it – Michael Jackson

Englishman in New York – Sting

Fields of gold – Sting

Shape of my heart – Sting

Message in a bottle - The Police

Every breathe you take - The Police

The Power of love – Huey Lewis and the news

It must be love - Madness

Hello is it me – Lionel Ritchie

I want you back – Jackson 5

I’m not in love - 10CC

Tempted – Squeeze

I’m still standing – Elton John

Have I told you lately – Van Morrison

Call me Al – Paul Simon

A little respect – Erasure

This Charming man – The Smiths

Fast car – Tracie Chapman

Livin on a prayer – Bon Jovi

Africa - Toto

Still haven’t found – U2

Eye of the tiger - Survivor

Take on me – Aha

Another day in paradise – Phil Collins

Against all odds – Phil Collins

I wanna dance with somebody – Whitney Houston

Happy birthday – Stevie Wonder

Walk of life – Dire Straits

The Winner takes it all – Abba

Fisherman Blues – Waterboys

Show must go on – Queen

SEVENTIES

September- Earth, wind and fire

Boogie Wonderland – Earth wind and fire

Country Roads – John Denver

Mr Blue sky – ELO

Proud Mary – Tina Turner

Don’t stop me now – Queen

We are the champions – Queen

Somebody to love – Queen

You’re my best friend – Queen

Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen

Hotel California – The Eagles

Desperado - The Eagles

Take it easy - The Eagles

Blame it on the boogie – Jackson 5

Signed sealed delivered – Stevie Wonder

Superstition – Stevie Wonder

Everybody’s got a thing – Stevie Wonder

You are the sunshine – Stevie Wonder

Isn’t she lovely – Stevie Wonder

Lovely Day – Bill Withers

Ain’t no sunshine – Bill Withers

Lean on me – Bill Withers

Dancing queen - Abba

Life on Mars – David Bowie

Star man - David Bowie

Three little birds – Bob Marley

Jamming – Bob Marley

One love – Bob Marley

How deep is your love – The Bee Gees

Always a woman – Billy Joel

Just the way you are – Billy Joel

Piano Man – Billy Joel

Me and Julio – Paul Simon

Have a good time - Paul Simon

Slip slidin’ away – Paul Simon

Bridge over troubled water – Simon and Garfunkel

50 ways to leave your lover – Paul Simon

Logical song – Supertramp

Crocodile rock – Elton John

Daniel – Elton John

Candle in the wind – Elton John

Rocket man – Elton John

Your song – Elton John

I got my mind set on you – George Harrison

You’ve got a friend – James Taylor

Fire and Rain – James Taylor

Carolina in my mind – James Taylor

Something in the way she moves – James Taylor

Perfect day – Lou Reed

I can’t smile without you – Barry Manilow

Close to you – The Carpenters

Amazing Grace – Elvis Presley

Let’s stay Together – Al Green

This Masquerade – George Benson

Always on my mind – Elvis Presley/Willie Nelson

Street life – Randy Crawford

For all we know – The Carpenters

Annie's Song - John Denver

Killing me softly - Roberta Flack

Stairway to heaven – Led Zeppelin

Go your own way – Fleetwood Mac

Pina Colada (Escape) – Rupert Holmes

SIXTIES

Can’t take my eyes off of you – Frankie Valli

God only knows – Beach Boys

Stand by me – Ben E King

Say a little prayer – Aretha Franklin

I heard it through the grapevine – Marvin Gaye

Ain’t no mountain - Marvin Gaye

Build me up buttercup – The Foundations

I got a woman – Ray Charles

Georgia on my mind – Ray Charles

Witchita Lineman – Glen Campbell

Brown eyes girl – Van Morrison

Jonny B. Goode – Chuck Berry

I’m a believer – The Monkees

Daydream Believer – The Monkees

What a wonderful world – Louis Armstrong

Fly me to the moon – Frank Sinatra

Mrs Robinson – Simon and Garfunkel

Sound of silence – Simon and Garfunkel

The Boxer - Simon and Garfunkel

Sittin on a dock – Otis Redding

For once in my life – Stevie Wonder

California dreamin – Mamas and Papas

The Windmills of your mind – Dusty Springfield

At last – Etta James

Space Oddity – David Bowie

You really got me - The Kinks

I Saw her standing there – The Beatles

All you need is love - The Beatles

We can work it out - The Beatles

Here comes the sun – The Beatles

Ticket to ride - The Beatles

Here there and everywhere - The Beatles

All my loving - The Beatles

Yesterday - The Beatles

In my life - The Beatles

Help - The Beatles

Golden Slumbers - The Beatles

Across the universe - The Beatles

Lucy in the sky with diamonds – The Beatles

Come Together – The Beatles

Blackbird - The Beatles

Rocky Raccoon – The Beatles

She’s Leaving home – The Beatles

Something - The Beatles

Strawberry Fields - The Beatles

The Long and winding road – The Beatles

FIFTIES

Bring me sunshine – Morecambe and Wise

Blue Suede Shoes - Elvis Presley

We’ll meet again – Vera Lynn

L.O.V.E – Nat King Cole

Summertime – Ella Fitzgerald

Moon River – Audrey Hepburn

Autumn Leaves

Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps – Doris Day

Whatever will be (Que sera) – Doris Day

Somewhere over the rainbow

DISNEY

You’ve got a friend in me – Toy Story

How far I'll go - Moana

I see the light - Tangled

When will my life begin - Tangled

Circle of life - Lion King

Just can’t wait to be king - Lion King

Can you feel the love tonight - Lion King

Speechless - Aladdin

I wanna be like you - Jungle Book

The Bare Necessities - Jungle Book

Beauty and the Beast - Beauty and the Beast

Let it go - Frozen

Into the unknown - Frozen 2

You’ll be in my heart - Tarzan

CHRISTMAS

Merry Christmas everyone,

Have yourself a merry little Christmas,

Let it snow,

O Holy Night,

Last Christmas,

Step into Christmas,

All I want for Christmas,

Fairytale in New York etc.etc. you get the idea!

Simon Cragg Band's Prices

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Performance duration	Price
Up to 1 hour	£1300
Up to 2 hours	£1400
Up to 3 hours	£1500

Wedding whole day package4 musicians

- Ceremony: Music before the service begins, acoustic music during the signing of the register, and music as guests leave. - Reception: 1 hour- acoustic performance at the drinks reception. - Evening: 2 x 60 mins Band - 4 piece wedding band - DJ service - between sets and to end

£1700

Customer questions

Will the singer be the same as who I see in the videos?

We strive to make sure the line-up you see is what you get on the night. We do have pre-audititioned 'dep' musicians available in case a band member falls ill or is unavailable. As a professional band our reputation means everything so you can be confident that all of our players are of a very high level.

Do you have different line-up options?

We tend play as a three-piece (me, bass, drums), or four piece (plus keys), but we are well connected and can add a female vocalist, sax player etc - just ask.

What if my timings change after I've booked you?

We always try our best to be flexible to help ensure your event runs as smoothly as possible. If timings change slightly in the run up to the event just let us know

Can you provide an iPod/DJ service before and between your sets?

Absolutely. This is a really popular request and we actually offer this service for free. If you'd like a DJ service via our PA after the final set until the venue closes, we provide this for an additional £100

How much time do you need to set up?

We usually set up about 1 to 1.5 hours before the performance time. As soon as our PA is set up we can provide a free playlist service to help set the atmosphere and get your guests ready for our live performance!

Can I pick the songs you play from the set list?

Our set lists are crafted from countless performances and learning what works best to ensure guests dance and have an amazing time. However, we're definitely happy to chat through and make sure we find what works for your event.

Is all of the equipment (e.g. PA & lighting) included in your quote?

Our PA and lighting system is included in your quote. We usually require a minimum of 3 x 3 metre space to perform

Can you learn song requests before the event?

If a song isn't included in our song list there may still be a chance we already know it. If there is a special song you'd like us to learn we are happy to do this for you for free!

Musicianship

Genres:

Pop, Acoustic, Funk, Motown, Soul, Indie, Pop rock

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Types:

Wedding band, Cover band, Acoustic band, Pop band, Pop trio

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Event types:

Wedding, Wedding proposal, Funeral / Memorial service, Church service, Hotel / Restaurant event, Bar / Club / Venue event, Private event, Corporate event, Charity event, Concert, Recording session, Theatre / Show, Cruise, Burns night, Birthday party, Christmas party, New Year's Eve

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