What we play
One band, three sounds, and a set list built for the people in the room.
We usually open with the songs everybody knows, bring the tempo up, and close with Go Go and the dance records. Somewhere in the middle we play our own.
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The songs everybody knows
Motown and Philly soul, 90s and 2000s R&B, funk, and the party anthems that fill a dance floor. We read the room and build the set around it.
Motown and Philly soul, 70s and 80s funk, 90s and 2000s R&B, and current radio. Send us your list and we will build the night around it.
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Written by the band
Our own R&B — real vocals, live keys and a rhythm section that sits back in the pocket. We are in the studio with new material now.
Our own material, sung live. Real vocals, live keys, and a rhythm section that sits in the pocket rather than over it. New songs are being finished in the studio now.
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The DC sound, live
Go Go is Washington music and it belongs on the set list. Percussion forward, call and response, and a pocket that does not stop once it starts.
The Washington sound, percussion forward. Congas, timbales, cowbell, call and response, and a pocket that does not quit once it locks in.
Live at the club
Vocalists up front, horns and drums behind them — a real Nice & Smooth night in the DMV.
Guitar up front
The guitar holding the pocket while the vocalists take it home.
Requests are welcome and we learn new material for bookings. Tell us the songs that matter to your night and we will tell you honestly whether we can do them justice.
Give us the date, the room and roughly how many people, and we will come back with availability.
Call to book, or email Nicesmoothgroup@gmail.com
