Raising Cain

Gigmasters just awarded Raising Cain with their Top Star award as the "Best Variety Band" in the entire nation! With tens of thousands of bands across the U.S. in this category, it is an extreme honor. Raising Cain is also at, or near, the top of the Colorado lists in Wedding Band, Rock Band, and Cover band categories. We played for President Obama in Feb., 2010, while he was in Denver. The White House social director selected Raising Cain from more than 50 top Colorado bands considered.

We are a dazzling, fun, ultra-professional specialty wedding/event band that excels in: classic rock, 70', 80s, 90's, 2000-2012 hits, Motown, swing, ballads, modern country, and jazz! Classically-trained members also perform ceremony music at weddings for far less than a separate ceremony group can! Your one-stop shop for greater savings, less hassle. We feature fantastic male and female lead singers, and several virtuoso multi-instrumentalists (9 total instruments on stage). Although we're a five-piece band, it's like having nine pieces for the price of five! As a result, we can cover more music styles and songs than typical bands our size. We are trained announcers, and MC's, per your direction. A state of the art sound and light system round out the amazing experience that is Raising Cain.

With our group, you get professional musicians who dedicate hours to planning, rehearsing, and preparing to make your event a smashing success. Our stunningly comprehensive song lists cover all the popular genres, from rock to pop to jazz to Jewish and ethnic tunes to classical to well, you name it! It is very rare for a five-piece rock/dance band to have members with college-level classical performance training, who can superbly play beautiful classical music for your ceremony on violin, classical guitar, and/or piano, on up to a full string quartet. We do this for 60% off of our normal "ceremony only" rates (if we're already playing your reception). Clients always tell us how much they prefer having just one music contract for everything, not having to worry about multiple bands, and not having to pay minimum trip charges to multiple entities. With us, it's simpler, it's better, and you get way more - for less overall cost!

As total wedding and event pros who have played hundreds of fantastic weddings and events, we, as your band, are also available to provide complimentary assistance to help you plan things and wade through the ocean of details. We provide thoughts, ideas, perspective, and considerations on song selections, timing, flow, order, and any number of things related to extraordinary weddings and events (at no charge, of course). Over and over we have seen what works and what doesn't, year in, year out, regardless of the event or location. We know dozens of little-known strategies that will make a FANTASTIC wedding or event for you!

• ••• New and Newer Rock •••
• Beautiful Day - U2
• The Middle - Jimmy Eat World
• Never Let You Go - Third Eye Blind
• Time Of Your Life - Green Day
• Get The Party Started - Pink
• How Long - The Eagles
• Kryptonite - Three Doors Down
• I'm A Believer (from "Shrek") - Smash Mouth
• Soak Up The Sun - Sheryl Crow
• Tell Me 'Bout It - Joss Stone
• Vertigo - U2
• When I Come Around - Green Day
• Who Says You Can't Go Home - Bon Jovi & Jennifer Nettles
• ••• Classic Rock •••
• Already Gone - The Eagles
• Can't Get Enough - Bad Company
• China Grove - Doobie Brothers
• Feelin' Alright - Joe Cocker
• Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
• Taking Care Of Business - Bachman-Turner Overdrive
• Rock And Roll - Led Zeppelin
• Tush - ZZ Top
• Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
• Take It Easy - The Eagles
• Peaceful, Easy Feeling - The Eagles
• ••• Eighties •••
• Our Lips Are Sealed - The Go Go's
• I Love Rock 'N Roll - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
• Goodbye To You - Scandal
• Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - Cindy Lauper
• Hit Me With Your Best Shot - Pat Benatar
• I Want To Be Sedated - The Ramones
• Jenny Jenny - Tommy Tutone
• Livin' On A Prayer - Bon Jovi
• Panama - Van Halen
• You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC
• What I Like About You - The Romantics
• Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns 'N Roses
• ••• Oldies (50's & 60's) •••
• At The Hop - Danny And The Juniors
• Twist And Shout - The Beatles
• When Will I Be Loved - Linda Ronstadt (Buddy Holly)
• Shambala - Three Dog Night
• Roll Over Beethoven - Chuck Berry/The Beatles
• I Saw Her Standing There - The Beatles
• Hard Days’ Night - The Beatles
• Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
• I Fought The Law - Bobby Fuller Four
• ••• Country & “Southern-Fried” Rock •••
• If I Had A Boat - Lyle Lovett
• My Maria - Brooks And Dunn
• Private Conversation - Lyle Lovett
• Ramblin' Man - The Allman Brothers
• Crazy - Patsy Cline
• Walking After Midnight - Patsy Cline
• If You Wanna' Get To Heaven - Ozark Mountain Daredevils
• ••• Disco/Funk •••
• I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
• Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry
• Kiss - Prince
• ••• Motown •••
• Chain Of Fools - Aretha Franklin
• Dancing In The Streets - Martha & The Vandellas
• Respect - Aretha Franklin
• ••• Swing, Lindy Hop •••
• Jump, Jive and Wail - Brian Setzer Orchestra
• Zoot Suit Riot - Cherry Poppin' Daddies
• In The Mood - Glenn Miller Orchestra
• ••• Blues •••
• Love Me Like A Man - Bonnie Raitt
• Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett
• ••• Ballads, Slow Dances, “First Dance” Possibilities •••
• At Last - Etta James
• I'm Yours - Jason Mraz
• Angel - Sarah McLachlan
• The First Cut Is The Deepest - Sheryl Crow
• My Little Girl - Tim McGraw
• Landslide - Fleetwood Mac
• Moondance - Van Morrison
• That's All - Mel Torme
• Makin' Whoopie - from “The Fabulous Baker Boys”
• Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton
• Turn Me On - Norah Jones
• Peaceful Easy Feeling - The Eagles
• This Masquerade - Leon Russel/George Benson
• Unforgettable - Nat King Cole
• Blue Skies - Irving Berlin
• The Way You Look Tonight - Tony Bennett
• Misty - Errol Garner
• The Luckiest - Ben Folds Five
• ••• Jazz Standards & Sinatra Tunes •••
• All Of Me - Simons & Marke
• Autumn Leaves - Johnny Mercer
• Black Orpheus - Louis Bonfi
• Blue Bossa - Kenny Rodham
• Chicago - Frank Sinatra
• Don't Get Around Much Anymore - Duke Ellington
• Fly Me To The Moon - Bart Howard
• Girl From Ipamena - Antonio Carlos Jobim
• How High The Moon - Various
• New York, New York - Frank Sinatra
• Satin Doll - Duke Ellington
• Take The "A" Train - Duke Ellington
• The Way You Look Tonight - Tony Bennet
• What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong

Anniversaries, Awards Nights, Bachelor Parties, Bachelorette Parties, Banquets, Birthday Parties, Celebrations, Christmas Parties, Church Services, Clubs, Cocktail Parties, Community Events, Conventions, Corporate Functions, Dinner Dances, Festivals, Graduation Parties, Grand Openings, Halloween Parties, Picnic, Private Parties, Proms, Restaurants, Reunions, School Assemblies, Sweet 16 Parties, Weddings, Wedding Ceremonies, Wedding Cocktail Hours, Wedding Receptions...and more.

• Raising Cain was absolutely amazing! They learned a song for our first dance and did a fabulous job. The music was all great and everyone had a blast dancing all night long. I would reccomend Raising Cain to anyone planning an event. They were absolutely perfect and made our wedding a wonderful day we and all our guests will never forget! -Brice and Mary Asher Johnson -- Nada G, Colorado Springs, CO, 8/1/2009
• Raising Cain did an excellent job at our wedding this summer. Before the event, they were responsive and professional in all their interactions with us. At the event, they really rocked and were completely self-sufficient. The crowd loved them - many people commented afterward about what a great job they did. -- Joel W, Boulder, CO, 8/29/2009
• Raising Cain was fabulous! They were exactly what we wanted for our wedding reception. They are fun, energetic and played the full range of danceable tunes as well as perfect dinner music before the party began. We love live music, and listened to a ton of Denver and C. Springs bands before making our selection, and Raising Cain had by far the best vocals and musicians we found. Our wedding guests' ages ranged from late 20's to mid 70's and Raising Cain played something for everyone -- they even personalized the prerecorded tunes they played in between their sets per our request. We got tons of compliments from our guests about how wonderful the band was, and we recommend them highly!! Huge thanks to Anya and the whole band – they were wonderful to work with and extremely professional. We'd use them again in a heartbeat! -- Christa M, Colorado Springs, CO, 7/21/2007
• We hired Raising Cain to play at our wedding reception and they helped to make it a lot of fun. Raising Cain played so many different genres/styles of music that it appealed to all of our guests and both younger and older people really enjoyed it. I didn't feel as organized as I would have like to have been but Anya really took care of us. She emceed and helped keep things moving. They had a vast repertoire and also played a list of songs we requested. They were even able to learn a song with barely a week left before the wedding day! It was a Billy Joel song with just the acoustic guitar and Anya's voice and it was really amazing. Great band. Two thumbs up! -- Cassie B, Castle Rock, CO, 10/19/2007
• Raising Cain managed to learn the few songs we had requested -namely our bridal dance song and their performance was so spot on and sung with so much energy and enthusiasm. They really know how to entertain and get a room full of people up dancing! They were open to any and all of our suggestions throughout our correspondence. For the record -Raising Cain ROCKS!! -Happily married couple from 08/08/08 -- Jacqui J, Lyons, CO, 8/8/2008
• Hired Raised Cain for the holiday party for my company and everyone thought they were absolutely fabulous. They played something for everyone. Would definitely hire them again. -- Carol N, Denver, CO, 12/13/2008
• I would highly reccomend Raising Cane. They went above and beyond. They even learned a new song for me in less than a week. The guests all talked about how great they were. From young to old we were all out on the dance floor. They had good variety and fullfilled every and all of my wants and needs. Nice people too! -- Betsy W, Lyons, CO, 5/30/2008
• The band did a fantastic job - we were really thrilled with both the logistical aspect of their setup/takedown and the actual music. Lots of fun, many compliments from guests at our wedding, absolutely will recommend them to others. Thank you! -- Chris S, Loveland, CO, 5/24/2008
• Raising Cain did an amazing job playing our private party. We really wanted a band that could play cover songs and interact with the crowd. These guys were GREAT! Each of these musicians are so talented! They were very professional and a real pleasure to have play at our party. I whole heartedly recommend Raising Cain to others looking to book a band that will make you happy you spent the money on live entertainment. -- Jaime B, Brighton, CO, 6/30/2007
• The band was easy to get in touch with and had great communication. I loved their song list and was happy that they were able to learn a couple of songs especially for us. And they even took requests the night of. Unfortunately, we had booked the band from 7 to 11 and the ceremony and speeches ran long and the band was not able to start at 7 and where therefore not able to play for 4 hours. My advice to potential clients is to book them for a bit later than you plan on having them start, as things always run long. -- Brooke M, Cherry Hills Village, CO, 7/19/2008
• Mike was incredibly helpful throughout the planning process and the day of. When the weather threatened to derail our entire day, Mike and the band remained very flexible and worked around the logistical difficulties to help us have the wedding and reception of our dreams - the guests all had an absolute blast and can't stop talking about how much fun the band made the party. We can't imagine our day without Raising Cain, they really made the reception, and we recommend them to anyone looking for a fabulous band for any event - you can't go wrong with these guys! -- Christy C, Estes Park, CO, 10/8/2011
• They were great! They had a variety of music which satisfied the range of ages and tastes we had at our event. The Holiday music they play during our social hour was very fitting. I'm sure we will be using them again for future events. -- Teresa D, Loveland, CO, 12/10/2011

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