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LOCATION:
Santa Cruz,
California
TRAVEL RADIUS:
Will travel up to 100 miles from Santa Cruz, CA.
SURROUNDING AREA:
Soquel, Capitola, Aptos, Scotts Valley, Felton, Mount Hermon, Ben Lomond, Brookdale, Holy City, Redwood Estates, Freedom, Los Gatos, Watsonville, Boulder Creek, Davenport, San Jose, Coyote, Saratoga, Campbell, Morgan Hill, Moss Landing, New Almaden, Castroville, Cupertino, Gilroy, Aromas, San Martin, Santa Clara, Marina, Pescadero.
PRIMARY CATEGORY:
Rock Band
GENRE:
Dance, Oldies, Pop, Rock, Rockabilly
AVAILABLE FOR:
Anniversaries, Awards Nights, Bachelor Parties, Bachelorette Parties, Banquets, Bar Mitzvahs, Bat Mitzvahs, Birthday Parties, Casinos, Celebrations, Christenings, Christmas Parties, Church Services, Clubs, Coffee Shops, Community Events, Conventions, Corporate Functions, Country Clubs, Cruise Ships, Dinner Dances, Festivals, Fraternity Functions, Fund Raisers, Funerals, Graduation Parties, Grand Openings, Hotels, Jingles, Movie Soundtracks, Picnic, Private Parties, Proms, Resorts, Restaurants, Reunions, Showers, Ski Lodges, Sorority Function, Studio Session, Temples, TV Soundtracks, Weddings
PERFORMING SINCE:
2002
PAY RANGE:
$400-$4000 per event
INFLUENCES:
The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Santana, Led Zepplin, The Byrds, Jackson Brown, to name a few. We have been playing for many years as individual musicians and in bands and our influences are too many to enumerate.
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DESCRIPTION:
PHAT CHANTS is the best Classic Rock Dance Band on the central coast of California, bar none. They are a four piece band made up of two guitarists, bass player and drummer. Not only does PHAT CHANTS perform the hottest songs from the 60's, 70's, 80's, and 90's, they also incorporate wit and humor with audience participation in their stage show. PHAT CHANTS has played corporate events, private parties, restaurants, and dance clubs/bars throughout the central coast. Based in beautiful Santa Cruz, PHAT CHANTS is a musical mainstay in Santa Cruz, Monterey, San Mateo, and San Franicisco counties. Being called back for an encore or two is not unusual for this great band. Growing up in Los Angeles, Jim Davis was raised in a musician's household. His father played for such greats as Benny Goodman and The Dorsey Brothers. His mother is still playing bass at 87 years of age. Jim began playing the clarinet at age 8. Then he saw "THE BEATLES" and fell in love with guitar.
The first band Jim played in was the first version of Van Halen in high school. Having had an argument with the leader, Eddie Van Halen, Jim quit the band and formed the band "Rain" and performed with Buddy Miles. They had one record entitled "Benita Road" and appeared on several local Los Angeles Rock TV shows.
Jim went on to join "Scarlet Jack" and was busy in Hollywood doing studio session work for different songwriters' demos. Life took a turn and Jim moved north to Santa Cruz where, in the 1980's, he founded the band "Undercover Blonde". Ten years later that band ended and Jim formed "PHAT CHANTS". He presided over several personnel changes until he finally had the perfect group of musicians and friends, "PHAT CHANTS". Fernando is local to Santa Cruz having been born in Felton, California and then raised in Santa Cruz, California. Soon after his birth, his parents noticed that the boy had rhythm just by the way he shook his rattle. Finally at the age of 5, Fernando got his first drum and then his first drum set at age 10.
Fernando played with several local bands until he joined "SAM SARA" in 1997. This band took him touring and re-located Fernando to the city of San Fernando in Los Angeles. After gigging all over Southern California, "SAM SARA" broke up and Fernando returned to shores of Santa Cruz in 1999. Back in Santa Cruz, he soon joined a punk-rock band named "FUX". They stayed together for 2 years. Then Fernando met the band "PHAT CHANTS" and the fit was perfect.
Fernando's drumming has many styles intertwined in the complicated beats he creates giving "PHAT CHANTS" a more diverse and challenging sound. He has been influenced by many artists such as Steve Smith from "JOURNEY" along with the Latin sounds of performers such as "SANTANA". Cliff Feldman got his musical start as a teenager in Tucson, Arizona where he was a classmate of Linda Ronstadt's. Starting out as a drummer, his early band "THE SYNDICATE" was well known in Tucson, even being featured on local radio shows. Switching to guitar and vocals, Cliff formed a new band, "CENTRAL HEATING" with fellow University of Arizona schoolmates and a cool Hippie who had recently transplanted himself from San Francisco. "CENTRAL HEATING" prided itself in doing the newest and most difficult material possible such as "LED ZEPPELIN" and "THE BEATLES". They regularly opened for another struggling band; "THE SPIDERS"…that band changed its name and became "ALICE COOPER".
After moving to northern California, Cliff formed the group, "OCCASIONAL RAIN" with co-DJ's from San Jose's KOME Radio. This band performed an eclectic mix of Cliff's original tunes and covers of obscure English progressive groups.
Cliff moved to Santa Cruz, California in 1984 and traded his guitar for a computer and completed 2 novels (sadly, unpublished). After teaching his son guitar for 2 years, he got the fire back and started playing ROCK again…and found himself in "PHAT CHANTS". As a wee lad growing up in New York, Chris Stine was not sure what the future held for him until February 9, 1964. That fateful Sunday night he and his family sat on the living room couch to watch the television variety show, "The Ed Sullivan Show". Ed Sullivan introduced a new band from Liverpool, England; "THE BEATLES" and Chris was hooked.
He wanted to play guitar and be a BEATLE! Ironically, although listening to "THE BEATLES" for years, Chris never played any songs by that band…until he joined "PHAT CHANTS". Chris' early guitar influences went far beyond George Harrison and included such guitar virtuosos as Duane Allman, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimi Hendrix.
As a member of "PHAT CHANTS", Chris Stine brings years of professional experience. He has played in rock n' roll bands, blues bands and even church groups. His different styles of guitar add an undeniable flavour to the originals and cover tunes that "PHAT CHANTS" performs.
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GROUP MEMBERS:
Jim Davis - bass guitar, vocals
Fernando Ibanez - drums, percussion
Cliff Feldman - rhythm guitar, vocals
Chris Stine - lead guitar, vocals
SONG LIST:
All Right Now - Free
American Dream - Phat Chants
Angel from Montgomery - John Prine
Back in the USSR - The Beatles
Between the Lines - Phat Chants
Birthday - The Beatles
Black Magic Woman - Santana
Born to be Wild - Steppenwolf
Born Under a Bad Sign
- Cream
Breakdown - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Can't Understand It - Los Lobos
Cryin' - Phat Chants
Dear Prudence - The Beatles
Dizzy Miss Lizzy - The Beatles
Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
Don't Worry - Phat Chants
Everybody needs Somebody - Rolling Stones
Evil Ways - Santana
Feelin' Alright - Traffic
Friend of Mine - Phat Chants
Further up the Road - Eric Clapton
Green River - CCR
Have you ever loved a woman - Billy Myles
I'll feel a whole lot better - The Byrds
I got you - James Brown
In My Life - The Beatles
Lady & the Rogue - Phat Chants
Last Train to Clarksville - The Monkees
Listen to her Heart - Tom Petty
Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett
Miss You - The Rolling Stones
Money for Nothing - Dire Straits
Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett
Nobody's talkin' but you - Phat Chants
Old Love - Eric Clapton
One - U2
Only you know & I know - Dave Mason
Price of Love - Phat Chants
Pride
- U2
Pride & Joy - Stevie Ray Vaughan
Prison of Love - Robben Ford
Rock me Baby - Jeff Beck
Rock This Town - Stray Cats
Rocket to me - Phat Chants
Roll over Beethoven - Chuck Berry
Runnin' Down the Dream - Tom Petty
Runnin' on Empty - Jackson Brown
Slow Down - The Beatles
So you want to be a Rock & Roll Star - The Byrds
Somebody's Baby - Jackson Brown
Steal Love - Phat Chants
Stray Cat Strut - Stray Cats
Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits
Suzy Q - CCR
Sweet Home Alabama
- Lynard Skynard
That's Alright Mama - Elvis Presley
There goes the Neighborhood - Phat Chants
Treat her Right - Roy Head & The Traits
Watchtower - Bob Dylan
While my guitar gently weeps - The Beatles
Wicked Game
- Chris Isaak
Woman of Consquence - Phat Chants
Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton
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CLIENT FEEDBACK:
Available On Request
UPCOMING APPEARANCES:
Friday, September 12, 2008
8:00PM - Casa Sorrento Pizzeria
Salinas, CA
Saturday, September 13, 2008
7:00PM - Baja Cantina
Carmel Valley, CA
Saturday, September 20, 2008
10:00PM - Ideal Bar & Grill
Santa Cruz, CA
Saturday, September 20, 2008
6:00PM - Private Party
La Selva Beach, CA
Saturday, September 20, 2008
6:30PM - Birthday Party
La Selva Beach, CA
Friday, September 26, 2008
7:30PM - Severino's
Aptos, CA
Saturday, October 11, 2008
8:00PM - Casa Sorrento Pizzeria
Salinas, CA
Friday, November 28, 2008
9:30PM - The Crow's Nest
Santa Cruz, CA
Saturday, December 06, 2008
9:00PM - Green Valley Grill
Watsonville, CA
PAST APPEARANCES:
Friday, September 05, 2008
7:00PM - Baja Cantina
Carmel Valley, CA
Saturday, August 23, 2008
9:00PM - Giovane's
Salinas, CA
Friday, August 22, 2008
7:00PM - Baja Cantina
Carmel Valley, CA
Friday, July 18, 2008
9:00PM - Daisy's Saloon
San Juan Bautista, CA
Sunday, July 13, 2008
2:00PM - Private Party
Carmel Valley, CA
Saturday, July 12, 2008
7:00PM - Baja Cantina
Carmel Valley, CA
Friday, June 27, 2008
7:00PM - Baja Cantina
Carmel Valley, CA
Saturday, June 21, 2008
2:00PM - Private Party
Capitola, CA
Friday, June 20, 2008
9:00PM - Boardwalk Bowl
Santa Cruz, CA
Friday, June 13, 2008
7:00PM - Baja Cantina
Carmel Valley, CA
Saturday, June 07, 2008
9:30PM - Green Valley Grill
Watsonville, CA
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Please note, in addition to Santa Cruz, Phat Chants also serves the surrounding towns of Soquel, Capitola, Aptos, Scotts Valley, Felton, Mount Hermon, Ben Lomond, Brookdale, Holy City, Redwood Estates, Freedom, Los Gatos, Watsonville, Boulder Creek, Davenport, San Jose, Coyote, Saratoga, Campbell, Morgan Hill, Moss Landing, New Almaden, Castroville, Cupertino, Gilroy, Aromas, San Martin, Santa Clara, Marina, Pescadero and many other locations in and around the Santa Cruz area.
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