Last Minute Musicians Reviews

"Liv really added a magic touch to my proposal and the following celebration with our family. During the planning, she worked hard to plan a beautiful array of songs to perfectly match the occasion and our music taste, and was more than accommodating when I made some last minute requests. Liv made what was a stressful and nerve-wracking time much easier with her understanding, friendly nature and flexibility. I can't recommend her and her magnificent playing highly enough! Thank you again, Liv!"

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"Well... where do I start! What a talent and lovely guy! We asked Joe if he could come as a surprise for our wedding guests and start playing during our first dance - Major ‘this is why I love you’. This went down a storm! He was discreet coming to the venue and the guests absolutely loved him! He played alongside our DJ to a range of music and he was fantastic! I was 100% recommend Joe. He was easy to contact and we couldn’t have imagined our day without him now! He will be the talking point of our wedding for years ! "

Reply by Joe Glynn Sax
Thanks so much Nicola!

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"I just wanted to thank you again for the brilliant job you did at my party yesterday. Everyone was very complimentary about you and, those that had them, loved their caricatures… myself included!"

Reply by Caricatures and Portraits
Thank you Christine :-)

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"Sara is a regular feature in our French bar. She always creates a great atmosphere & engagement with the audience. When Sara is singing, we always get other musicians popping in to have a play. She’s a favourite, not only with us & our clientele but obviously also with her colleagues. I can’t praise her enough!"

Reply by The Swing Outs
Hi Julian, Thank you for your lovely review. It’s always great fun to come & sing for you & the clientele. Sunday afternoons wouldn’t be the same without it! Kindly, Sara Oschlag

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"Thanks for doing a great job and being so responsive, patient and detailed with the client, I sincerely appreciate that."

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"Phil is amazing! His set was exactly what we wanted. He is a lovely person and mingled with the guests too. He will be getting loads of repeat booking from me ... and I expect other guests at the party will book him too! Thanks so much!"

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"Just a quick one to say thank you for playing at our wedding yesterday - our guests were talking about how excellent you were, and I very much enjoyed what I heard too. Perfect music for the place and weather! Thank you again"

Reply by Dave Mansbridge
Thanks for having me for your special day - so glad that you enjoyed the music!

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"Had the best night! You were all amazing!"

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"Rory just to say huge amount of people absolutely loved you!!! "

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"When Len Crawley is not wearing his other cap as one-quarter of the Barron Knights he provides a terrific night of entertainment with his one-man show. Len certainly knows his stuff. He started playing music when he was still at school beginning as a drummer and progressing to keyboards and has some fabulous stories to tell about his early days in the music business, working with Tom Jones, Elton John and a little-known band in the early sixties called the Beatles! At the Royal British Legion club they love Len for his well-chosen mix of glorious instrumentals, great melodies from the American Songbook and lively dance numbers. Handling everything with consummate ease Len has a relaxed, laid-back style that appeals to regulars at this Potters Bar venue who invite him back time after time. Len eased into his show with a beautiful rendition of the haunting instrumental Cavatina and a jazzy working of George Shearing's Lullaby Of Birdland. Songs made famous by Sinatra, Stevie Wonder, Nat 'King' Cole and Tony Bennett followed and they attracted the dancers indicating that Len knows his audiences well and has a clear idea what type of material will fill the dancefloor. I liked the way he slotted in instrumentals like Booker T's "Green Onions", the theme from "Midnight Cowboy", and Percy Faith's "Theme From A Summer Place" to break up nicely the vocal numbers and it appeared there was no end to Len's talents as he demonstrated his highly skilled harmonica playing in songs like "Isn't She Lovely". Unlike some performers, Len was happy to cater for all requests and he made one Sally present a very happy lady with a surprisingly rocking version of Eric Clapton's "Lay Down Sally" and two of Buddy Holly's hits, "Raining In My Heart" and "True Love Ways" were particularly well received, as was the reggae number, "Kingston Town" (complete with steel drum effects) and the uptempo Van Morrison hit "Bright Side Of The Road". Other high spots for me were a lovely mix of Booker T's "Soul Limbo" plus "Yellow Bird" and the subtle interpretation of the Adele/Bob Dylan hit "Make You Feel My Love", in which he showed the quality of his soothing voice. Just one suggestion Len - it would be nice to hear some of those anecdotes during the show. Len Crawley is the ideal one-man band and club organisers and people booking private parties would do well to snap him up. "

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"From the start to the finish Nick was fantastic. He was accommodating, always there to discuss the music, changes, timings, a pleasure to organise things with as it was my Wifes Special Birthday and it had to be SPECIAL. On the night what can I say, we had nearly 80 Guests and he blew all of them away with his playing, music choice and charisma. He walked around the venue playing in all areas so that no one was left out, and the day after all that our guests could talk about was Nick and his Sax music as he really made the Party come alive. NIck cant thank you enough and you really made my Wife's special Birthday one that she will remember for a very long time ( March 2025) "

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"Nick played at our Spanish Tapas evening and everyone was thrilled. Played beautifull & just the right background....and a really nice guy too. Highly recommended"

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"Great performance from this man - would highly recommend! My dads 90th birthday party was a great success thanks to this man."

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"Alex was amazing. He played the piano at my daughter's wedding at Prestwold Hall. From the moment we booked him , he kept in touch and took the time to find out about the style of music we wanted, including our requests for some specific tunes. He sent us a video of himself playing the tunes so we got a real feel for how it would sound on the day. He was more than happy with any changes we made closer to the big day. He arrived promptly at the wedding venue, smartly dressed and was very friendly and approachable. He was right on cue with all the music changes and many of the guests conveyed to us how good Alex was. We cannot highly recommend him enough. Thank you Alex for being part of our special day."

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"John was absolutely fantastic! He travelled a fair old way to come and entertain us all, from 70s music all the way to current chart music. He sang for a couple of hours and then provided a disco/karaoke for all. If you need an all in one entertainer then John is your man!! We shall definitely being seeing him at some stage in the future. Bravo John ??"

Reply by John A. Christie
Thank you, Steve. It was an absolute pleasure to do and, thanks for keeping me fed and watered on the day! ?

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