Jamie and The Top Cats

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Highlights

Versatile show to suit all audiences and ages
Band can also offer a competitve DJ service
Highly experienced members all sing and are completey live

Act profile

“Revives enthusiasm for live music” The Stage

The band is made up of four young, yet highly experienced musicians fronted by Jamie. The band enjoyed a year’s residency at The Hammersmith Palais for SchoolDisco.com and have performed at many prestigious venues all over the world; Old Trafford, Cliveden, Stamford Bridge, Goodwood Racecourse,
The Grosvenor Hotel (Park Lane), Caerphilly Castle, The Telford International Centre and have toured Spain, Poland, France and the Middle East.

They have also enjoyed 3 summer season at Butlins and have regularly appeared at their themed adult weekends. The band’s energetic 100% live show entertains crowds of all ages, performing a wide range of music to suit all tastes.

The band has appeared with or on the same bill as the following artists;
Jason Donovan, East 17, Nick Kershaw, Chesney Hawkes, M People, Betty Boo, Doctor & the Medics, Chappers & Dave (Radio1), Go West, Timmy Mallet,
Bad Manners, Toyah, 2 Unlimited, T’pau, Musical Youth, Keith Harris with Orville, Rick Parfitt Junior and many more.

Charity is a very important part of the band, having played for Children in Need which was featured on BBC1. In May 2005 the boys helped raise £20,000 for The Royal Marsden Cancer Campaign. Late 2007 the boys were involved in ‘The Chesney Hawkes Xmas Cracker’ event raising £24,000 for The White Lodge Centre. The band has also performed to raise money for The Tsunami Appeal, Scope, Cancer Research, Comic Relief, Save the Children and many more. Jamie is also involved in charitable Schools tour encouraging young people to get involved in music .

The Jamie and the guys' single ‘MOBILE PHONE’ was featured on MTV and VH1 in the USA for a 2007 review program. The boys were also featured on a documentary on Channel 8 in the middle east. Jamie is a now a gold selling songwriter; having two songs featured on an album released in Europe by Declan Galbriath. Jamie’s music has also been broadcasted on major UK and European Radio stations including BBC Radio 2. He has written songs used for TV on major German TV Networks including SAT1 & NINE and Channel Chelsea in the UK. Currently Jamie is recording a new solo album with members of Tony Hadley’s band.

Line-up

JAMIE - LEAD VOCALS & GUITAR
Jamie has the charisma and likeablity factor with the experience to entertain any audience. He is also a gold selling singer songwriter in his own right and is signed with Warner Chappell.
KEVIN – BASS GUITAR - Jamie and Kevin had the first band together at school in 1992!
STU - DRUMS AND BACKING VOCALS - Stu joined the band in 2001 as a DJ and took over the drums in 2002!
LEAD GUITAR & BACKING VOCALS
We have one of the most amazing guitarists in the country and

The upgrades are as follows; the more you spend, the better the show:

Pro lighting package
Four metres of professional lighting trussing including
2 x Abstract XP3, 2 x Abstract XP2 lighting effect and
2 x Abstract Twister 4 lights, SHINP Twin laser, 2 x LED stage washes
4 x Abstract ‘ROADIE’ floor standing effect lighting
with Abstract Club 64 16 channel lighting controller and engineer

Professional PA system package
HK Audio system speakers with YAMAHA 24 channel digital desk, Shure SM58 vocal mics, Sennheiser drum and guitar mics including monitors with engineer, suitable for an indoor audience of up of 350 people

When stairs are involved at a venue we charge an extra depending on whether we're providing the full pro or concert set up.

Concert lighting package
These can be provided for larger or outdoor events.

The lighting shows would be similar to our outdoor festival concerts and our Centre Stage shows.

Please enquire about extra costs.

Also included

ALL PAT TESTED

PA SYSTEM (Suitable for up to 250 people in doors)
Mackie 2k PA system consisting of
2 x SA1532s full range speakers, 2 x SRM 450 powered tops & 2 x SWA 1801 powered subs, 1 x DBX 1066 compressor,
SPIRIT FX16 Mixing desk, Shure ‘in ear’ monitors

MICROPHONES All with boom stands
AKG drum mics: 1 x D112, 2 x C1000S, 4 x C418 clip on mics
2 x SHURE SM58 vocal mics, 1 x CARLSBRO wireless mic,
2 x Shure mics for guitars.

LIGHTING
2 x Abstract XP3, 2 x Abstract XP2 lighting effect and
2 x Abstract Twister 4 lights mounted on 2 winch T bar stands,
4 x Abstract ‘ROADIE’ floor standing effect lighting

BACKLINE
Fender Hot Rod 112 guitar amp
Marshall JCM 2000 guitar amp
Hartke 15 “ bass amp
2 x Gibson ‘Studio’ Les Paul guitars
Epiphone EA 250 semi acoustic
1 x Washburn N4 guitar, 1 x Washburn N2 guitar
1 x FENDER JAZZ USA BASS 4 string
1 x STINGRAY V BASS 5 string
Premier XPK5 piece drum kit with too many Zildjian cymbals

Location

South East based and will travel to these areas: South East, South West, Midlands, Wales.

Testimonials

Dear Jamie, thank you for making the summer party at Danehill so enjoyable. There wasn't one person who didn't enjoy your sound, old and young. Yoiu were all fantastic. Good luck with all your future work, you sound as though you are very busy. We will definetly ask you to play again (if you are available that is!)
Take care and love and thanks again

-Vanessa and Mike

To all the guys in Jamie and The Top Cats a huge thank you from the entire family you were absolutely fantastic! We had a great day and the music was out of this world. You had everyone on the dance floor all night. Everyone has commented on how good the band was and asked for your details! We wanted to say thank you for an amazing night's entertainment. All the very Best Errmal and Kate, June 2009

Hi Jamie, Just to say thank you so much for playing at our wedding on the 9th - you were incredible! Everyone has been saying how great you were, you really made the night perfect for me. I didn't get to speak to you really on the night, so thought I'd drop you a line. So thanks a million. You're brilliant!!
Love Jo xxx Wedding in Norfolk 2009

Dear Jamie, Your band was brilliant and made the wedding go with such a big bang. We cannot thank you enough. Lots of love, John & Jacky

Just a quick note to say thanks for the sterling job you did at The Bull Hotel. You really made the party and everyone I spoke to mentioned how fantastic the band was. I will definitely be recommending you in the future! Thanks again, Natalie & Gary

Kerry Brooker (The British Pain Society Corporate Event, Old Trafford):
“Jamie and the band got the dance floor crowded on their first number and it stayed that way throughout the evening. Dancers of all ages thought the band was fantastic.
You made it effortless!”

They were truly amazing. Jamie's vocals were sublime and quite frankly I couldn’t take my eyes off him all night. They played songs that appealed to all ages and really got the party started. They were so professional from start to finish and all my guests were very impressed.
Lesley Coyle, wedding 09/09/06 (Formby Hall Golf Club):

Hi Jamie - just a quick note from honeymoon to say such a huge thank you for providing the best wedding entertainment ever. We have honestly never heard so many compliments from wedding guests regarding the band - and I think just by the fact you had the dance floor packed from start to finish was testimony to that. The boys were superb. A good few guests have asked for your details as they were so impressed. Thanks again Jamie, and we’ll be keeping an eye on your website for future events as you have 2 devotees on your hands!! Take care, Nickie & Graham

Hi Jamie,
Thank you very much for all your services which I found extremely professional and helpful. Jamie and The Top Cats were an incredible band that gave us exactly what I was looking for: a lot of fun and great music round it with a great entertaining performance. Jamie, Neil, Matthew, Dan and Stu were all are great people which made it all more enjoyable for me and my friends. I am sure you made a few friends in Poland. Thank you very much again and wish you great success, Miguel Choy

Hi Jamie, Just wanted to write a quick note to thank you and the band for playing our wedding at The Grovesfield. We had a fantastic time and so many people commented on how much they enjoyed the band so you will get some more work no doubt.
Thanks again, Amanda

Fay Simmons Wedding at Church Gate Hotel, Harlow 03/09/2005
Helpfulness: very good Promo: excellent Value: very good Overall: brilliant
Band feedback: An excellent performance, everyone commented on how good The Top Cats were, they had everyone up and dancing from the start - Thank you

Just a quick note to say thank you so much for all your help, and for providing us with such wonderful musicians. Jamie and The Top Cats was just brilliant! They played so many of our favourite songs, they had everyone up dancing immediately, & everyone just wanted them to go on and on! They were brilliant, great fun, & incredibly professional. I would definitely book them again, & encourage anybody else to do the same! Without exception, all of our guests commented on how brilliantly they thought the whole wedding was, with such brilliant music and fantastic band.
Jo & Eddie

Victoria Anne La'Porte, Four Pillars Hotel June 2005
Helpfulness: excellent - Promo: excellent -Value : excellent Overall: excellent Performance: excellent Band feedback: The band was excellent - everyone loved them and they really rounded off a great day.

Previous clients

Hotels
Al Marooj Hotel (Dubai)
Alvaston Hall Hotel (Cheshire)
Basingstoke Country Hotel
Berystede Hotel (Sunninghill)
Bull Hotel (Gerrards Cross)
Carlyon Bay Hotel (St. Austell)
Churchgate Hotel (Old Harlow)
Celtic Manor Hotel (Cardiff)
Cliveden (Taplow)
Compleat Angler (Marlow)
Coppid Beech Hotel (Bracknell)
Four Pillars Hotels (Oxford)
Great Fosters Hotel (Egham)
Grovesfield Hotel (Burnham)
Grosvenor Hotel (Park Lane)
Landmark Hotel (London)
Lansdowne Hotel (Brighton)
Littlecote Manor (Hungerford)
Magnat Hotel, Brodnica (Poland)
Mere Court Hotel (Cheshire)
Monkey Island Hotel (Bray)
Newbury Manor
North Staffordshire Hotel
Oakley Court Hotel (Windsor)
Old Jordan’s (Chalfont St. Giles)
Paragon Hotel (Fulham)
Parasampia Hotel (Newbury)
Peterstone Court (Brecon)
Royal Berkshire Hotel (Ascot)
Springs Hotel (Wallingford)
Stoke Place (Stoke Poges)
Taplow House Hotel
The Bromsgrove
The Club (Abu Dhabi)
The Granary (Kidderminster)
The Grande Hotel (Torqu

£1400 - £1595

Music Samples

Build Me Up Buttercup Build Me Up Buttercup

Sex on Fire Sex on Fire

Play That Funky Music Play That Funky Music

The Power of Love The Power of Love

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Extra Costs

The price brackets above should be used as a guide only as all quotes are bespoke.

Performance times for most acts except Tributes and some other Unique performers are usually 2 x 60 minute sets or 3 x 40 min sets.

(If you require the act to perform longer than these times you may incur extra costs.)

Travel costs vary depending on the act and will be included to the quote given to you by our agents.

Our acts would usually expect to arrive around 6pm and to be finished around midnight.

(If you need the act to arrive earlier or finish later there may be extra costs but these can be negotiated.)