Manchester has an international reputation as a music city with some of the world’s most popular bands starting their journey here. Behind every familiar name there are a group of brilliant musicians whose impeccable performance helped to make those songs everlasting. Yet, it’s very rare to know who those musicians are.
One of these, namely Mr Snake Davis is a saxophonist who was spotted by a young Lisa Stansfield when he was performing at Band on the Wall in Manchester City Centre. He went on to join her band as well as Manchester’s own M-People and Swing Out Sister. Further work led him to record with Take That –he played the famous sax solo on Million Love Songs. What’s more, he’ll be performing this and many other songs that include classic sax solos, with his band, in Sale on Tuesday 22nd October.
Snake & his band perform a myriad of classics such as Baker Street, Supertramp, Walk on the Wild Side, Will You, and his own solos from Million Love Songs, Moving on Up, and Change. He’ll also tell you a bit more about them, fascinating facts and insights into the music we already love.
Imagine a room full of the saxophone greats; Junior Walker, King Curtis, Clarence Clemmons, Charlie Parker, Michael Brecker and more. This show has it all.
The Snake Davis Band are performing at Waterside Arts, 1 Waterside, Sale, M33 7ZF on Tuesday 22nd October.
Tickets and Info: Tel: 0161 912 5616
https://watersidearts.org/whats-on/2656-the-snake-davis-band-classic-sax-solos/
LISTINGS INFO
RLN Music presents
THE SNAKE DAVIS BAND: CLASSIC SAX SOLOS
Tue 22 Oct | 19:30
£20
Snake Davis is one of the world’s most respected and in demand saxophone players, working with some of music’s biggest artists such as Eurythmics, M People, George Michael, Take That, Cher, Tina Turner and Beyonce. Snake and the band will give you 25 classics, including Baker Street, Careless Whisper, Respect, Yakety Yak, and his own solos from A Million Love Songs, Moving on Up, Search for the Hero, and Lisa Stansfield’s Change.
Keyboards, guitar, bass, drums, sultry sax, searing sax, screaming sax, sexy sax, soulful sax, this show has it all.
