Hook Me Up

Tacoma, WA

$800-$2,000

Travels up to 200 miles

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Overview

The crowd pleasing Hook Me Up has been Wowing audiences since 2005 performing for hundreds of weddings, festivals/fairs, corporate events, and nightclubs. We perform a w-i-d-e variety of listenable and danceable jazz/latin/funk/R&B/soul/R&R/TV and movie themes and a few things you would expect to hear from a quartet.

We travel with our own P.A. and use recorded music on our breaks so the music never stops. In fact you're welcome to use our P.A. to address your guests for toasts, announcements, or any reason. Hook Me Up can be either the quiet "backround" music as your guests arrive or a hip shakin' dance machine to get people up and groovin' or, as we're often asked to do, both!


Reviews

3 reviews

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Megan W.

January 31, 2020
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Highlight of the party!

We hired Hook Me Up to perform at our annual company holiday party. They party was Roaring 20's themed and they played a great mix of music for the theme and modern jazz! They kept the party going all night and got people up and dancing. I would highly recommend the group for parties. We would definitely book again! Thanks, Hook Me Up!

Hired as: Jazz Band

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Hook Me Up

Thanks Megan, your company party was a blast and we appreciated the opportunity to perform for you!


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Eileen S.

December 16, 2019
Verified review

Talented, Friendly, Festive

Hook Me Up played for my corporation's holiday party. They did a great job of playing a combination of jazz standards and holiday music. The group was very professional, responded quickly over email and showed up on time and played tirelessly for 4 hours with only a handful of breaks. All of the guests felt they were the highlight of the event.

Hired as: Jazz Band

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Hook Me Up

Thank you Eileen. The Hook Me Up Quartet had a wonderful time performing for your company. Look forward to next time! Jim


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Shaun S.

June 28, 2018

Highly talented group of jazz musicians!

Our wedding reception was at Ray's in Ballard on the water and this jazz band was the perfect complement for that setting. They performed during dinner with amazing background music; after dinner they cranked it up a few notches for dancing! All of the guests commented how much they loved the music. I highly recommend Hook Me Up for a wedding reception or any type of event!

Hired as: Jazz Band

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Booking information

Price range: $800-$2,000

Gig length: 60 - 90 minutes

What to expect

What audiences love about the Hook Me Up band is the wide variety of musical styles. Instead of blues, or latin, or R&R, or country all night long the HMU listener is treated fast paced and professional presentation of memorable hits from a few years ago to decades ago. We might start the evening soft and mellow with a tune like The Girl From Impanema by Jobim and a few tunes like it, then transition into something a little more lively like Give it All You Got by Chuck Mangione and then funk things up Cantelope Island by Herbie Hancock and then hit you harder with something like Carry on my Wayward Son by Kansas then slowing right down again by softly performing a beautiful arrangement of Alouette, a time honored French composition in a jazzy style. Of course if you desire dancing we can certainly lean in that direction and/or if you desire simply good music performed by top shelf musicians we can certainly do that too. Your choice!

About

The Hook Me Up band is available for festivals, weddings, nightclubs, ceremonies and receptions, anniversaries, birthdays, restaurants, corporate functions and social gatherings from Bellingham to Vancouver, Everett to Olympia, Bremerton to Bellevue, and throughout the Northwest and beyond. Our talented, professionally trained musicians will wow you with a variety of vocal and instrumental musical entertainment. We have something for everyone whether you like dipping and dancing, dining and fine wining, or getting lost in a memory from a nostalgic melody, the Hook Me Up band will entertain!

Additional booking notes

Generally Hook Me Up requires a "footprint" of about 12X15ft and prefers to be on a stage but that is negotiable.

Past booked events

January 2020

24

Friday

Corporate Event

6:30pm - 10:00pm

Seattle, WA

December 2019

12

Thursday

Christmas Party

6:00pm - 10:00pm

Seattle, WA

April 2019

06

Saturday

Corporate Event

5:30pm - 8:00pm

Seattle, WA

December 2017

29

Friday

Auburn Senior Center

12:00pm - 1:00pm

23

Saturday

Olympia Farmer's Market

11:00am - 2:00pm

September 2017

09

Saturday

Olympia Farmer's Market

11:00am - 2:00pm

August 2017

28

Monday

Rhythm 'n Rye Olympia

7:00pm - 10:00pm

19

Saturday

Olympia Farmer's Market

11:00am - 2:00pm

15

Tuesday

Kent Station

12:00pm - 1:00pm

04

Friday

Olympia G&CC

6:30pm - 9:00pm

04

Friday

Thurston County Fair

3:00pm - 4:00pm

July 2017

30

Sunday

Panaorama Village Lacey

3:00pm - 4:00pm

27

Thursday

Fathoms of Fun Port Orchard

6:30pm - 8:00pm

14

Friday

Lakefair party (private)

8:00pm - 9:30pm

08

Saturday

Mt. Rainier Wine Festival

4:00pm - 7:00pm

01

Saturday

Olympia Farmer's Market

11:00am - 2:00pm

June 2017

24

Saturday

HMU at the Markee

7:00pm - 10:00pm

02

Friday

Black Diamond Bakery

6:30pm - 9:00pm

May 2017

13

Saturday

B Sharp Cafe

8:00pm - 10:00pm

02

Tuesday

Private party

1:30pm - 3:00pm

April 2017

08

Saturday

B Sharp Care

8:00pm - 10:00pm

01

Saturday

Olympia Farmer's Market

11:00am - 2:00pm

March 2017

31

Friday

Brother Don's Bremerton

8:00pm - 11:00pm

25

Saturday

Capitol Wine and Food Festival

4:00pm - 6:00pm

03

Friday

Markee in Gig Harbor

7:00pm - 10:00pm

February 2017

03

Friday

Black Diamond Bakery

6:30pm - 9:00pm

January 2017

22

Sunday

Private party

11:30am - 2:00pm

November 2015

27

Friday

Crossroads Mall. Bellevue, Wa

7:00pm - 8:00pm

October 2015

18

Sunday

Olympia Farmer's Market. Oly, Wa

7:00pm - 8:00pm

September 2015

18

Friday

Grazie Restorante. Bothell, Wa

7:00pm - 8:00pm

06

Sunday

Rhythm & Rye. Olympia, Wa

7:00pm - 8:00pm

06

Sunday

Spar Tavern. Tacoma, Wa

7:00pm - 8:00pm

Set list

Feels So Good - Chuck Mangione Give it all you got - Chuck Mangione Autumn Leaves - Johhn Mercer Cantaloupe Island - Herbie Hancock Time is tight - Booker T & the MG's Morning Dance - Spro Gyra More and More Amour - Herb Alpert Route 101 - Herb Alpert Tunne 88 - Jeff Lorber This Masquerade - Leon Russell Corvacado - Jobim This guy's in love with you - Burt Bacarach Grazin' in the Grass - Hugh Masekela If I only had a brain - Harburg/Arlen Shadow of your smile - Johnny Mandel What a wonderful world - Weiss/Thele Harvard St. Shuffle - Jimco Pick up the Pieces - Average White Band Our love is here to stay - George Gershwin I love Lucy - Eliot Daniel Tune 44 - Jimco My Cherie Amour - Stevie Wonder Linus & Lucy - Charlie Brown theme - Vince Guaraldi Sunny Sunday Samba - Jimco Fly Me to the moon - Georgia on my mind

Influences and inspiration

There are many and they span many genres of music but here are a few; Booker T. and the M.G's, Chuck Mangione, Spyro Grya, Louis Armstrong, Pat Metheny, Kansas, Chick Corea, Chris Botti, Henry Mancini, Rogers and Hammerstein, Johnny Winter, Jeff Lorber, Steely Dan, Burt Bacarach, Herb Alpert, Hugh Masakela, and on and on and on................

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