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Shawn Scheller & The Contenders

Shawn Scheller & The Contenders

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(4 reviews)
  • Tampa, FL
  • Party Band
  • Travels up to 90 miles
  • $1500 - $15000
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Overview

Nationally touring cover act from Tampa Bay born at the crossroads of Motown/Stax Era R&B, Atlantic Coast 50's/60's rock n' roll and retro 80's dance classics. New Wave, Blue-eyed soul and some of today's high energy dance and rock hits. Expect the unexpected!


4 Reviews

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Chris S. • December 18, 2022

Great performance

Highly recommend did a great job at our Christmas party.

Hired as:
Party Band
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Kelly D. • April 19, 2022

Absolutely amazing!

Shawn and his band were beyond our expectations. Their response time, professionalism and flexibility made our event/planning so easy. And the MUSIC! They were a huge hit and so much fun. Would book them a thousand times over. We enjoyed them both personally and professionally. Thank you Shawn & the Contenders for an amazing experience and a night we won’t forget! 12/10 recommend.

Hired as:
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John B. • December 13, 2020

Company Christmas Party

Shawn and the Band did an awesome job. Great sound and they played a variety of music. We will see you again next year!!

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Party Band
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Reyna M. • April 30, 2019

We Love these guys!!!!!!!

Very Entertaining and we Love the bantering back & forth, Very Funny!! We will hire again for sure!!

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Cover Band, Party Band
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Booking Info

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Price Range: $1500 - $15000

Gig Length: 90 - 240 minutes

Languages: English

Insurance: $100,000 - $1 million policy available

What to Expect

Expect to speak with music & entertainment industry professionals sporting a youthful and energetic look and feel but bringing nearly 20 years of experience and knowledge to the forefront. We can consult and create the perfect musical & visual environment for your event as fronted and performed by a Billboard - Top 40 charting musician.

About

Shawn Scheller is a singer-songwriter from the Tampa Bay area. Well known as the lead singer/guitarist for TazBull Records Recording Artist: Save The Radio, a modern rock band who were, as of recently, one of the top live draws in the region landing on the Billboard charts in 2014 and reaching #37 on the Mainstream Top 40 Indicator Chart. STR's last performance was at the 97X Back Yard BBQ featuring top alternative acts as : Panic! at the Disco, AWOLNATION and Robert DeLong.
As the fate of Save The Radio remains undetermined, Shawn took to rebooting a solo career backed by a top-notch backing band of musicians he has named The Contenders. The live shows, both solo-acoustic and full ensemble, feature a mix of blue-eyed soul originals, Save The Radio songs and cover material ranging from the 40's Big Band era to what he refers to his "wheelhouse" a music known as sax driven/yacht rockin' retro 80's.
With brand new solo music currently in the works, a final Save The Radio album being set for release in 2016 as well a new alt-rock project, DeltaGhost forthcoming, the future is bright and busy for this indie artist...

Additional Booking Notes

Tech, Gear & Artist Riders upon request only.

Services Offered

Party Band Cover Band

Past Booked Events

December 17, 2022 • 6:00pm - 10:00pm Corporate Event
April 14, 2022 • 8:00pm - 10:00pm Corporate Event
December 11, 2020 • 11:00am - 3:30pm Corporate Event
December 05, 2019 • 6:00pm - 9:00pm Christmas Party
April 27, 2019 • 12:00pm - 5:00pm Festival

Set List

COVER SONGS
(as featured in past & present performances of Shawn Scheller as a solo artist, Save The Radio, The Contenders and more...) 

Shawn Scheller Solo Setlist:

Abbey Road Medley - The Beatles
Adventure of a Lifetime - Coldplay
Africa - Toto 
Ain't no sunshine - Bill withers
Ain't that a kick in the head- Dean Martin 
Alison-Elvis Costello 
Alive- Pearl Jam
All Apologies- Nirvana
All for you - Sister Hazel
All night long- Lionel Ritchie
All of Me - John Legend 
Always something there to remind me- Naked Eyes
American Girl- Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
American Pie- Don McClean
And she was -Talking Heads
As long as you're with me (Homeward Bound) - Save The Radio/Shawn Scheller
Baby Hold On- Eddie Money
Baby, I love your way- Peter Frampton
Back to Good- Matchbox Twenty
Bad Blood- Taylor Swift
Bad Company- Bad Company
Bad Moon risin'- CCR 
Baker Street- Gerry Rafferty
Ball & Chain- Social Distortion
Be Mine- David Gray
Beach Boys Medley - The Beach Boys
Beautiful Girls/Stand By Me- Sean Kingston/Ben E. King
Bennie & the Jets- Elton John
Best day of my life- American Authors
Better Man- Pearl Jam
Big Empty - Stone Temple Pilots
Big Love- Lindsey Buckingham
Billie Jean- Michael Jackson
Blister in the sun- Violent Femmes
Boys of Summer- Don Henley
Brain Damage/Eclipse- Pink Floyd 
Breakfast at Tiffanys- Deep Blue Something
Bright Lights- Matchbox Twenty
Brown Eyed Girl- Van Morrison
Born to Run- Bruce Springsteen
Budapest-George Ezra
Burden in my Hand- Soundgarden 
Burning Love- Elvis Presley
Buy me a boat- Chris Jansen
Call me a dog- Temple of the Dog
Can't help falling in love-Elvis Presley
Can't feel my face- The Weeknd 
The Cave - Mumford & sons
Clocks- Coldplay
Come Monday- Jimmy Buffet 
Counting blue cars- Dishwalla
Crazy- Seal 
Cruise- FL/Ga Line 
Dance Hall Days- Wang Chung
Dancing in the moonlight- Player
Daniel- Elton John
Dare you to move- Switchfoot
Daughters- John Mayer
Demons- Imagine Dragons
Disease- Matchbox Twenty
Do I wanna know- Arctic Monkeys
Don't look back in anger- Oasis 
Don't dream it's over - Crowded House
Don't let the sun go down on me- Elton John 
Don't stop Believin- Journey
Don't you forget about me- Simple Minds  
Drift Away- Dobie Gray
Drink in my hand- Eric Church 
Drops of Jupiter- Train
End of the Innocence- Don Henley 
Endless summer nights- Richard Marx
Everlong- Foo Fighters
Every breath you take- The Police
Everybody wants to rule the world- Tears for Fears 
Everything you want- Vertical Horizon
Falling Slowly- Glen Hansard
Fever- The Black Keys
Fields of Gold- Sting
Fire and rain- James Taylor
First cut is the deepest- Rod Stewart
Fool in the Rain- Led Zeppelin
Forever Young- Rod Stewart
Forget You- Cee lo Green 
Free- Zac Brown Band
Freebird- Lynard Skynard
Freedom 90- George Michael
Friday, I'm in love- the Cure
Friends in low places- Garth Brooks
Gimme some Lovin- Steve Windwood
Girlfriend- Matthew Sweet
Given To Fly- Pearl Jam
Go your own way- Fleetwood Mac
Goin' to California- Led Zeppelin 
Goodbye Yellow Brick road- Elton John
Hand in Pocket- Alanis Morrisette 
Harvest Moon- Neil Young
Hazard- Richard Marx
Heart of Glass- Blondie
Heart of Gold- Neil Young
Heartbreak Warfare- John Mayer
Here comes the sun- The Beatles
Here comes your man- The Pixies
Here I go again- whitesnake
Hey Delilah- Plain White T's
Hey Soul Sister- Train
Ho Hey! - The Lumineers
Hold Me Now- Thompson Twins
Home- Phillip Phillips
Honey, I'm Good- Andy Grammar
Hotel California- The Eagles
Hotline Bling- Drake
How deep is your love- Bee Gees
How far we've come- Matchbox Twenty
How to save a life- The Fray
Human Nature - Michael Jackson
Hurt- NIN (Johnny Cash version) 
I can't go for that (no can do)- Hall & Oates
I don't wan to miss a thing- Aerosmith
I will wait- Mumford & sons
I'll Be- Edwin McCain
I'm on Fire- Bruce Springsteen 
If I ever lose my faith in you - Sting
If you love somebody set them free- Sting
I'll be there for you- Bon Jovi
In the air tonight- Phil Collins
Interstate Love song- STP
Into the Mystic- Van Morrison
It's still rock and roll to me- Billy Joel 
Jumper - Third Eye Blind
Just Breathe- Pearl Jam
Just like heaven- The Cure 
Karma Police- Radiohead 
King of Pain- The Police
King of the Road- Roger Miller 
Kiss- Prince
Kiss on my List- Hall & Oates
Kryptonite- 3 Doors Down
Last train to Clarksville- The Monkees
Lay down Sally- Eric Clapton
Lean on Me- Bill Withers
Learn to fly- Foo fighters
Learning to fly- Pink Floyd
Let it Be- The Beatles
Let's Dance- David Bowie
Levon - Elton John
Like a rolling stone- Bob Dylan
Like a wrecking ball- Eric Church
Listen like Thieves- INXS
Little Lion man - Mumford & sons
Little Wing- Jimi Hendrix
Livin on a Prayer- Bon Jovi
Logical Song- Supertramp
Long way to the top if you wanna rock and roll- AC/DC
Lucky- Seven Mary 3
Lunatic Fringe- Red Rider
Mad World- tears for Fears
Man in the Mirror- Michael Jackson
Mandolin Rain- Bruce Hornsby
Marry You- Bruno Mars
Maybe, I'm Amazed- Paul McCartney
Me and Julio down by the schoolyard- Paul Simon 
Meet Virginia- Train
Missing You- John Waite
Moondance- Van Morrison
Name - Goo Goo Dolls 
Never gonna give you up- Rick Astley
New Year's Day- U2
No rain- Blind Melon
Not for You - PEarl Jam
Nothing else matters- Metallica 
On the road again- Willie Nelson
One Thing- Finger 11 
The One Thing- INXS
Only the good die young- Billy Joel
Overkill- Colin Hay/Men at Work
Peaceful, Easy Feeling- The Eagles
Photograph- Ed Sheeran
Piano Man- Billy Joel
Pompeii- Bastille 
Pony- Ginuine
Porch- Pearl Jam
Possum Kingdom- The toadies
Pretty in Pink- Psychedelic Furs
Pride & Joy- Stevie Ray Vaughn
The Promise- When in Rome
Purple Rain- Prince
Push- Matchbox Twenty
Queen Medley- Queen 
Raspberry Beret - Prince 
Real World- Matchbox Twenty 
Red hill mining town- U2
Renegades- X- Ambassadors
Riders of the storm- The Doors
Right here waiting- Richard Marx
Rikki, don't lose that number- Steely Dan
Ring of Fire- Johnny Cash
Riptide- Vance Joy
Roar-Katy Perry
Rocket Man- Elton John
Rosanna- Toto
Rude- Magic 
Run to You - Bryan Adams
Runaround Sue- Dion
Sail Away- David Gray
Sailing- Christopher Cross
Santeria- Sublime
Save a prayer- Duran Duran
Save Tonight- eagle eye Cherry
Say- John Mayer
Say hello to heaven- Temple of the Dog
Say it isn't so- Weezer  
Scenes from an Italian Restaurant -Billy Joel
Scientist, The - Coldplay
Sexual Healing- Marvin Gaye 
She talks to angels- Black Crowes, The 
She's So Mean- Matchbox Twenty 
Shine- Collective Soul
Shooting Star- Bad Company
Shook me all night long- AC/DC
Should I stay or should I go- The Clash 
Shout- Tears for Fears
Shut up and dance- Walk The Moon 
Sky is crying, The - Stevie Ray Vaughn 
Sledgehammer- Peter Gabriel 
Slide- Goo goo Dolls
Smooth- Carlos Santana ft. Rob Thomas
S.O.B. - Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats 
Solisbury Hill- Peter Gabriel
Somebody's Baby- Jackson Browne 
Someday- Rob Thomas
Something- The Beatles
Soul to Squeeze - Red Hot Chili Peppers 
Southern Cross- Crosby, Still & Nash 
Sugar- Maroon 5 
Sultans of Swing- Dire Straits 
Summer of 69- Bryan Adams
Sun Daze- Fl/Ga. Line 
Superstition- Stevie Wonder 
Suspicious Minds- Elvis Presley 
Sweet Annie- Zac Brown Band 
Sweet Caroline- Neil Diamond 
Sweet child o' mine- Guns n' roses 
Take a picture- Filter
Take me home- Phil Collins
Thinking out loud- Ed Sheeran 
This is how we do it/Long train runnin' -Montell Jordan/Doobie Brothers
Three little Birds- Bob Marley
Throwing it all away- Genesis
Time- Pink Floyd 
Time after time- Cindi Lauper
Times like These- Foo Fighters
Times of Trouble- Temple of the dog
Tiny Dancer- Elton John
Toes- Zac Brown Band 
Touch me- The Doors
Trouble- Coldplay
True- Spandau Ballet 
Umbrella- Rihanna 
Under the bridge- red Hot chili peppers 
Unwell- Matchbox twenty
Use Somebody- Kings of Leon
Wagon wheel- Darius rucker/Old Crowe Medicine Show/Dylan
Waiting on a friend- Rolling Stones, The 
Wake me up- Avicii 
Walking in Memphis- Marc Cohn 
Wanderer, The - Dion 
Way you look tonight, The - Frank Sinatra 
Way you make me feel, The - Michael Jackson 
Weight, The- Band, The 
What is love- Hattaway
Who can it be now- Men at Work 
Who's crying now- Journey
Why Georgia- John Mayer 
Wicked Game- Chris Isaak 
Wild Night- Van Morrison
Wild World- Cat Stevens 
Wonderwall- Oasis 
You make my dreams- Hall & Oates 
You wreck me- Tom Petty 
You've lost that loving feeling- Righteous Brothers, The 
Your Song- Elton John
You've got to hide your love away- The Beatles 

Shawn Scheller & The Contenders 
SetList

On the dark side - Eddie  & The Crusiers/John Cafferty
Freeze Frame- J. Geils Band
Don't be cruel- Elvis/Cheap Trick
Some like it hot- John Cafferty & the Beaver Brown Band
Rock This Town-Stray Cats
Only the good die young-Billy Joel 
Aint too proud to beg-The Temptations
Mustang Sally-Wilson Puckett/The Commitments
Runaround Sue-Dion & The Belmonts
Brown Eyed Girl-Van Morrison
Into the mystic-Van Morrison 
Mony Mony-Billy Idol/Tommy James 

Do you love me- The Contours
The Wanderer-Dion & The Belmonts 
Old time rock n' roll-Bob Segar
In the midnight hour-Wilson Pickett/The Commitments
My Girl-Four Tops
Tequila-The Champs
Proud Mary-CCR
Twist and Shout-The Beatles
Good Lovin'-The Rascals
Shout - Otis Day & The Knights

Scenes from an Italian Resturaunt-Billy Joel
Eddie Money- Take me home tonight
Rosalita-Bruce Springsteen
Born to Run-Bruce Springsteen 
Foreigner-Urgent
Men at Work- Who can it be now
Hall & Oates-Maneater 
INXS-Never tear us apart
Stand By Me/Tender Years-Ben E. King/Eddie and The Cruisers
Livin' on a prayer-Bon Jovi
Walk on the wildside- Lou Reed
Money- Pink Floyd
I got you ( i feel good) James Brown

stand by's: Baker Street- Gerry Rafferty

Duran Duran-RIO
Summer Medley: Don't Stop Believin/Cruise/WagonWheel/Shook me all night long

SAVE THE RADIO! MASTER LIST
2008-2013

SAVE THE RADIO! ORIGINALS:

ADD IT UP
AS LONG AS YOU'RE WITH ME (Homeward Bound)
BREAK MY HEART
COLLIDE
DANCIN' IN THE DARK
DEEP
HEARTS AND PRIDE
HELL(OH)
HIGHER THAN HEAVEN
(I'VE) BEEN IN LOVE BEFORE
MODERN DREAMS
OCCAM'S RAZOR
PARALLEL DIVIDES
REASONS TO BELIEVE
THE PHOENIX LIGHTS
THESE NIGHTS
WHEN THE MORNING COMES
YOU BELONG
YOUR FIRE

Team

Shawn Scheller Lead Vocals, Guitar
Scott Lockhart Lead & Harmony Vocals, Drums, Bass, Keyboards
Ken Eldridge Sax, Percussion, Backing Vocals
Joe Cosas Keyboards, Bass, Backing Vocals,
Joe Sanders Lead Guitar
Mark Mongaya Keyboards, Backing Vocals

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