The Mojo Priests

Derwood, MD

$500 and up.

Travels up to 60 miles

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Mr. Brian Frew

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Darren Johnson

Overview

We are a DC-area Blues band that has been playing together for five years now. We play a mix of uptempo, dance-friendly Blues, Soul, and Rock covers as well as originals. We've played Festivals, shows and Open Mic jams all over MD, VA and DC region. We won the 2014 DC Blues Society Battle of the Bands and with it, the honor of representing the DC Blues Society in the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, TN in January of 2015. We've been the featured musical act act on WPFW's Live at 5 program twice. Last year we were Nominated for a Maryland Music award for Best Blues Band and just this April, we played at Historic The Howard Theater.


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Booking information

Price range: $500 and up.

Languages: English

What to expect

We're a five piece Blues band that plays a variety of dance-friendly Blues, Classic Rock and Soul covers and originals.

About

About us: We are a Washington DC-area five-piece Blues band that has been playing together for almost five years now. We play a variety of uptempo, dance-friendly Blues, Soul, and Rock covers as well as originals. We've played Festivals, shows and Open Mic jams all over MD, VA and DC, including The 7th Annual College Park Blues Festival in November 2014. We won the 2014 DC Blues Society Battle of the Bands and with it, the honor of representing the DC Blues Society in the International Blues Challenge in program twice, and in September 2015 we performed at the DC Blues Festival and closed the Greenbelt Blues Festival. Last year we were Nominated for a Maryland Music award for Best Blues Memphis, TN in January of 2015. We've been the featured musical act act on WPFW's Live at 5 Band and just this April, we played at The Howard Theater as part of the Construction Rocks benefit for the Humane Rescue Alliance. In August 2017 we placed 2nd at the DC Blues society Battle of the Bands and opened the 2017 Poolesville Day Festival in September.

Services offered

Past booked events

January 2018

26

Friday

Personal Occasion

7:00pm - 11:00pm

Silver Spring, MD

October 2017

06

Friday

House Concert

2:00pm - 4:00pm

Fairfax, VA

Set list

Let the Good Times Roll (E)*
The House is Rocking (B)*
All Along The Watchtower (Bm)
The Things I Used To Do (A)
Messin’ With The Kid (C*)
Let Me Love You Baby (E)
Sugar Sweet (C)
Stormy Monday (G)*
•(G-AM-BM-B♭M-AM-CM)
Heart In Exile (G*)
One More Crack In An Already Broken Heart (A)
Change My Ways (A*)
The Thrill is Gone (Bm)
Cissy Strut (C)
New Orleans (C)
Before You Accuse Me (E)
So Many Roads (Fm)
I’ll Play the Blues For You (Gm)
I Got All You Need (G)
Oh Pretty Woman (G)
Have You Ever Loved a Woman (D*)
Got My Mojo Working (E)*
Further On Up The Road (G*)

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