"I take this opportunity to congratulate
the guys who have won the award for
the best live performing record
producing band of 2009"
By DC Records, Italy
Coming soon >>>>>>>>>>>>
The Mad Scramble
on One Minute Tv
channel 896 on Sky TV Italy!!!!
from 14:30 til 15:30
Ain't gonna be...
Caffe Letterario - Roma
Hosteria - Kitzbuel, Austria
Taj & Rhum - Lignano, Italy
THE MAD SCRAMBLE:
Mr. Steve: Lead vocals and Bass
Mr. Roby ZZ: Lead guitar and back ground vocals
Mr. Tex: rithmic guitar and Background vocals
Mr. Fabulous: Piano, Hammond Organ, Rhodes
Mr. Alex: Drums
El Guanaco: Bongos, Congas, percussions
Mr. Joe: Alto and Tenor Sax, Background vocals
Mr. Fred: Slide Trombone
Mr. Flyin': Trumpet and Flicorne
Mr. Winnie Dee: DJ Spinning board, Background vocals & percussions
THE BEGINNING:
The Mad Scramble was born in 1988 when Mr.steve, Tex and Alex joined together with just one wish: to play music! Mr.Steve: Gullible, but enthusiastic, a hyperactive polyinstrumentalist and green singin' talent, will be the bass player and lead singer. Tex: creative but incredibly lazy, a budding guitar player but extraordinarily musically knowledgeable, was hungry for "live" sounds. Alex: doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, shy, even too genuine, but incredibly impetuous and creative with everything that can be beaten.
Dedicating first sessions to R&R classics (Eddie Cochran's "C'mon Ev'rybody" was the first song), the main target was having a feeling with the crowd; so, still rehearsin' in Mr.Steve's basement, here are some gigs of the band:
1989: a basement in an under-construction building , a cafeteria in front of few friends and Mr.Steve's High School gym for a bigger crowd.
1990: a ballroom (no charge), a friend playin' keyborads, a larger repertory ( Beatles and italian classics!!!); anyway, we were having fun!
1991: Mr.Steve goes into a naval academy where he grows, also musically (here he will write his first song, "I Don't Care About").They expand and start introducing rock classics (Clash, the Who, CreamÉ). They got their first paying gig (drinks!) in a pub: we fondly remember Mr.Tex's smokin' amp while playin' "Smoke on the Water".
1992: another guitar player (let's say more "solo") joins the band and things seem to work, but in fact the ambitions of the three founders were bigger and so rock and blues classics were a good, but not a totally satisfiing repertory (Hendrix is better listened to!)
Here's the end of the "beginners era" of the band; there's more to come!
The Mad Scramble began in 1998 with just one wish:... to play music! Dedicating their first sessions to R&B Classics and doing so the main target was having a great feeling with the crowd.
The sound coming out from phat drums and percussions, latin jazzy piano and hammond, funky guitars, soul and psycadelic horns, pumping bass and groovy vocals give the band a combination of different styles which make the music so particular.
Thanks to this fusion and involving mix of different moods, the band hit the raod all over europe:
UDINE (Italy): Friuli Doc
SIENA (Italy): Fortezza
FIRENZE (Italy): Stazione Leopolda
UDINE (Italy): On Stage with Hiram Bullock
FIRENZE (Italy): Teatro Tenda
RAVENNA (Italy): Teatro Pellico
ROMA (Italy): Hard Rock Cafè
MARGHERA (Venice, Italy): Marghera Village
ALTA VAL BADIA (Bolzano, Italy): Ski World Champioship - Rifugio CLub Moritzino
LONDON (England): Covent Garden
AMSTERDAM (Holland): Hilton Jazz Cafè with Hans Dulfer and Cyril Dierctie ( Candy Dulfer’s Drummer)
HVAR ( Croazia): Carpe Diem
MUNICH (Germany): Music Hall
MILANO (Italy): Blue Note
+ molte altre...
The Mad Scramble are:
Mr. Steve - Lead singer & Bass
Mr. Roby ZZ - Lead guitar and background vocals
Mr. Tex - Rhythmic guitar and background vocals
Mr. Fabulous - Piano & Hammond
Mr. Alex - Drums
El Guanaco - Bongo's and percussions
Mr. Joe - Sax and background vocals
Mr. Fred - Trombone
Mr. Flyin' - Trumpet
2005 A new member joins the band:
Mr. DJ Winnie Dee (Londra) - Spinning Board & Percussions
Sand Bar – Total mixture of funk, house, soul, rare grooves, r & b, disco classics, hip-hop etc.... (10pm – 2am) Fridays Acre Lane – Brixton, London SW2
Pop – In the heart of Soho and the Westend, upfront disco house and pure dance music including funk and hip-hop (9pm – 3am) Thursdays Soho Square – London W1
Herbal – Pre-club grooves, soul and funk classics (9pm – midnight) Saturdays
Kingsland Road – London E2
Mezzo – Restaurant/bar, very relaxed soul and rare grooves and pop (9pm – 4am) Fridays
Wardour Street – London W1
333 – Dance music all night long!!!!!! playing along side Los Chiccherons, Groove Armada, The Idgit Boys and Tim (love) Lee (10pm – 6am) Saturdays 333 Old Street – London EC1
333 – Mothers, top floor lounge playing the most rare cool tunes and afro beats (8pm – 2am) Sundays
333 Old street – London W1
Café de Paris – V.I.P room, private parties playing disco, funk and r & b (10pm – 12am) Fridays, Coventry Street – London W1
Sak Bar – Classic hip-hop, 70's funk and 80' disco and soul (9pm – 3am) Wednesdays
Greek Street – London W1
Browns - House, garage and disco with live percussion!!!! (10pm – 3am) Wednesdays
ITALY
A B C Gold — Disco bar — Soul, funk, jazz and disco music (10.30 — 4.am) Saturdays, every 2 months.
Via Feletto 35, Udine , Italy
Tor Cocherna — Restaurant & Bar — Rare Soul, jazz funk and disco (10pm — 3am) Saturdays, fortnightly.
Via Chiauchiara, 5 — (S.Giusto) Trieste , Italy
SInger and bass player Steve TMS, with The Stradivari music production studio brought the band to collaborate with many artists:
Joselyn Brown - May Higher - Feel Good Productions - Harry James - Dirotta su Cuba - Belle Epoque - Ribbie Rivera.
FEATURING:
Funky Narcos Feat. Steve TMS
The Joker Feat. Steve TMS
Dr. Flash and The Joker: "In The Air Tonight" video shoot in Miami
DISCOGRAPHY
ASSAWALASSA - 1999
MAD FOR AFRICA - 2003 (Children of Africa)
A THING THAT MATTERS - 2005
Original soundtrack for the Snaidero Rino Kitchens Spa TV spot Distributed by Warner Chappel
FUNK WITH THE PIG - 2006
VIDEOS
THAT WAS THE DAY - 2004
WONDERFUL - 2005
(Both songs are on the 2006 Funk With The Pig album)
THE MAD SCRAMBLE
