Brass'd Off Series

The Wax Preachers

In association with Shades of Soul Ltd

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Last Show: Friday 1 st March 2024

PizzaExpress Jazz Club (Soho)

The Wax Preachers are a hard hitting, horn-led, instrumental funk band from London. Inspired by a wealth of vintage funk and roots music, they fuse together traditional break-beats, soul vibes and afrobeat sounds. With 2 sell-out 45s on Detroit’s own Funk Night records, The Wax Preachers stay true to their vintage roots, using time-honoured DIY recording and production techniques Known for their blistering live shows, The Wax preachers have been igniting festival and club stages up and down the country. Dancing shoes required!

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“If you like the sound of raw, vintage funk, then hold on to your hats….think the likes of the thunderous early Daptone stuff by The Mighty Imperials”

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Inspired by a wealth of vintage funk, soul and roots music, The Wax Preachers are a hard hitting, horn-led, 7 piece instrumental funk band from London. 

With 2 sell-out 45s on Detroit’s own Funk Night records, The Wax Preachers stay true to their vintage roots, using time-honoured DIY recording and production techniques, self recording and producing all their music at bass player Fergal McBride’s Echo Ray Studio in North London.

Known for their blistering live shows, their sound effortlessly transports audiences back to the golden era of funk while infusing a modern twist. The Wax preachers have ignited stages at Secret Garden Party, Shambala Festival, Smoked and Uncut Festival opening up for none other than Jools Holland, as well New York’s finest Carlton Jumel Smith at Brixton’s legendary Hootananny.

The band themselves are an eclectic combination of London’s formidable funk and soul scene, with Smith & The Honey Badgers’ Fergal McBride and Tom "Flash" Gorton from on bass & trumpet, Soul Grenades very own Milan Hawkins and Ray "Aladdin" Lakhan on Baritone Sax and percussion, Full Tilt Collective and new kids on the block A Day on Venus’ Ollie Jarvis on Tenor Sax, Dave Forbes on guitar and the bands founder Matt Devine on Drums

With their infectious grooves, spellbinding melodies, and irresistible energy, this instrumental funk band is an unstoppable force. Dancing shoes required.

Band Line Up

Matt Devine (drums)

David Forbes (electric guitar)

Tom "Flash" Gorton (trumpet, flugelhorn)

Milan Hawkins (baritone saxophone)

Oliver Jarvis (tenor saxophone)

Ray Lakhan (percussion)

Fergal McBride (bass guitar)