Todd
Royce Trio
Todd Royce Trio is a blues-rock band with a jazz-influenced improvisational
edge and pop sensibility. The
group has performed in restaurants, clubs, town festivals, parties, and
weddings up and down the NH and Maine Seacoast area, across New Hampshire,
into Vermont, in Boston and other Massachusetts locations, as well as
Connecticut.
Bandleader, guitarist, and vocalist, Todd Royce Morton served with the nationally known swing band, "Eight to The Bar" from 1992 to 1996 and has performed and recorded throughout the U.S. with some of the finest musicians in the business, including members of Van Morisson's band, the Saturday Night Live Band, Roomful of Blues, and David Crosby's "CPR."
The band's trademark is their wide ranging repertoire and their ability to build solos into exciting crescendos in the framework of a song. To this point, they have been compared to Cream, Gov't Mule, and Dave Matthews, often taking the jam-band vibe into the territory of bebop & fusion. Their repertoire is comprised of funky jazz instrumentals, cool cover songs, and accessible originals.
The band's
original material, written by bandleader, Todd Royce is captured on two
CDs which are available online and at every show. The debut CD, "Step
into the light" (2002) received rave reviews from major music
critics and continues to garner praise from fans (review).
The follow-up CD, "Waiting
for you" (released August 27, 2005) has also been met with a
terrific response from fans and critics alike.
The band is based in the southern Maine seacoast area.
Songs & Samples:
Below is
a list of typical tunes for an evening with the band.
Click on underlined songs for an MP3 sample:
DIM
SUM (Todd Royce Morton)
Steppin (Soulive)
I can't get next to you (Temptations)
True to myself (Ziggy Marley)
It stoned me (Van Morrison)
One way ticket (Todd Royce Morton)
FEELING
GOOD (Todd Royce Morton)
Coming up (Mccartney)
Step into the light (Todd Royce Morton)
Hey pocky way (Neville Brothers)
SOMETIMES
RAIN (Todd Royce Morton)
Yellow moon (Neville Brothers)
But anyway (Blues Traveler)
Cold shot (Stevie Ray Vaughan)
Harvest moon (Neil Young)
Higher ground (Stevie Wonder)
INDECISION
(Todd Royce Morton)
Is this love (Bob Marley)
Affirmation (George Benson version)
IT'S
YOUR THING (Isley Bros.)
Love the one you're with (CSN)
Norwegian wood (Beatles)
One way out (Allman Bros.)
Piece of your soul (Storyville)
Politician (Cream)
Purple haze (Hendrix)
WAITING
FOR YOU (Todd Royce Morton)
Rockin in the free world (Neil Young)
Roses are free (Ween)
Save me (D. Matthews)
Spanish Moon (Little Feat)
Pride & Joy (Stevie Ray Vaughan)
So What (Miles Davis)
Boozer (John Scofield)
WHAT
I NEED (Todd Royce)
Click here to view the Master List
Basic Setup Requirements:
TR3 can bring their our own sound gear, which includes a 600 watt P.A., 2 vocal mics, 2 drum mics, 1 sax mic, a bass amplifier, and a guitar amplifier, mains and monitors. If house gear is provided, generally all that's needed are a couple good mics and stands and a good quality front of house P.A. with on-stage monitoring. Two circuits are preferable, but one circuit will suffice if not overloaded.
