It was good to have the whole band together to practice last night after a couple of weeks when we have been unable to have a full gathering.

For some years Sam has been wanting to do Go Your Own Way (Fleetwood Mac) and finally we gave it a go and it sounds fantastic.  Johnny's guitar solo is blistering,  Ian' textured keyboards raise the song to another level, Delboy really pushes the drums to a crescendo at the end of the song in particular, Sam' acoustic guitar adds to the overall texture & her vocal delivery combined with Derek & Ian's backing vocal harmonies  are great.  Oh - and I get to play bass on it too.  It's really good to be proven wrong on this occasion and I really look forward to playing this in a live venue near you soon :) - if you like Fleetwood Mac I think you'll love our take on it - Resistance Is Futile!

We also worked on Tainted Love.  We have always done our own version more akin to Imelda May' version but with Ian on keys it seems to make sense to try a hybrid with Soft Cell.  To my ears our initial attempts worked well.  I Really enjoyed Ian' accents and the rest of the band sounded really good too.  I think we'll develop this over the next few weeks to find a version we're all happy with.

Other songs out for our first try all together last night were Kids In America, Gimme Gimme Gimme, All Fired Up & The Power of Love.  Early days but they are all sounding good - exciting times 

It's been almost 2 years since we last played live anywhere apart from rehearsals!

Such a long time it's been easy to forget how to play some songs that we've played for years.

However we have been busy getting songs together & here's what we've been working on so far:

New Songs:
Phil Collins - In The Air
Elton John - I'm Still Standing
Cockney Rebel - Come Up and See Me - Make Me Smile
Jace Everett - Bad Things
Katrina & The Waves - Walking On Sunshine
Pat Benatar - All Fired Up
Paul  Carrack - How Long

There are alsosome songs we've done previously but will sound quite different with the addition of keyboards:

Erasure - A Little Respect
James - Sit Down
Huey Lewis - The Power of Love
Kim Wilde - Kids In America
Imelda May - Tainted Love
Abba - Gimme Gimme Gimme

Over The next few months we'll be adding/trying many more .  It's been great to be back practicing at the church in Newton on Trent & I think we're all looking forward to getting out & playing again

Best Wishes

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The year has started very much like last year finished i.e. we weren't allowed to practice or play anywhere & so haven't met up for over a year.  

We were very happy to hear that the recent changes in Covid restrictions have let us practice again , however, the year has also brought changes to the band.  

After taking most of 2019 off and being unable to play at all last year, combined with Mick retiring: Gerry has also decided it was time to hang up his sticks.  Gerry started with the band in the late 90's (as The Bransby Mares) and has seen quite a few changes with us over the last 20 years.  We shall miss his drumming but mainly we will miss his company.  It seems hard for me to imagine the band without him behind us - we all wish him the very best and hope to see both Mick and Gerry on our future travels.

Derek has been covering for our 2019 gigs and also on our recent demo and we are very happy that he has agreed to takeover fulltime on drums - together with his lead and backing vocals he will make a great contribution to our future shows.

We are also very happy to announce that have made a radical change to our sound by playing with Ian - a keyboard player of great experience.  Ian used to plat for Styx (registered 2 years before the American band with the same name)  for 47 years.  It is early days (having had only 1 practice with the band so far) but already we can see great potential for future songs and a great sound.

We are working on new material and hope to be back out and playing soon 

Best Wishes

Re-Branded

We thought 2019 was pretty quiet!

We had our regular first gig of the year at BBC Radio Lincolnshire with Gerry but we knew he was having a minor surgery and would need time to recover and so we were very happy to welcome Derek back to help us out with our summer bookings in Worksop.  The Greendale Oak is one of our favourite venues and we followed that up with 3 consecutive months at the Waterfront.  We were very lucky with the weather each time and it was great to see support for local charity.

Gerry still needed extra time off at the end of the year and so we set about recording a new set of songs in September.  Mick had a problem with his shoulder at about that time and so also took some time out before he finally let us know he would be retiring.  We'll miss having Mick around - not only did he help with setting up/packing up, fixing the electrics etc but (more importantly) he always had a lot of fun.  Mick is a real character - we wish him the very best and hope to see him around gig in future.

2020 - Covid has put a stop to the band much the same as most things at the moment.  We are still intending to get back as soon as we can (currently we are booked to play at the Lincoln 10k in November and so we hope to see everyone socially distanced there).  

We're all missing playing but in the meantime you can hear our latest recordings under the "Demo" tab.  We recorded them at St Peter' Church in Newton On Trent  - we hope you like them 

Stay safe & well - hope to see you soon

Best wishes to all

​Re-Branded

It's been a really good start to the year - we've started by playing 2 of our favourite venues (Greendale Oak & Galway Arms) and playing our 9th Lincoln 10K outside the BBC Radio Lincolnshire - compered by Charlie (The Boss) this year :)

A thank-you to Derek for filling in on drums this year (his 3rd gig with us & no practice sessions) at the 10K 

Some new songs already aired & more to come - we already have a busy schedule planned - looking forward to seeing you 

We're looking forward to celebrating 10 years as Re~Branded this year and getting started next week with our first gig for a while at The Half Moon in Willingham. Check our our gig list - looking good for the first 6 months - will add more later in the year.

We have been busy working on some new songs too - got some David Bowie/Billy Idol/Adelle/Tom Petty/Tina Turner almost ready & looking forward to playing them for you :)
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Been great getting busy again this year.  

First time in Retford at the Galway Arms (looking forward to playing there again in October) and then The White Lion in June.

Was great going back to The Sun Inn, Saxilby this month too.

Summer's coming &  we're getting out - sorry to miss the Half Moon Beer Festival with Re-Branded this year (see most of The North there on Friday 14th August) but will be good to play in Worksop at The Mill House again at the end of the month.

Back in Worksop at The Frog & Nightgown September 19th - first time  there :)

Here comes the Summer

April already & we've managed to play a new venue (Galway Arms) & revisit some old favourites again (Lincoln 10K, & Marsh Lane).  We're really looking forward to June when we're heading to The Sun Inn, Saxilby (always a venue we look forward to) and heading back to Retford again on the 13th to The White Lion.  

A short break before we look forward to playing at The Frog & Nightgown where we will be joined by Mike "Cozy" Powell.  It'll be good to see him again & play in Worksop - hometown gig for Sam.

We like to be busy :) - see you soon 

Been a long time since we Rock'n'Rolled but Re-Branded will be back at the Lincoln 10K this year on March 22nd.

We look forward to seeing all the usual suspects there (that'll be Melvin Prior together with about 5000 runners & spectators).

We have the regular line-up back in business and practicing hard to bring you some new tunes & will be looking to get busy again soon.


In the mean time, why not check out our Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/Rebranded1

Wow - it's the middle of January already!  Overdue an update & so here it is :)
A special thankyou to Disco Pete Kent & family for making the trip & also good to see Claire Allsop too.

Bit of a trip for John & Sam but worth the extra miles.

Looking forward to getting back to the Butchers, Marsh Lane on 25th now