Photo taken at Cinco de Mayo Event

The band played for a wedding last night, and they’re always a bit strange for us – we’re not really a “wedding band”, but we did it  – and made the “big bucks” ! It’s back to Latitude tonight for our every other Saturday gig, -  we know – it’s confusing for us as well !!

We go into the studio on Thursday to begin work on our upcoming recording project – we’ll keep you posted on how that goes. In the meantime, we’ll keep adding tunes to our repertoire and hunting down gigs – got one for us ?

Yesterday was an exciting step forward for the band. We are beginning work  on our first studio recording ! We decided that it will be all original songs, and that Morgan Rael will act as the producer. He will work, with Zan llaneza, who will be the engineer, and of course will be coordinating with the band members and most importantly with Becca !

Our first session was less than thrilling ! We just went over 6 songs that we’ll be recording – there was some mix-up so the recording engineer was not there. At least we got the feel of playing in a small room with limited air ?? – not that we’re whining – it was still worthwhile.

Next we have to find the time to rehearse, and add some new cover tunes, so our fans don’t get tired of our repertoire – after all, it’s a small island.  We had a full house at Latitude 18 last Monday – and the band always gets hyped up from the energy flowing back and forth !

The Becca Darling Band Live at Latitude 18

The band played before a small, but supportive crowd last Saturday night. It rained heavy for a solid 2 hours just before we were to begin, and that practically insured a small turnout. Nonetheless, the band had one of it’s better nights musically !!

Becca’s dear friend, Grace Notary was there on a visit to St Thomas, and both of them were beaming – one could see the genuine affection there. Becca sang the great Latin love song “Besame Mucho”, for the first time (in public), and did a superb job of  “delivering” the passion of this song.

Becca gave a playful rendition of the dance tune “Fergalicious”, and the band had fun, plus played well for pretty much the whole night !

This coming week  the band added a Friday night at latitude 18 as a fill in for the regular act – who is off-island. We will have guest artist Paul Dirks on bass! It’s always a pleasure to work with him !!

We played at the Wyndham Sugar Bay Hotel last Saturday and brought out some new dance tunes that were very well received! We did the Kate Perry song  “I Kissed a Girl” and the Jason Mraz song  “I’m Yours”.

It was a strange night–the first two sets there was a wedding party on the outside balcony playing disco music – every time the door opened we would hear them. Then for our third set the whole room livened up as folks came from somewhere ?? ready to party, and even the bride and wedding party came inside  and hung out!

It was great having Paul Cater Deaton on drums again – he’s such a fine musician plus has a wonderful personality

Poor Becca got attacked by fire ants on her way to the

Banquet room – but came through and did the show !

She’s a Trouper !

The band played well at Hull Bay last weekend and is definitely beginning to get some nice grooves going!  Since we are developing a fan base – am thinking that the next step should be some tee shirts, key chains, i.e. “merchandise”. Was impressed with Becca’s stage presence – she is definitely more at ease with being in the spotlight, and more sure of herself ! 

The Becca Darling Band is back at Hull Bay Hideaway tonight -come join us !

I want to talk about the open mike night at the Sun Dog Cafe.  There were several fine performers and an appreciative crowd. When an open mike night is good – it’s got that certain combination of spontaneity and form that only  be found at such a venue. I was at two such events this week- and each one was excellent in it’s own way.

Well, we’re back at Hull Bay Hideaway! There is usually a good crowd here and they appreciate the music, so it makes for a nice ambiance. This time we have Ras Abijah on guitar (subbing for Morgan). We hit at 7pm!

We enjoy the crowd at Jack’s. Almost all locals-we usually know quite a few of them. Plus Becca does a Trivia night there on Tuesdays, and does have a fan base for that! We’ll be playing our usual eclectic mix of  Blues, Country, Rock, R&B, Jazz, and original songs!  We hit at 7:30pm. Come on down and hang!!

Now that you have visited our site and seen some of what we do please keep us in mind for Functions, and other Events  where you might want live music. We are a new band and we play a wide variety of musical genres. This versatility helps us fit into many different situations–from playing at the Governor’s Mansion to playing in bars!!

Becca and Danny at the Governor’s Mansion playing for UNICEF.