Below the Border ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Ex-Pro Recording Artists covering 60s & 70s Rock Hits

We are ex-professional recording artists from yesteryear - the 1970s. We don’t do this for the money anymore; we don’t actually need the money. We are a truly outstanding rock band playing in the big rock hits of the 60s & 70s, comprising excellent musicians and singers who have done the miles over the years. We love appearing at music pubs because audiences go bloody wild for us - which is an infinitely better reward in cash. We are happy to play pubs for a loss and we know you’re all struggling post Brexit.

We adjust our prices for private parties according to who you are and where you are. Most of our bookings are private parties. Further below in this section we list ALL of our recent bookings and how much we were paid for each. Total transparency. No Internet bullshit or digital fluff. We’re MUCH too old! We realise we’re a tad different and this probably requires explanation . . . We’re not doing this for the money - we left the music business professionally decades ago. We’re very good players and singers - some of us had record contracts back in the day … when all music was ONLY on vinyl. We put this band together in 2019 purely for the joy of performing the chart hits that were the soundtrack of our youth - exactly like the original records. We are a bunch of old hippie socialists who have done reasonably well in life and we don’t need to be asking for huge fees for getting out on the road again and entertaining folk by playing the music we love. So we charge different prices according to who YOU are because we think that’s the right thing to do. As long as we’re ahead a little by sunrise we’re are happy. So . . . So you will see it says our prices are, “FROM 250” … The REALITY is we charge:- -> Rock Pubs - £250 (on which means we make a loss; but we LOVE packed pub audiences going wild for how well we play!) § - Private Parties - £400 to £650 (It depends upon WHO you are and WHERE you are) § - Corporate Parties - £1,000 upwards § - NHS - it’s our honour to appear for free. § -charity events we would want to support we’ll charge petrol money only (last year we were offered a handsome fee to headline a festival where all the ticket sales were going to the NHS air ambulance service - we insisted they pay us no more than £50). So, here is a list of ALL of our recent bookings with the actual fees we charged (this corresponds to the ‘Gig List’ page on our website … below-the-border) 2024 Mar 2 Private Function, Holiday Inn, Farnborough, Hampshire (£470) Aug 16 - National Harley Davison ‘Hogsback’ Festival, Cirencester, Gloucestershire (fee not yet agreed - probably £600) 2023 May 6 His Majesty’s Coronation Party, Rochester Kent (£500) May 28 Private Party, Weybridge Surrey (£500) Jun 17 Garden Festival Essex (£450) July 22 Corporate Firework Party, Kent (£1,200) Aug 5 Private 60th Birthday Party, Hertfordshire (£450) Aug 12 Gypsy Travellers’ Wedding on the South Downs (£300) Sep 29 Six Bells, Brentford (£250) Dec 9 Christmas Party, Rochester Kent (£400) 2022 Dec 3 Christmas Party for His Majesty’s Royal Artillery, (£650) Sep 3 Beer Festival The Rising Sun, Kemsing, Kent (£400) Aug 27 Festival Romsey Hampshire (£450) Jul 16 HEADLINE Chequers Motor Cycle Festival, Camb’s (charity event - £50) Jun 4 Wedding, Surbiton (£600) Mar 5 The Excelsior club, Aldershot (£500) 2021 Nov 27 Private Party for Vivien, Horsham (£400) Nov 13 Private Party for Jocelyn, Hampshire (£400) Nov 6 Annual Banquet The Sealed Knot, Buck’s (£600) Aug 21 Private Party for Abi, Salisbury (£420) Aug 14 Private Party for Ellenor, Kent (£350) July 31 Cheam Royal British Legion, Surrey - (£500) Before that we had around 20 bookings cancelled because of the pandemic, but you can see these listed on our website.