Vula
Where's your favourite place to eat?: My Parents place coz of Mama's cooking 😋
Favourite 80’s Film?: Coming to America 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Favourite place in the world: My bed!! 😴
Minutes you spend in the shower: Roughly 10-15mins
Most famous person you’ve ever played with: Quincy Jones (He conducted so that counts right?)
Song you wish you’d written: "Funny How Time Flies" Janet Jackson
"Ribbon In The Sky" Steve Wonder
"I Will Always Love You" Dolly Parton (I'd be so damn rich!)
Can you do the Electric slide?: YES, I was born doing it!
Favourite chord?: Any minor augmented 7th... 🤷🏽♀️😂
Most humiliating gig experience: Forgetting the words of a 1st Dance song!! I still feel so sorry for the couple... 😔
Brendan
How many Instruments can you play? 3
Who was your favourite guest artist to play with at Soul Family Sunday? Beady Belle
Where's your favourite place to eat? Nat and Rob’s house
Truffle? Yes or no? YASSSS
Favourite 80’s Film? The Princess Bride
Favourite place in the world My bed
Minutes you spend in the shower 12
Most famous person you’ve ever played with: Quincy Jones?
Song you wish you’d written: Both Sides Now
Can you do the Electric slide? Yes
What car do you drive? The poshest hire car I can afford
Most humiliating gig experience: Having to wear a skintight Lycra gimp suit with Basement Jaxx
Sharlene
How many Instruments can you play?: Vocals and a tiny bit of guitar. And an even tinier bit of ukelele. Oh and a mean tambourine!!!!
Who was your favourite guest artist to play with at Soul Family Sunday?: Shakka or Shingai
Where's your favourite place to eat?: Nat and Rob’s house
Favourite 80’s Film?: Dirty Dancing
Most famous person you’ve ever played with: Jay-Z
Song you wish you’d written: ‘Something (in the way she moves)’ by The Beatles
Can you do the Electric slide?: Of course
How many roast potatoes can you eat in one sitting?: I don’t know because nobody ever gives me enough
Most humiliating gig experience: Forgot the words on a gig with an orchestra and had to stop and start the song again. Absolutely terrifying!
Bedwards
How many Instruments can you play? 4. All trumpets. And small percussion.
Who was your favourite guest artist to play with at Soul Family Sunday?: Beady Belle. Or Joey Dosik. Or actually Tawiah at the last one.
Where's your favourite place to eat?: Hove Deep Sea Anglers Club
Favourite 80’s Film?: Back to the Future of course.
Most famous person you’ve ever played with: Amy Winehouse. Or Robbie Williams
Song you wish you’d written: Hip to be Square
Can you do the Electric slide? Don’t know what you’re talking about
Favourite chord?: Zb diminished
Most humiliating gig experience: wearing Lederhosen on my birthday in a Düsseldorf stadium with Jaxx
Benjo
How many years have you served in Soul Fam?: 13
Who was your favourite guest artist to play with at Soul Family Sunday? Hamish Stuart
Truffle? Yes or no?: Yes
Favourite 80’s Film? Back To The Future
Favourite place in the world: London
Most famous person you’ve ever played with: Idris Elba
Song you wish you’d written: Human Nature
Can you do the Electric slide? No
What car do you drive?: BMW
How many roast potatoes can you eat in one sitting?: Infinite amount
Most humiliating gig experience: Falling off drum stool (at Ronnie Scott’s mid drum solo)
Mark
Middle Name: CHRIST
How many years have you served in Soul Fam? One millennium
Who was your favourite guest artist to play with at Soul Family Sunday? Joey Dosik or Hamish Stuart
Where's your favourite place to eat? Noma
Favourite 80’s Film?: Hannah And Her Sisters
Favourite place in the world: Costa Rica
Most famous person you’ve ever played with: The Wombles
Song you wish you’d written: What Becomes of the Broken Hearted
Can you do the Electric slide? Probably
How many roast potatoes can you eat in one sitting? 20
Most humiliating gig experience: Playing naked in Sweden. They all do it apparently.
Martyn
How many Instruments can you play?: Anything you hit or shake rather than press
Height?: About the same as a Dog Faced Baboon balancing a Spectrum Bat on its head (5' 7'')
Who was your favourite guest artist to play with at Soul Family Sunday?: Richie Sambora
Where's your favourite place to eat?: Dumpling Legend
Most famous person you’ve ever played with: Clint Eastwood
Song you wish you’d written: Still Crazy After All These Years
How many roast potatoes can you eat in one sitting?: I'm assuming they are averagely sized so 3 or 4. But much prefer making them a bit smaller and crisper, then I could nosh down 8-10 easy if they were properly salted.
Most humiliating gig experience: Dressed up as a little drummer boy with rosy red cheeks to play walking around Sloane Square to promote the Christmas sales
Nat
How many Instruments can you play?: 2 (voice and keys) and I can groove along quite nicely to ‘Mistetoe and Wine’ on the drums
Who was your favourite guest artist to play with at Soul Family Sunday?: Bernhoft and Beady Belle (the Norwegian massive)
Where's your favourite place to eat?: The Prince Pub In Bounds Green. The buttermilk guinea fowl burger with pickles and gochujang mayonnaise actually moves me to tears
Favourite place in the world: The Sausage Factory (my cool little house)
Most famous person you’ve ever played with: Ceelo Green
How many roast potatoes can you eat in one sitting?: Eleventy-two (easily)
Most humiliating gig experience: My epic hair extensions falling out and sliding down my shoulder whilst singing on the MTV Base Lounge show. Dunno who was more upset, me or the hair stylist… Haha
Philly
Height? 6 foot 5, or two Vulas.
Who was your favourite guest artist to play with at Soul Family Sunday? Jamie Woon
Where's your favourite place to eat? What was that Japanese place in New York, Nat? That place! (Morimoto)
Favourite 80’s Film? Back To The Future
Favourite place in the world: My place when everyone else is asleep.
Most famous person you’ve ever played with: Barbara Windsor
Song you wish you’d written: Theme from Superman by John Williams
What car do you drive? VW Golf until the Delorian arrives, sometime last week.
Most humiliating gig experience: Just as I played the final atmospheric chord of a beautiful piano ballad - stool collapsed and I landed on my back with my legs in the air.
Robin
How many Instruments can you play?: Anything that you don’t blow
How many years have you served in Soul Fam?: Decades
Who was your favourite guest artist to play with at Soul Family Sunday?: Joey Dosik
Favourite 80’s Film?: Dark Crystal
Minutes you spend in the shower: 5 but I do my best work on the toilet
Most famous person you’ve ever played with: I spent 10 years on the road with Sia
Song you wish you’d written: Misstra Know It All
Can you do the Electric slide?: Nope
Favourite chord?: Hard Day’s Night first chord
What car do you drive?: A Kia SUV but it doesn’t feel right
Most humiliating gig experience: Uni-bows - every time