Fat Daddy Has Been

Artist Information

Biography

CHECK OUT WHAT EVERYONE IS SAYING!!!

WSTW 93.7 Hometown Hero Award Winners of 2011

*Best Hip Hop song, Summer Smile
*Best Live Performance
*Best Rapper, Marchitect
*Best Horn Section

*Voted 2009 best Hiphop band by WSTW 93.7FM

*Voted Best Album of the Year 2008, Best Rock Band, & Best Front Man by Out & About Magazine's Music Issue 2008!

*Voted Best Alternative Band at the Delaware Music Awards by Delaware Music Industry two years running 2007 & 2008!

* Winner of the Love and Action Battle of the Bands at the Grape Street Pub, Philadelphia PA 2006- Grand Prize Performing at the March of Millions in Cape Town South Africa.

* Winner of the Logan House Thursday Night Nightlife 2005.

* Winner of the Spark Magazine Summer Series September 2005.

"Not many bands can pull off just a diversified sound, they stand alone in Delaware as the best original band that's able to kick-start a party from the moment it hits the stage." -Ryan Cormier The News Journal 1/1/08

"THE FUNKY, FRESH AND NEW SOUND WE HAVE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR. FATDADDYHASBEEN WILL LIGHT UP A ROOM WITH THEIR LIVE PERFORMANCE!!" - Crazy Eddie, MD/ Morning show host, The New Rock Alternative WRXS Ocean City, MD

"FAT DADDY HAD THE CROWD BOUNCING TO THE POUNDING SKA-DRIVEN, HARD ROCKIN' RHYTHMS" -Greg Xenakes, Spark Magazine.

FIVE OUT OF FIVE STARS: "This is the best funk/hip-hop/reggae/emcee album I've heard, maybe, ever. Everything about this album, from the talent to the recording quality, is spot-on fucking perfect. Every tune is catchy, legit, and tight as hell - totally worth checking out."-Kevin Keating, Origivation Magazine


In a world of “cookie-cutter” bands, the challenge facing all musicians is how to create something truly unique and remain captivating while doing it. Although this is certainly no easy feat, Fat Daddy Has Been has successfully and seamlessly melded ska, rap, reggae, and rock into a completely original sound that they can truly call their own. Guaranteed to get your head bouncing and hips moving, this 7 piece band is quickly sweeping America; sharing stages with huge names like Sean “P Diddy” Combs, Mary J. Blige, Fat Joe, Ice- T, Kool Keith, Kurtis Blow, MC Breeze everflowin, Grand Agent, The Last Emperor, Aquarium Rescue Unit, The Toasters, Rusted Root, and Carl Denson.

Instrumentation

Brie Allen - Tenor Saxophone
John-Paul-Jones - Trumpet
Donny Merrill - Drums
Steve Bailey - Guitars/Vocals
Marcus Slade - Vocals
Vince Cirino - Bass/Vocals
Andrew Bedelle - Alto Saxophone, Tenor Sax & Flute

Discography

Newest Album 2010: Cannot Kill My Music

Singles: Spell on me
Cannot Kill My Music ft. Dice Raw.



Self titled debut album-2003

Single "Ladi"
played on WSTW 93.7, 98.1, & University of Delaware radio.
Who Wants Seconds? - 2008

single - "Steal my heart" WSTW 93.7, 98.1, & University of Delaware radio.

Official Website

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Fat-Daddy-Has-Been/121020364632331

Links

• Facebook
• Twitter
• Last.fm
• Fat Daddy Has Been Official Web Site

Audio

• Back Again
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• Spell on me
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• Poor Girl
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• Steal My Heart
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• Turn Out the Lights
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• Summer Smile
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Video

Photo Gallery

Press

• 2006 Winner of Philadelphia Grape Street Pub Battle [+ Show ]
  

  An event founded by CFSkids. FDHB has received an all expense paid trip to play on the World Stage i...An event founded by CFSkids. FDHB has received an all expense paid trip to play on the World Stage in Cape Town South Africa. in October 2007.
  
  Read more about the cause at CFSKids.org

• Winner of the Logan House Thursday Night Nightlife 2006.
  

  Winner Of the Logan House Battle of the Bands against 16 finalists over three months.

• * Winner of the Spark Magazine Summer Series September 2005.
  

  Battle of the bands against 7 finalists for a DE Magazine with over 35,000 distribution

• "ONE OF THE BEST PARTY BANDS PLAYING ORIGINAL MUSIC IN DELAWARE"
  

  "ONE OF THE BEST PARTY BANDS PLAYING ORIGINAL MUSIC IN DELAWARE" - Ryan Cormier, New Journal.

• "THE FUNKY, FRESH AND NEW SOUND WE HAVE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR. FATDADDYHASBEEN WILL LIGHT UP A ROOM WITH THEIR LIVE PERFORMANCE!!" [+ Show ]
  

  "THE FUNKY, FRESH AND NEW SOUND WE HAVE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR. FATDADDYHASBEEN WILL LIGHT UP A ROOM W..."THE FUNKY, FRESH AND NEW SOUND WE HAVE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR. FATDADDYHASBEEN WILL LIGHT UP A ROOM WITH THEIR LIVE PERFORMANCE!!"
  
  - Crazy Eddie, MD/ Morning show host, The New Rock Alternative WRXS Ocean City, MD

• "FAT DADDY HAD THE CROWD BOUNCING TO THE POUNDING SKA-DRIVEN, HARD ROCKIN' RHYTHMS"-Greg Xenakes, Spark Magazine. [+ Show ]
  

  "FAT DADDY HAD THE CROWD BOUNCING TO THE POUNDING SKA-DRIVEN, HARD ROCKIN' RHYTHMS"- Greg Xenakes..."FAT DADDY HAD THE CROWD BOUNCING TO THE POUNDING SKA-DRIVEN, HARD ROCKIN' RHYTHMS"-
  
  Greg Xenakes, Spark Magazine.

• FIVE OUT OF FIVE STARS: "This is the best funk/hip-hop/reggae/emcee album I've heard, maybe, ever. Everything about this album, from the talent to the recording quality, is spot-on fucking perfect. Every tune is catchy, legit, and tight as hell - totally worth checking out."-Kevin Keating, Origivation Magazine [+ Show ]
  

  FIVE OUT OF FIVE STARS: "This is the best funk/hip-hop/reggae/emcee album I've heard, maybe, ever. E...FIVE OUT OF FIVE STARS: "This is the best funk/hip-hop/reggae/emcee album I've heard, maybe, ever. Everything about this album, from the talent to the recording quality, is spot-on fucking perfect. Every tune is catchy, legit, and tight as hell - totally worth checking out."
  
  Keating, Origivation Magazine

• Best Alternative Band 2007
  

  Winner of the 2007 Delaware Music Awards.

Setlist

80% original with covers done to our taste. Our sets are 45 minutes to two hours depending on the night.

Covers we sometimes play:

Desmond Dekker: 007:
Sublime: Two Joints
Sublime: 5446
James Brown: The Boss
Barrington Leevy: Broader Than Broadway


Originals:

From Album Cannot Kill My Music

Spell on me
Summer Smile
Kill My Music
Addicted
Back Again
Nickels and Dimes


Who Wants Seconds

Turn off the lights
Poor Girl
Smoke

Basic Requirements

Calendar