The Lasting Happiness
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
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"The Lasting Happiness played at our Engineers Without Borders benefit last November. Not only did they sound incredible, their lively antics and enthusiasm got the whole crowd dancing! Thanks to their help, we managed to raise hundreds of dollars for our service projects, and we had a great time in the process!" - Amanda Kaufman, UNC’s Gillings School of Global Public Health
"The Lasting Happiness truly put the fun in our "fun"draiser to raise money for training services at the Autism Center of America. The velvet vocals of Ms. Valerie Wood finessed the diverse crowd and created the perfect mood for joy-induced giving. I would recommend them to anyone looking for a band that passionately plays to please!" - Carolee Carlson
"I was honored to have The Lasting Happiness play at my Graduate School benefit; they brought much joy and energy! I can't be more thankful for their gifts." - Anita Kinney
“Wow the Lasting Happiness was a pure JOY to have at our yearly benefit!! The name really fits!” - John Smiley, Deep Woods Preservation Society, Spruce Pine, NC
“The Lasting Happiness is true to their name! They played the Central Park School for Children Strawberry Festival and had folks of all ages, from toddlers to their grandparents, smiling and dancing throughout their set. Many children and parents have requested they play again and we hope they will join us next year!” - Mary Wible-Brennan, Central Park School for Children, Durham, NC
“The Lasting Happiness lives up to their name. What I like about this band, other than top-notch musicality, is they often choose challenging “deep cut” covers, not just the same songs heard on pop and oldies stations. Don’t get me wrong, they whip out crowd-pleasing shake-a-tail-feather tunes, but when was the last time you heard someone mesmerize a crowd with Screamin’ Jay Hawkins’ “I Put A Spell On You”? Valerie and Jennabeth set the stage for fun.” - Tess Mangum Ocaña, Concerts Director, The ArtsCenter, Carrboro, NC
“Having The Lasting Happiness as our wedding band made an already spectacular day just about exactly perfect. The ability of this band to create poignant moments, then immediately serve up a booty-shaking number, is extraordinary. Even my 94-year-old grandmother was getting down on the dance floor.” - Samantha & Jason Macy Lazar
Discography
The Lasting Happiness released a 3-song EP in November 2009. WQFS in Greensboro, NC played each song multiple times times throughout fall and winter 2009.
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Bio
The Lasting Happiness is a hair-messing, soul-caressing, anti-depressing, loudly-expressing, dressing-to-impressing, groove-possessing, love-professing retro rock party band. Quick on the pickup but slow to hiccup.
What do The Rolling Stones, Spinal Tap, The Cure and Willy Wonka have in common? Nothing! That's why you won't get bored at their show.
The common thread weaving their sound together isn't a single genre or mood but an undercurrent of joy. Happiness is abundant throughout their songs, from dance floor favorites by the B-52's and Air to classics from the Beatles, Bowie and Queen and even wrenching blues from Aretha Franklin and Otis Redding. Valerie's vivacious velvety voice voluptuously vocalizes legendary ladies like Dolly Parton, Nina Simone, Lucinda Williams and Ella Fitzgerald to lead a band of merrymakers through a wide range of eras and sounds.
The Lasting Happiness believes music is a celebration, and it's their job to make you smile.
The Lasting Happiness was honored to play Durham’s Strawberry Festival and the Carrboro ArtsCenter’s 35th Anniversary Celebration in May 2010, and the Festival for the Eno in Durham in July 2010. In January 2011 we're booked for the NHL All-Star Wide Open Celebration in Raleigh.
No longer must you take your happiness into your own hands - experienced professionals are now available to help! We can spread joy to your wedding, corporate event, nightclub or festival. In fact, we’d love to.
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