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8-piece Australian Funk & Retro Jazz Band, Slewfoot - an experience you have never heard before, the best in funk and soul in Sydney, playing a huge repertoire that thrills all who hear them. Get dancing and toe tapping to the unstoppable funky rhythms that make this band THE best funk band. A wholly Sydney music combo playing AAA grade Jazz mixed with XXX hardcore funk groove. The site offers free MP3 downloads, free video clips and feeds as well as free pictures and photos, with 8 adult band members in Slewfoot, all of which are Funk masters, blowing over the sexiest funk and jazz... watch the sax blow, the trumpet scream, the piano hum, the guitar thrust, the funky drummer does his job, the bass player goes down to the bare depths and the organ just pumps out the dirtiest funk. The band plays professionally at clubs and pubs and caters for functions, corporate events and special music nights. Classy Jazz, sophisticated performance and tailored shows are the band's trademark but they easily lay down some dirty rhythms, gritty funk, greasy blues, smoky jazz, raw soul, Slewfoot does it all! Get your own copy of Slewfoot's new CD, with the best recording of Cold Sweat, Give it Up and the funkiest songs you have ever heard. The band is renowned at performing the best old-school retro funk and jazz, and Slewfoot has played in Sydney's best venues like the Harbourside Brasserie, The Basement, The Winebanq and The Macquarie Hotel. Crowds love Slewfoot's unique show, like nothing you have ever heard before, and they can't help themselves but dance and boogie the night away. One night this absoutely gorgeous girl took off her top and flashed her breasts at the band while playing, Slewfoot continued the show and kept the crowd happy. Another night people were getting naked and jumping in the fountain that was nearby while Slewfoot played, the band has a unique influence on the crowd that just creates happiness and musical fulfilness. Slewfoot plays Funk, Jazz, Soul, Afro-beat (African Funk Music of the extreme) and the best retro funk you can put your finger on! A-Grade musicians blowing only the best in old-school heavy heavy funk. Slewfoot plays James Brown, Maceo Parker, Sly Stone (Sly and Family Stone), The JB's (The J.B.'s), Bootsie Collins, Parliament, Funkadelic, P Funk (or P-Funk), Fred Wesley, Larry Graham, Graham Central Station, The Meters, Kool and the Gang, (Cool & the gang), Herbie Hancock, Lou Donaldson, Jimmy Smith, Jimmy McGriff, Dizzie Gillespie, Poncho Morales, Booker T and the MG's, Canonball Adderley, Slewfoot does Miles Davis, Ray Charles, War, (WAR), Bernard Purdie (Bernard Purdee or Bernard Perdie), King Curtis, King Floyd, (King Floyd), Fela Kuti, Tony Allen, Fema Kuti, Manu Djabango, The Budos Band, The Daptones, Dap Kings, Dap Dippin stuff, The Daktaris, Freddie Knight, Curtis Mayfield, The Funky Horns, Tower of Power, New Orleans Funk and Blues, Doctor John (Mac Rebenack) or Dr. John, George Bush and the Big Bush Band, Taj Mahal, Sonny Phillips, Breastbone Funk, The Ballarat Big Tit Band, Horace Silver, Aretha Franklin, (Live at the Filmore), Excellent Live music, the best funk and blues, Maceo and all the kings men, Michael Jackson and the Jacksons, Slewfoot loves Motown and the Funk Brothers, (Check it out now, Funk Soul Brother), Marvin Gaye, The Staple Sisters, Pops Staples, The Staple Singers, Gospel Music done Funky, Jimi Hendris Blues, BB King (or B.B. King), Little Walter, James Morrison, Ray Charles, James brown, James Brown the Godfather of Soul is by far the most influential funk and rap artist in the 20th Centruty, next to the Beatles JB held his own during the British invasion in the sixties. Slewfoot band comprises, tenor saxophone with David Weir, on Alto Saxophone is Gerard Perrignon, on Baritone Sax is Steve Fitzmaurice, on Trumpet is Jo Hunyor (or Jonathon Hunyor), on Bass there is Dr. Angus Carter and Mervyn Sequeira, on Guitar is the famous John Wardle and on drums is James (Jimmy) Eriksson, whilst on piano and organ and clav and funky retro synthesiser is Daniel Parise (The Preacher). Slewfoot guarantees to please with raw grooves and retro funk mixed with smooth jazz and solid soul, the best in their class, a must see! can't get enough! Sydney Morning Herald (Fairfax media) ran an article on the music scene which featured Slewfoot prominently on the front cover of the entertainment section with John Wardle leading the crusade against poker machines and the antisocial hotels monopoly. Slewfoot was picked up by Google, MSN and Yahoo recently and came up number one in all the search engines without using any search engine marketing or paid advertising at all.