You come up with the excuse and we'll come up with the party.
Enquire nowHere we are, right before your eyes, doing what we do. If it looks like fun, that's because it is :-)
Here's a wee sample of what we play and how we sound.
This is just a sample of some of the songs we perform. We're always learning new songs so if you don't see your favourite, just ask. Oh, and if you want a song we don't already know for your first dance, we'll learn it - just give us 6 weeks notice - we're only human :-)
Before He Cheats - Carrie Underwood
Old Time Rock N Roll - Bob Seger
22 - Taylor Swift
500 Miles - The Proclaimers
9 to 5 - Dolly Parton
Achy Breaky Heart - Billy Ray Cyrus
All Night Long - Lionel Richie
All of Me - John Legend
All the Single Ladies - Beyoncé
Always a Woman to Be - Billy Joel
Always Remember Us This Way - Lady Gaga
Anti Hero - Taylor Swift
Are You Gonna Be My Girl - Jet
At Last - Etta James
Auld Lang Syne - Trad
Bad Case of Loving You - Robert Palmer
Bear Necessities - The Jungle Book Soundtrack
Beautiful Crazy - Luke Combs
Because You Loved Me - Celine Dion
Beggin - Måneskin
Best Is Yet to Come - Tom Walker
Best of All I Got My Baby - Paulo Nutini
Better Man - Paulo Nutini
Big River - Johnny Cash
Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
Bright Side of the Road - Van Morrison
Bring It On Home - Sam Cooke
Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
Brown Sugar - The Rolling Stones
Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations
Buona Sera - Louis Prima
Burning Love - Elvis Presley
Can't Help Falling in Love - Elvis Presley
Can't Take My Eyes Off You - Frankie Valli
Chicken Fried - Zac Brown Band
Come and Get Your Love - Redbone
Country Girl - Primal Scream
Country Roads - John Denver
Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen
Cry to Me - Solomon Burke
Dakota - Stereophonics
Dancing in the Dark - Bruce Springsteen
Dancing in the Moonlight - Toploader
Dancing Queen - ABBA
Dead or Alive - Bon Jovi
Dignity - Deacon Blue
Do You Love Me (Now That I Can Dance) - The Contours (from Dirty Dancing)
Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
Don’t Stop - Fleetwood Mac
Don’t Want to Miss a Thing - Aerosmith
Dream a Little Dream of Me - The Mamas and The Papas
Everlasting Love - Natalie Cole
Every Breath You Take - The Police
Everybody Needs Somebody - The Blues Brothers
Fat Bottomed Girls - Queen
Feeling Good - Michael Bublé / Nina Simone
Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash
Footloose - Kenny Loggins
Friday I’m in Love - The Cure
Georgia on My Mind - Ray Charles
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) - ABBA
Good Golly Miss Molly - Little Richard
Great Balls of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis
Hard to Handle - The Black Crowes
Harvest Moon - Neil Young
Have You Ever Seen the Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Heard It Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
Hey Ya! - OutKast
Higher and Higher - Jackie Wilson
Higher Love - Whitney Houston
Hit the Road Jack - Ray Charles
Hold On, I’m Coming - Sam and Dave
Honky Tonk Women - The Rolling Stones
Hooked on a Feeling - Blue Swede
Hotel Yorba - The White Stripes
Hound Dog - Elvis Presley
How Sweet It Is - Marvin Gaye
I Feel Good - James Brown
I Got a Woman - Ray Charles
I Just Want to Make Love to You - Etta James
I Want You Back - The Jackson 5
I Wish - Stevie Wonder
I’ll Be There for You - The Rembrandts
I’m a Believer - The Monkees
I’ve Been Loving You Too Long - Otis Redding
Into the Mystic - Van Morrison
Islands in the Stream - Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton
It Must Be Love - Madness
Jackson - Johnny Cash
Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
Jolene - Dolly Parton
Juice - Lizzo
King of the Swingers - Louis Prima (The Jungle Book Soundtrack)
Kiss - Prince
Kiss Me - Sixpence None the Richer
Knock on Wood - Eddie Floyd
L-O-V-E - Nat King Cole
La Vie en Rose - Edith Piaf / Lady Gaga
Land of 1000 Dances - Wilson Pickett
Layla - Eric Clapton
Let the Good Times Roll - B.B. King
Let’s Dance - David Bowie
Let’s Get Married - The Proclaimers
Let’s Stay Together - Al Green
Life with You - The Proclaimers
Living in America - James Brown
Long Tall Sally - Little Richard
Lose Control - Teddy Swims
Love Is All Around - Wet Wet Wet
Love Man - Otis Redding (from Dirty Dancing)
Love on Top - Beyoncé
Love Really Hurts Without You - Billy Ocean
Love Story - Taylor Swift
Loving You - Paulo Nutini
Maggie May - Rod Stewart
Make You Feel My Love - Adele
Mamma Mia - ABBA
Man! I Feel Like a Woman! - Shania Twain
Mojo Working - Muddy Waters
Mr. Brightside - The Killers
Mr. Jones - Counting Crows
Mr. Pitiful - Otis Redding
Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett
My Destiny - Lionel Richie
My Everything - Barry White
My Girl - The Temptations
Need Your Love So Bad - Fleetwood Mac
Never Can Tell - Chuck Berry
Nobody Does It Better - Carly Simon
Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now - Starship
Praise You - Fatboy Slim
Proud Mary - Tina Turner
Purple Rain - Prince
Reach Out I’ll Be There - The Four Tops
Rehab - Amy Winehouse
Rescue Me - Fontella Bass
Respect - Aretha Franklin
Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash
S.O.B. - Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats
Saw Her Standing There - The Beatles
September - Earth, Wind and Fire
Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes
Shake It Off - Taylor Swift
Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC
Shout - Lulu
Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours - Stevie Wonder
Simply the Best - Tina Turner
Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder
Somebody to Love - Queen
Son of a Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield
Soul Man - Sam and Dave
Stand by Me - Ben E. King
Stand by Your Man - Tammy Wynette
Still the One - Shania Twain
Stuck in the Middle with You - Stealers Wheel
Summer of ‘69 - Bryan Adams
Superstition - Stevie Wonder
Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley
Sweet Child o’ Mine - Guns N’ Roses
Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Take It Easy - Eagles
Teenage Dirtbag - Wheatus
Tennessee Whiskey - Chris Stapleton
Texas Hold ‘Em
The Gambler - Kenny Rogers
These Arms of Mine - Otis Redding
Through the Echoes - Paulo Nutini
Try a Little Tenderness - The Commitments
Twist and Shout - The Beatles
Uptown Funk - Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars
Valerie - Amy Winehouse
Vienna - Billy Joel
Wagon Wheel - Darius Rucker
Wake Me Up - Avicii
Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles
When It Rains It Pours - Luke Combs
Who Do You Think You Are - Spice Girls
Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On - Jerry Lee Lewis
With a Little Help from My Friends - Joe Cocker
Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton
Yes Sir, I Can Boogie - Baccara / The Fratellis
YMCA - Village People
You Are the Best Thing - Ray LaMontagne
You Got It - Roy Orbison
You Make Me Feel Like Dancing - Leo Sayer
You Make My Dreams - Hall & Oates
Obviously we're the best band in Scotland - but they all say that don't they. Here's what the people who actually booked us think and of course it's only their opinions that matter.
"The service from Gaye (Hireaband) was excellent and really customer focused. Would recommend.
The band, Borrowed Blues, were exceptional!! Amazing performers which blew away our guests and kept the dancefloor packed the whole time. We feel they went above and beyond and were all so friendly, committed and highly skilled entertainers. Alex was excellent with all our questions and highly professional. Book these guys and you are guaranteed a brilliant night of amazing tunes.
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6/7/2024
Verified booking
"Thank you Borrowed Blues for the amazing performance at our wedding! All our guests had a great time and they absolutely loved the band! "
28/12/2023
Verified booking
"The band were excellent. Really got the party going. They realised we were responding well to the Country music and they leaned into it and started playing more. It felt really dynamic and personal to us and we have had nothing but positive reports from our guests as well. Thank you."
16/9/2023
Verified booking
We scrub up not too badly.
We're blowing our own trumpet here (pardon the pun) but we're hoping you'll think we're lovely and want to book us.
Borrowed Blues are one of the most exciting and accomplished wedding and function bands in Scotland. With a huge repertoire encompassing 50’s Rock n roll, all time blues and soul stand outs to modern chart toppers brought to you by a collection of Scotland's finest musicians and let's not forget a full brass section. Having us at your event is a sure fire guarantee to get a crowd on its feet from the first lick to the last beat.
Whether it's a corporate event or your big day, we'll ensure your event lives long in the memory of all who attend. Our infectious energy is unsurpassed and enjoyed by audiences all over Scotland. Our set list has been carefully crafted, tried and tested to make sure the dance floor is filled with each song choice resonating with guests from young to old. A slick wedding & events band who will become more than just a part of your night as we're fully intent on having as much fun as you.
The musicians within the band are of the highest quality Scotland has to offer with each member having regularly played in every major festival in the country in a variety of forms. Audiences have enjoyed our talents at such prestigious venues as the SECC, King Tuts, Stirling Albert Hall, O2 Academy and the Barrowlands.
We pride ourselves on delivering the personal touch and are more than happy to accommodate and discuss any preferences you may have, be it a first dance, prearranged DJ set or ceilidh.
The bands diversity is a key strength with each of us being multi instrumental allowing for a great selection of songs. Featuring two of the nation's finest male and female vocalists within the band, no song is out of our reach. We also pride ourselves on reliability and organisation, showing up in a timely fashion with only the best of equipment, thus making sure that the stress levels of our clients remains non existent.
Available dates are booked quickly and well in advance, so please don't hesitate as we work strictly on a first come first served basis. We look forward immensely to adding our unique brand of music to your event in the near future.
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Thanks for reading this and good luck with your wedding or event.