Neil first picked up the microphone at a local karaoke show in 2001. Since then he has not looked back, building an ever growing following of like minded reggae lovers who come and hear Neil at the local pubs singing songs from ub40’s massive hits catologue. The first song he tried was ‘Come Back Darling’. Soon Neil gained a huge reputation for singing all ub40’s hits, and from this foundation moved easily into other reggae songs.
His association with a local reggae band gave rise to remarkable success, both locally and nationally. One of the highlights was playing alongside 90’s uk reggae star Pato Banton in which Neil sang no1 hit ‘Baby Come Back’.
He recently had acknowledgement from ‘the legendary wailers’ of his renditions of Bob Marley’s songs which Neil considers to be a great honour
Neil narrowly missed out on performing on Granada Television’s “Stars In Their Eyes” where he reached the final audition stages as Ali Campbell, lead singer of ub40
Neil is equally at home performing in clubs, concert venues and at private functions and easily adapts his varied programme to suit particular needs or requirements
Press
One of the uk’s most versatile reggae singers,
Neil Sartain performs his solo to tribute to reggae comprising of four shows:
ub40 tribute
spanning twenty eight years of hits from food for thought ,Kingston town and recently Who You Fighting For
Bob Marley tribute
all the hits from legend (greatest hits)
No Woman No Cry, Is This Love and Jamming also included are tracks Bob was renowned for performing live in his heyday with The Wailers including Rebel Music and Lively Up Yourself
ub40 / Bob Marley tribute
two sets of the greatest hits.
ultimate reggae tribute
Neil is very adaptable singing songs from ub40, Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff and Ken Boothe adding fun party reggae hits such as Sweet by Inner Circle and Mysterious Girl by Peter Andre
Neil's show is self contained but he can easily perform with a band of your choice for 2 x 45 mins or 2 x 60 mins sets
Neil made the final stages of Stars In Their Eyes auditions as Ali Campbell of ub40 and has perfomed alongside 90’s uk reggae chart topper Pato Banton (Baby Come Back)
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