During Salute!

The Double Take Band from Winston-Salem, N.C. features a powerhouse horn line, male and female lead singers, a dynamite rhythm section and a song list packed with R&B and beach favorites. Whether it's a private party, concert, festival, wedding, corporate event, convention, or country club event, Double Take can handle any type of musical engagement. We pay close attention to your special occasion and customize our show to guarantee a perfect event! So if you need a powerful act with a great variety of music, Double Take is the band for you!

Carnavalito grew out of a Latin music show that bassist Ricardo Granillo hosted on Shaw University's WSHA radio station in Raleigh. Enthusiastic listeners wanted to know where they could hear latin music live. To accommodate, Granillo gave them Carnavalito, an eclectic mix of music and culture. If music were a fireworks display, this is what you'd get. Carnavalito grabs hold of every Latin sound imaginable -- mambos, sambas, cumbia and merengue -- then exploes with what reviewers have called "percussive fire" and "five-alarm salsa". You can almost see colors bursting to the beat. The band itself is as rich a mix as its music. Granillo's a native of El Salvador who lived in San Francisco for 22 years before moving to Raleigh, North Carolina. Alberto Carrasquillo (trumpet and fluegelhorn), Pako Santiago (timbales and percussion) and Nelson Delgado (congas, Percussion) all grew up in Puerto Rico. Elmer Gibson(piano) is from Philly.

Salute! After Party

In the summer of 1999, the Bootyship left Planet Lovetron with a mission of funkatizing the entire galaxy. As fate would have it, the spacecraft broke down in a cornfield outside of Raleigh, NC. The part needed to repair the Bootyship was 26 million light years away, so they focused on their mission in a much smaller market – Earth.