Carte Blanche

Carte Blanche is a premier dance band performing at Bay Area events since 2004.  The dance floor is always full and everyone gets a little crazier than usual with this band.  They have a knack for playing all the right songs and never miss a beat when it comes to party music and nonstop dancing.  At weddings, even the wallflowers are on the floor having the time of their lives.

The band’s leader is one of the Bay Area’s best guitar players – a musician’s musician: Lorn Leber.  Lorn’s expertise and versatility on the guitar speaks for itself whether he is performing instrumental ceremony music, cocktail and dinner jazz or a variety of dance music with Carte Blanche.  Lorn’s brother Jeremy – a well respected musician in his own right in the San Francisco area and around the country – plays keys.  They are complimented by two musical pros: Russ Gold on drums and Daniel Parenti on bass.  The band’s dynamic singers Indra Jones and Dale Ingram are powerful and charismatic on stage, both amazing individually and perfectly blended when they sing together.

Shout out a request, get ready to rock and know that you will be blown away by one amazing song after another.  Four hours seems like 5 minutes with this band — you can never get enough and time flies by when everyone is having fun.

See more at carteblancheband.com

Song List

’50s & ’60s
1. Dancin’ in the Streets (Martha & the Vandellas)
2. My Girl (The Temptations)
3. When A Man Loves A Woman (Percy Sledge)
4. Chain of Fools (Aretha Franklin)
5. I’ll Take You There (Staple Singers)
6. The Midnight Hour (Wilson Pickett)
7. Heard it Through the Grapevine (Marvin Gaye)
8. Jailhouse Rock (Elvis Presley)
9. You Send Me (Sam Cooke)
10. Twist & Shout (The Beatles)
11. I Saw Her Standing There (The Beatles)
12. Respect (Aretha Franklin)
13. Mustang Sally (Wilson Pickett)
14. Pretty Woman (Roy Orbison)
15. Soul Man (Sam & Dave)
16. I Got You (James Brown)
17. Ain’t Too Proud To Beg (The Temptations)
18. Proud Mary (Ike & Tina Turner)
19. I’m a Believer (Monkees)
20. Get Ready Cuz Here I Come (The Temptations)
21. I Can’t Help Falling in Love With You (Elvis Presley)
22. On Broadway (George Benson)
23. Johnny B. Good (Chuck Berry)
24. Satisfaction (Rolling Stones)
25. Honky Tonk Woman (Rolling Stones)
26. Brown Sugar (Rolling Stones)
27. Louie Louie (The Kingsmen)
28. Wild Thing (The Troggs)
29. Tequila (Sam & Dave)
30. La Bamba (Richie Valens)
31. Magic Carpet Ride (Steppenwolf)
32. Takin’ Care of Business (BTO)
33. Let’s Get it On (Marvin Gaye)
34. What’s Goin’ On (Marvin Gaye)
35. Little Wing (Jimi Hendrix)
36. Old Time Rock and Roll (Bob Seger)

’70s
1. Superstitious (Stevie Wonder)
2. I Wish (Stevie Wonder)
3. Signed Sealed Delivered (Stevie Wonder)
4. September (Earth Wind & Fire)
5. Shining Star (Earth Wind & Fire)
6. Brick House (The Commodores)
7. Play That Funky Music (Wild Cherry)
8. Get Down Tonight (Kool & the Gang)
9. Shake Your Bootie (KC & The Sunshine Band)
10. Le Freak (Chic)
11. Celebration (Kool & the Gang)
12. That’s the Way KC & the Sunshine Band)
13. Ladies Night (Kool & the Gang)
14. Super Freak (Rick James)
15. Dancing Queen (Abba)
16. We Are Family (Sister Sledge)
17. Got To Be Real (Cheryl Lynn)
18. Best of My Love (The Emotions)
19. I Will Survive (Gloria Gaynor)
20. Funky Town (LIPPS Inc)
21. Thank You (Sly & the Family Stone)
22. Car Wash (Rose Royce)
23. Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough (Michael Jackson)
24. Low Rider (War)
25. Last Dance (Donna Summer)
26. Roller Coaster (Ohio Players)
27. Brown Eyed Girl (Van Morrison)
28. Sweet Home Alabama (Lynard Skynard)
29. Alright Now (Free)
30. Free Ride (Edgar Winter)
31. Walk This Way (Aerosmith)

’80s
1. Tainted Love (Soft Cell)
2. Should I Stay or Should I Go (The Clash)
3. Love Shack (B52’s)
4. Kiss (Prince)
5. 1999 (Prince)
6. What I Like About You (The Romantics)
7. Let’s Go Crazy (Prince)
8. We Got The Beat (The Go Go’s)
9. Anyway You Want It (Journey)
10. Don’t Stop Believin’ (Journey)
11. Lights (Journey)
12. Don’t You Forget About Me (Simple Minds)
13. Just Like Heaven (The Cure)
14. Melt with You (Modern English)
15. Red Red Wine (UB40)
16. Start Me Up (Rolling Stones)
17. Beat It (Michael Jackson)
18. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (Cyndi Lauper)
19. She Drives Me Crazy (Fine Young Cannibals)
20. My Sharona (The Knack)
21. Stray Cat Strut (The Stray Cats)
22. Billy Jean (Michael Jackson)
23. Rock With You (Michael Jackson)
24. Shake Your Body Down to the Ground (Michael Jackson)
25. Shook Me All Night Long (AC/DC)
26. Pour Some Sugar on Me (Def Lepard)
27. Livin’ on a Prayer (Bon Jovi)

Current
1. Crazy In Love (Beyonce Knowles)
2. Rock Your Body (Justin Timberlake)
3. Dynamite (Tao Cruz)
4. Fly (Sugar Ray)
5. What I Got (Sublime)
6. Hard To Handle (Black Crows)
7. Smooth (Santana)
8. Rolling in the Deep (Adele)
9. Hey Ya (Outkast)
10. Get This Party Started (Pink)
11. Get It Started (Black Eyed Peas)
12. Hot in Here (Nelly)
13. This Love (Maroon 5)
14. Uptown Funk (Bruno Mars)
15. Treasure (Bruno Mars)
16. Get Lucky (Daft Punk)
17. Blurred Lines (Robin Thicke)
18. Happy (Pharrell)

Standards
1. Unforgettable (Natalie & Nat King Cole)
2. Fever (Peggy Lee)
3. Girl From Iponema
4. Mac The Knife
5. What a Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong)
6. Take The “A” Train
7. In The Mood (Glen Miller)
8. The Way You Look Tonight (Frank Sinatra)
9. New York New York (Frank Sinatra)
10. Satin Doll
11. Teach Me Tonight (Jazz standard)
12. Misty
13. Fly Me To The Moon
14. It Had to be You (Harry Connick, Jr.)
15. Moondance (Van Morrison)
16. Straighten Up and Fly Right (Frank Sinatra)
17. Rock This Town (Brian Setzer Orchestra)
18. Jump Jive & Wail (Brian Setzer Orchestra)
19. Well Alright OK You Win
20. As Time Goes By
21. Hava Nagila (The Hora)
22. The Mezinke
23. Blue Moon
24. Autumn Leaves
25. Stormy Monday
26. Route 66
27. Kansas City
28. Wonderful Tonight (Eric Clapton)
29. My Way (Frank Sinatra)
30. I’ve Got You Under My Skin (Cole Porter/Frank Sinatra)
31. At Last (Etta James)

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