Believe me when I say this is the best band I have ever had the pleasure of listening too! They were hired for my son‘s wedding and I can’t even begin to tell you how professional and entertaining they were! Everything was perfect… It couldn’t have been more perfect! I waited a lifetime to dance with my son at his wedding and when they played our Song and we had that moment I have to say it was absolute perfection! Thank you thank you thank you for doing the phenomenal job you did… You are magnificent!

Just wanted to thank you again for such a great time last weekend. I'm glad the Duke fed and treated you well. You guys definitely brought the energy, talent, and sound we were hoping for. I can't tell you how many people have told us that you guys really made the wedding a next level event.  I feel like we're bonded to you guys now in magical way. Our wedding wouldn't have been as amazing with any other band.   Hot Sauce is the only party band I'd recommend. I really appreciated how attentive you guys were before the wedding in making sure every detail was to our liking. It really made us relaxed and at ease on our wedding day knowing everything was completely under control on your end.  And the costumes were the real icing on the cake :).  I'd ONLY recommend you guys going forward. I'm sure we'll cross paths again one way or another.

Katie and I are still talking about how amazing you guys were for our wedding!!  Everyone there kept coming up to us and saying how awesome you guys are!  Multiple asked me for your band name and info.  The music was perfect at all times and seeing everyone out there dancing was so cool.  It could not have been any better.  People say that the band sets the tone for a wedding - well, you guys rocked the house and everyone there felt it and enjoyed it thoroughly.  We cannot thank you enough and so happy you guys could make it.

Hi Phillip!

Katie and I are still talking about how amazing you guys were for our wedding!!  Everyone there kept coming up to us and saying how awesome you guys are!  Multiple asked me for your band name and info.  The music was perfect at all times and seeing everyone out there dancing was so cool.  It could not have been any better.  People say that the band sets the tone for a wedding - well, you guys rocked the house and everyone there felt it and enjoyed it thoroughly.  We cannot thank you enough and so happy you guys could make it.

P.S.> Singing up on stage with you to Journey and Metallica was kick ass!! 

We cannot THANK YOU and HOT SAUCE for the BEST night of dancing EVER!  We had an absolute blast, and our guests are still raving about it! You all were just awesome - more than we could have hoped for.  We'd be happy to write a review if it helps in anyway.  Best wishes and hope we run into y'all again! We have moved to Boston but hope to be back south in a few years.  Thanks a million!

Y'all were absolutely AWESOME and I could not have been happier about the entire night. I had to stop myself several times just to look around- the dance floor was packed every time and that is completely owed to you.

I am waiting on my video footage and photographs. As soon as they're back, I will be sure to send it over!

Phillip! You guys totally rocked the party last night! Just an outstanding performance! I can't thank you enough for a memorable evening for all of my family and friends! Terrific is just not the right word to describe the evening!

Phillip! You guys totally rocked the party last night! Just an outstanding performance! I can't thank you enough for a memorable evening for all of my family and friends! Terrific is just not the right word to describe the evening! Thanks!

Ed – wanted to share our absolute happiness with Phillip and the Hot Sauce Band!!! I have received outstanding praise, exultations, high fives – you name it from our wedding guests! We danced our butts off and we sang along (badly!) with every song they played. They are a tight and awesome group! Thanks for the recommending them!

Hope you are doing well and had a great Easter!

Now that we have officially had an opportunity to wrap up Soiree and catch a breath, I wanted to reach out and sincerely thank you and your bandmates for an outstanding performance!

I cannot begin to tell you just how many compliments and great feedback we received regarding how entertaining, fun and engaging you all were. We even had several people comment about how they would like to book you for their own functions--one even mentioned they wanted to book you for their future wedding!

I hope you all enjoyed your time with us and we really appreciate your excitement and energy.

Due to your engagement, we were able to raise over $90,000 to support children and families in our community.

On behalf of our Board of Directors, Soiree volunteers and PFC staff, THANK YOU!

Have a great remainder of the week and we wish you and your bandmates all the best.

OMG the reviews from NYE have been fantastic!!!! The crowd absolutely loved you guys!  I have heard nothing but good things.  I just put a call out to East Coast Entertainment and we would like to go ahead and book Hot Sauce for again for next NYE!  Let me know what to do to move forward.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!! We cannot even begin to explain how amazing Hot Sauce was. We've gotten so many compliments on how amazing the band was. The night was a total success and a huge part of that was because of y'all. People were on the dance floor all night- which is exactly what we wanted. Y'all were PERFECT!

Thank you a million times over.

Thank you!  You all were amazing!  We had so many people ask “Who is the band?”!  We are already talking about bringing you back next year.  We loved how you interacted with the audience, kept everyone on the dance floor and played to all ages!  We had ages 18-80 there and the dance floor was always packed. 

 Thank you again, you all are great to work with!

Hi Phillip!

Thank you for your kind words!  We had a wonderful wedding day and reception.  We've had so many people compliment your music, including Mary Wilson the owner of the Leaning Tree!  We wish you could have played for longer :(  Thank you again for making our reception so fun and joyous, everything was perfect.

They were amazing...by far our favorite part of the wedding, and we've gotten so many compliments on them. They literally made the party. I couldn't imagine having anyone else...I want to find a reason to throw another party just to have them there! Thank you so much for your help. We really appreciate it.

Hot Sauce did a totally amazing job at our wedding. Everyone commented on how good the band was. Phillip was just the sweetest and we really enjoyed getting to work with him. Everything was perfect. 

Thanks for setting everything up for us, it all went wonderfully

Thanks for your kind note! Now it's our turn to thank you and Hot Sauce for making our special day into such an amazing celebration. We really appreciate the prep work and performance that went into it.

I believe Kat provided rave reviews to Ellie of EastCoast Entertainment, but if there's another way for us to provide feedback, please don't hesitate to ask.

Thanks for helping put on a great party. We appreciate everything you did. We thought everything went perfectly that day and thankful you guys were able to be a part of it. We have had multiple people tell us how great they thought you guys were. Again thanks for being easy to work with and helping us throw a great party.

Thank you Hot Sauce Party Band for helping make our wedding reception truly perfect! We've had so many guests tell us how awesome you guys were! Your energy, enthusiasm, and the way you worked the room to make everyone feel included had us all dancing and singing along to a perfect mix of songs. We knew we were in great hands in preparation for our wedding as you listened to what we wanted and double checked that you understood our requests fully, gave great feedback on our ideas, and went above and beyond to encorporate personal touches just for our day. Everyone had an amazing time! Thank you for helping make our reception such great fun! We hope to have an opportunity to work with you again!

OMG the reviews from NYE have been fantastic!!!! The crowd absolutely loved you guys! I have heard nothing but good things. I just put a call out to EastCoast Entertainment and we would like to go ahead and book Hot Sauce for NYE 2013! Let me know what to do to move forward. Thanks a million!

Thank you! You all were amazing! We had so many people ask "Who is the band?"! We are already talking about bringing you back next year. We loved how you interacted with the audience, kept everyone on the dance floor and played to all ages! We had ages 18-80 there and the dance floor was always packed.

Thank you again, you all are great to work with!

We had an amazing time and everyone we talked to loved you guys. It was perfect and I'm glad you had enjoyed yourself too! Ashley's parents said you talked for a while and they said the next event they have they want to have you!

We cant thank you enough. It was amazing!

Thank you so much for your kind words! I have been meaning to write you and the band and let you know how great you guys were and to tell you how much everyone loved you!

Phil.....I received highly positive feedback about the performance of Hot Sauce for the 4th of July festivities at the Lake Norman Yacht Club. The dance floor was packed with all ages....and many acted numerous years below their actual age. You made me look good. I do hope for a repeat performance next year.....and have heard that the person running our Labor Day Regatta has designs on booking you guys for that event as well! Great job....and we will stay in touch.

We had such an awesome time at our wedding. It was more fun than I could have ever wished for and we owe it in large part to you and Hot Sauce. We had so many compliments about the band and I had never seen many of my family members dance before, let alone on the dance floor the entire night! You really kept the party going and we loved every second of it. If we ever have an event worthy of a band in DC or south I will be sure to get in touch with you guys. You exceeded our expectations and we felt very fortunate to have you play at our wedding. You sir, are a gentleman and a true delight to work with. Everything went so smooth and was completely too easy! I did find out why the lights went off at the end of the night. My older brother tried to do one of the flip moves Holly and I did during our first dance. When he flipped the guy in the air, the guy's feet got caught in the lights and short circuited everything. We were really lucky you guys brought the lights! It almost was like it was planned, turning the dancefloor into a club scene towards the end of the night. Lastly, I was absolutely ecstatic when you played Shout for the Encore. Really rocked the night!

Thanks again and hope to rock out to Hot Sauce in the future!
Warm regards,

By all accounts, it WAS a great event!! Thanks for being so flexible and for providing such a fabulous party for the 75th Anniversary of the Virginia State Bar.

Will look forward to a return visit sometime in the near future!

I am the mother of the bride and very excited to write this review. When my daughter got engaged 10 months ago, we knew that we wanted a live band for the reception. Not knowing a lot about bands in the North Carolina area, we turned to EastCoast Entertainment. We requested a band that would bring high energy and were able to get our guest on the dance floor. The music for an evening can make or break a party. EastCoast Entertainment sent use 5 different bands to review. We chose Hot Sauce. Many of my friends could not believe that I never went to listen to them live but chose them from listening to their music through the internet. Wow, I can't begin to tell you how wonderful the evening was and all the compliments we received from our guest. Our friends and family were on the dance floor all night long. They did not want the night to end. Hot Sauce is worth every penny and more. Thank you Hot Sauce for being apart of my daughter's wedding and making her wedding a dream come true.

I just wanted to reach out and thank you, again, for playing at our wedding!!! YOU GUYS ROCKED!!! People were on the dance floor all night and everyone couldn't stop talking about how awesome you all were and what an awesome time they had!!! That day was absolutely amazing and I also wanted to say thank you for playing our song “live” for us! It was perfect! You made our day extra special and we couldn't have asked for more!

Best,

You guys are the best! Thank you so much for making our wedding reception unforgettable.

I can't even begin to tell you how long it took us to find a band we liked. Chad, his mom and I went to so many concerts last summer in the Charleston area but with Scott Toole's advice, decided to book Hot Sauce just off your demo. It was the best choice we made for the whole wedding.

You guys kept the flow and party going so wonderfully. I still have guests calling me to tell me the Band was worth whatever we paid!

Thank you so very much!

Hey Doug,

Hot Sauce was awesome! Could not have gotten a better band for our wedding. They delivered exactly what we wanted and were so friendly and professional!! I would highly recommend them to anyone!

We had the BEST time, and did not want the party to end....in large part because of Hot Sauce.

Best,

Just wanted to tell you and the guys how much fun we had at the wedding. Y'all did an amazing job!! We did not want it to end!!

Thank you so much for helping us to have a truly amazing wedding day and party!!!

Everyone said that y'all were the best, most fun band they have seen at a wedding, and will definitely recommend y'all to anyone we hear of that needs an awesome band for their event.

I could go on and on about how much fun we had....y'all brought the house down and delivered exactly what we wanted for that night.

We hope y'all had as much fun as we did! Please keep in touch and hopefully we will see y'all again very soon!!

Sincerely,

Can't thank you guys enough for putting on an awesome performance for the 3rd Annual Gopher Ball supporting The First Tee of Greater Charleston. You guys kept the crowd going all night and were a blast! Everything from the variety of songs and costumes to how you all worked the room all night was perfection! You did a excellent job of helping promote the cause and raise awareness for the organization which was very much appreciated. Thanks for the support and we hope to get you back to Charleston for another event!

Hot Sauce is the best band we have had at an event in years! Not only are they polished, professional, and amazingly, talented musicians- they are a blast! These guys party right along with you, and they know how to make a party fun. They came in with a positive attitude, ready to work. They were flexible and accommodating all night long. They kept it low key during cocktails, and knew exactly what to do to fill the dance floor when we were ready. They literally left our crowd begging for more! Hot Sauce is an excellent party band! Those five guys made our event a roaring success! I really appreciate what they did for us, and give them my highest recommendation. They are a great group of guys and a superb band!

They were great to work with... extremely nice guys, very professional, happy and talkative during setup (in the best way), great audience interaction and super fun to watch perform. I heard from more than one person that they sounded fantastic and played a great mix of songs. Thanks so much for helping me with this suggestion, they were great to work with on Saturday. Thanks again for all of your help!

Mr. Sullivan - I'm Justin P's father. While I surely don't have the experience with bands that my son does, if there is a group out there that is remotely in the same class as you guys....I would have to see it and hear it before I could ever believe it. I just wanted to thank you and the other members of your group for the role that you played in helping make my peerless son's wedding the memorable event that he deserved. Also, rest assured that the memory of my precious daughter on the dance floor with the leader of the band.... is a memory I will carry with me.

Let me first say that words cannot express what it meant to my parents and I to turn around and see you holding my sister's hand and dancing and singing with her. You and the band are a truly amazing group of people.

Next, you guys KILLED IT!!! Absolutely KILLED IT!! From the very beginning to the end y'all had the dancefloor packed from start to finish, exactly what we wanted!! There wasn't a single person in the room who did not complement the band, y'all even had everyone yelling encore at the end of the set...that doesn't happen at weddings! During the last song, Melissa and I turned around to take it all in, and it was amazing to see the dancefloor packed with people. I tell ya, we have a lot of friends getting married this summer and i'm pretty sure you guys made them very nervous, because y'all set the bar VERY high!!! Don't be surprised if they end up calling you!

I cannot thank you and the rest of the band enough for being willing to move the date and doing whatever it took to make this happen for Melissa and her family. You certainly didn't have to but it sure says a lot about who you guys are as people that you did.

Thank you soo much and please let me know if there is anywhere I can formally write you guys a recommendation, I'll be glad to do as many as necessary. I hate we didn't get to talk more before and after but I'll be keeping up with you guys and hope to see y'all at another party soon.

Thank you very much for performing at our Gala again this year, we absolutely love having Hot Sauce and our guests sure do too! Of course, we were happy to tip you guys for such a great job! Thank you for your compliments, it really was a great event, we were so pleased! And happy to announce that this year's event raised more than $63,000 with 205 guests in attendance!!! Which helped us reach our goal of a 5-year grand total of $275,000 raised for lupus. That is nearly 63,000 new opportunities to help those affected by lupus. This event has become a cornerstone of our organization, one we look forward to celebrating with beads & masks & drinks for years to come. And we would love to have the pleasure of your involvement again next year! Thank you again!

Sincerely,

Our corporate event went really well.  Hot Sauce did a fantastic job, they were professional, dynamic and had a great variety of music for all, the dance floor was full.

Holy cow – Kristen and I are still recovering from the wedding weekend but the VERY FIRST follow-up we wanted to send out is about Hot Sauce. 

Hot Sauce exceeded our expectations and wishes in every way possible.  They were professional, responsive, flexible and insightful during the planning phase.  Their equipment and lights were set up early, and looked great and un-cluttered.  They nailed the announcements and first/parent dance songs.  They wasted no time in between songs and transitions.   They were both classy and energetic on stage.  The music, both instruments and vocals, was spot-on.  They stayed true to the recordings while also adding the perfect amount of live flavor.  Their set list had the perfect mix of variety and our preferences, and kept the party building minute after minute.  We could not keep people off of the dance floor if we had tried – ages 20 to 70 were dancing and singing along consistently, including my close friends (and me) who NEVER usually dance for more than one or two songs – at least 20 people were always on the dance floor and often many more.  They always looked like they were having fun.  Their volume was perfect – guests away from the stage could talk comfortably and guests near the stage caught the energy.  They helped announce our dinner and sparkler exit perfectly.  The singer interacted with and ventured out into the crowd on some songs.

They even let me, my dad’s band and my friends sit in on a few numbers.  They made our wedding celebration especially memorable and special and it would not have been the same without them.

In high school and college I was a drummer in a party band that played all sorts of private functions, and I was expecting to find at least one thing I could criticize.  I found nothing.

Wanted to just pass back our thanks to you in helping us with booking them!

Hot Sauce was great and the perfect choice for our wedding.  They were great to work with and did an amazing job as our wedding band.  They kept everyone engaged and on the dance floor which is exactly what we were hoping for.  It was a great party!

We received many compliments from our family and friends on how great they were. We definitely would recommend them.

We would also like to see them again if they have any upcoming public events.