The Grapevine Band
Performing at AMA Art Ball 2023 will be The Grapevine Band, a group founded in Macon, the “heart” of soul and rock and roll music in Georgia. The band is recognized throughout Georgia and the Southeast as “The Premier Party Band”!
Since 1987, this band has been electrifying corporate events, conventions, wedding receptions, class reunions and other events. In 2000, The Grapevine Band received the prestigious Band of the Year award from the Atlanta Society of Entertainers. Its recent 30th year reunion was celebrated by the Macon Magazine.
The Grapevine’s musical heritage was shaped by the members’ early high school and college fraternity party bands, as well as local and national soul, blues, beach, rock, and roll bands and musicians from the 1960s forward. The Grapevine Band has performed with many well-known recording artists, including Sam and Dave, Percy Sledge, The Temptations, The Spinners, The Four Tops, the Average White Band, Grand Funk Railroad, The O’Jays, The Spinners, the Ohio Players, The Tams, The Swinging Medallions, Chubby Checker, General Johnson & The Chairman of the Board, and many others.
Today, the band offers a broad genre of music. It specializes in favorite hit songs that bring back memories and entice the audience to get up and dance. The band is comprises experienced, professional musicians performing on horns, drums, guitars, keyboard, vocals, as well as the Grapevine dancers/percussionists. The Grapevine Band provides its audiences a rare party experience characterized by entertaining music, energy, showmanship, and overall professionalism.