Justbass
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Houston, TX
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Bassist
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2 Verified Bookings
Kevin P. said “Justin was great!”
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Jimmy Messa is best known as the bassist of The Subdudes (along with fellow Subdudes Tommy Malone, John Magnie, Tim Cook, and Steve Amedée.) Jimmy also does vocals and acoustic guitar.
Jimmy is not only an in-demand performing artist, but an accomplished studio musician.
Jimmy was also the band leader of The Hangovers for 8 years, performing regularly at the Tropical Isle in New Orleans, Louisiana. The club was awarded the Bourbon Street Award for music by Offbeat Magazine three times.
We booked The Hangovers for our CFF fundraiser and they did NOT disappoint!! From first contact through showtime they communicated easily and effectively. The crowd loved them and they got everyone up and moving. Took requests from their extensive playlist. They brought all of their own equipment too!
The Hangovers played our wedding reception on Sept. 26, 2014, in New Orleans. Totally rocked it! They were very easy to communicate and plan with, had a huge list of songs for us to choose from, got there early, and even emceed the reception. They were a huge hit with our guests and had them dancing all night long- great band, excellent price, awesome party!
The Hangovers gave an inspired performance that captivated an audience of experienced music lovers. They simply 'rocked the house'. Jimmy and his band were extremely easy to book, work with and they entertained us all with great ease and experience. Planning another gig next year with no else but the 'Hangovers'. Thanks Jimmy.
We booked the Hangovers for our wedding this past April. They were easy to deal with and very reliable. My husband plays music, so finding a band that plays good music and plays well was a huge deal for us. We looked and looked and then came across the Hangovers and contacted them that day. They showed up on time, helped us with making announcements (ex: cake cutting, bouquet toss, ect.,) and even allowed us to come on stage as my husband sang to me! Our guests loved them and everyone really seemed to have a good time!
The Hangovers are a great "all-around" band with a very authentic sound. They can play anything. Jimmy Messa was easy to deal with and the rest of the band members were friendly and a pleasure to be around. If you are looking for a good time and a laid back band, then look no further. GREAT JOB guys!
We went searching online for a cover band for our wedding, we wanted a band rather than a DJ because of the live energy they can gather in a crowd. We happened to come across "The Hangovers", we watched and listened to a few of their YouTube songs and that definitely peaked our interest. Over the course of a few months, Jimmy Messa, one of the Hangovers band members, was very easy to talk with and negotiate the perfect price and what the Hangovers could offer. I couldn't imagine a better band to have played at our wedding. They were lively, energetic, flexible, and sounded fantastic, better than the videos they have online. One of my favorites songs they played was their finale, Superstition by Stevie Wonder. Bottom line, you get great service and entertainment with these guys and I highly recommend them if you're looking for a fun, dance-able cover band.
5 Stars All Around!
Price Range: Contact for rates
Gig Length: 45 - 480 minutes
Languages: English
Jimmy Messa provides professional musical experience featuring great vocals and stunning musicianship. His very extensive songlist assures that there's something for every musical taste.
JIMMY MESSA - Lead & Harmony Vocals - Bass
Jimmy has played all around the world for the past 3 decades. performing in Russia, Switzerland, Holland, Belgium, Italy, Germany, and in almost every state in the U.S., opening for and performing with artists such as Little Feat, Joe Cocker, Bonnie Raitt, Al Kooper, Al Green, Jefferson Starship, Joan Osborn, Jimmy Hall, Levon Helm, and Lyle Lovett, to name just a few.
From 2002 to 2011, Jimmy was a member of the much-loved New Orleans band 'The Subdudes', appearing at the past 10 New Orleans Jazz Festivals with them.
I have all of the necessary equipment to stage a professional show.
(Please note: this is only a partial song list as we are
always learning and adding new songs
...if there's a song you want that is not on the list,
just let us know and we'll have that
for you at our next performance.)
3 Dog Night - Mama Told Me Not To Come
Aaron Neville - Tell It Like It Is
Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion
Al Johnson - Carnival Time
Alabama - Dixieland Delight
Allman Brothers - Don't Want You No More
Allman Brothers - Dreams
Allman Brothers - In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed
Allman Brothers - It's Not My Cross To Bear
Allman Brothers - Melissa
Allman Brothers - Midnight Rider
Allman Brothers - Please Call Home
Allman Brothers - Ramblin Man
Allman Brothers - Statesboro Blues
Allman Brothers - Trouble No More
Allman Brothers - Whipping Post
America - A Horse With No Name
America - Sister Golden Hair
America - Tin Man
Arlo Guthrie - City Of New Orleans
Bad Company - Can't Get Enough Of Your Love
Bad Company - Feel Like Makin Love
Bad Company - Youngblood
Badfinger - Baby Blue
Badfinger - No Matter What
Beatles - A Hard Day's Night
Beatles - Act Naturally
Beatles - All I Got To Do
Beatles - All My Loving
Beatles - All You Need Is Love
Beatles - Anna
Beatles - Another Girl
Beatles - Baby's In Black
Beatles - Back In The USSR
Beatles - Bad Boy
Beatles - Birthday
Beatles - Can't Buy Me Love
Beatles - Chains
Beatles - Come Together
Beatles - Day Tripper
Beatles - Don't Let Me Down
Beatles - Eight Days A Week
Beatles - Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby
Beatles - Girl
Beatles - Glass Onion
Beatles - Got To Get You Into My Life
Beatles - Hello Goodbye
Beatles - Hey Jude
Beatles - I Feel Fine
Beatles - I Saw Her Standing There
Beatles - I'll Cry Instead
Beatles - I'm A Loser
Beatles - In My Life
Beatles - I've Just Seen A Face
Beatles - Lady Madonna
Beatles - Let It Be
Beatles - Matchbox
Beatles - Money (That's What I Want)
Beatles - Mother Nature's Son
Beatles - No Reply
Beatles - Norwegian Wood
Beatles - Nowhere Man
Beatles - Ob La Di Ob La Da
Beatles - Octopus's Garden
Beatles - Oh! Darling
Beatles - One After 909
Beatles - Please Please Me
Beatles - Rain
Beatles - Revolution
Beatles - Rock & Roll Music
Beatles - Rocky Raccoon
Beatles - Roll Over Beethoven
Beatles - Run For Your Life
Beatles - Run For Your Life
Beatles - Slow Down
Beatles - Something
Beatles - Taxman
Beatles - The Ballad Of John & Yoko
Beatles - Things We Said Today
Beatles - Ticket To Ride
Beatles - Twist & Shout
Beatles - Wait
Beatles - We Can Work It Out
Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Beatles - With A Little Help From My Friends
Beatles - Yesterday
Beatles - You Can't Do That
Beatles - You Won't See Me
Beatles - You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
Bee Gees - To Love Somebody
Big Joe Turner - Shake Rattle & Roll
Bill Withers - Lovely Day
Billy Joel - Don't Ask Me Why
Billy Joel - You May Be Right
Billy Preston - Will It Go Round In Circles
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Bob Dylan - If Not For You
Bob Dylan - It Ain't Me Babe
Bob Dylan - Just Like A Woman
Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone
Bob Dylan - Mozambique
Bob Dylan - Positively 4th Street
Bob Dylan - Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (Everybody Must Get Stoned)
Bob Dylan - Tangled Up In Blue
Bob Dylan - The Mighty Quinn
Bob Marley - Is This Love
Bob Marley - No Woman No Cry
Bob Marley - Three Little Birds
Bob Seger - Against The Wind
Bob Seger - Trying To Live My Life Without You
Bobby Troupe - Route 66
Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark
Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days
Bruce Springsteen - Hungry Heart
Buck Owens - Tiger By The Tail
Cat Stevens - Wild World
CCR - Bad Moon Rising
CCR - Born On The Bayou
CCR - Down On The Corner
CCR - Fortunate Son
CCR - Green River
CCR - Lodi
CCR - Lookin Out My Back Door
CCR - Proud Mary
CCR - Run Though The Jungle
CCR - Susie Q
Chicago - Colour My World
Chuck Berry - Johnny B Goode
Chuck Berry - No Particular Place To Go
Chuck Berry - Reelin & Rockin
Chuck Berry - Roll Over Beethoven
Clapton - After Midnight
Clapton - Badge
Clapton - Bell Bottom Blues
Clapton - Can't Find My Way Home
Clapton - Cocaine
Clapton - Crossroads
Clapton - I Shot The Sheriff
Clapton - It's Too Late
Clapton - Lay Down Sally
Clapton - Layla
Clapton - Sunshine Of Your Love
Clapton - Tulsa Time
Clapton - White Room
Clapton - Willie & the Hand Jive
Clapton - Wonderful Tonight
Climax Blues Band - Couldn't Get It Right
Commodores - Brick House
Cream - Born Under A Bad Sign
Cream - Sunshine Of Your Love
Cream - SWLABR
Cream - White Room
CSN - Ohio
CSN - Teach Your Children
David Allen Coe - You Never Even Called Me By My Name
David Bowie - Rebel Rebel
David Bowie - Space Oddity
David Bowie - Suffragette City
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water
Derek & The Dominos - It's Too Late
Dire Straits - Money For Nothing
Dire Straits - So Far Away
Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing
Doobie Brothers - Black Water
Doobie Brothers - China Grove
Doobie Brothers - Listen To The Music
Doors - L.A. Woman
Doors - Love Me Two Times
Doors - Riders On The Storm
Dr John - Such A Night
Eagles - Already Gone
Eagles - Hotel California
Eagles - Lyin Eyes
Eagles - Peaceful Easy Feelin
Eagles - Take It Easy
Earl King - Big Chief
Eddie Rabbit - I Love A Rainy Night
ELO - Rock & Roll Is King
Elton John - Bennie & The Jets
Elton John - Crocodile Rock
Elton John - Levon
Elton John - Rocket Man
Elvis - All Shook Up
Elvis - Good Luck Charm
Elvis - Heartbreak Hotel
Elvis - Little Sister
Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds
Eric Clapton - Rock & Roll Heart
Fats Domino - Blue Monday
Fats Domino - I'm Walkin
Fats Domino - Ready Willing & Able
Fats Domino - Whisky Heaven
Gary US Bonds - New Orleans
George Jones - Tall Tall Trees
Glen Campbell - Southern Nights
Gerry Rafferty - Right Down The Line
Grateful Dead - Casey Jones
Grateful Dead - Friend Of The Devil
Hank Williams - Hey Good Lookin
Hank Williams - I Can't Help It
Hank Williams - Lost Highway
Hank Williams - Mind Your Own Business
Hank Williams - Never Get Out Of This World Alive
Hendrix - Fire
Hendrix - Little Wing
Hendrix - Purple Haze
J Geils Band - Give It To Me
James Booker - Junko Partner
Jimmy Buffett - Changes In Latitudes
Jimmy Buffett - Cheeseburger In Paradise
Jimmy Buffett - Get Drunk & Screw
Jimmy Buffett - Margaritaville
Jimmy Buffett - Tin Cup Chalice
Jimmy Hall - Rendezvous With The Blues
Jimmy Hall - Too Tall To Mambo
Joe Cocker - Feelin Alright
Joe Cocker - The Letter
Joe Walsh - Rocky Mountain Way
Joe Walsh - Walk Away
John Cougar - Hurts So Good
John Denver - Country Roads
Johnny Cash - Big River
Johnny Nash - I Can See Clearly
Johnny Rivers - Secret Agent Man
Johnny Rivers - Seventh Son
Kinks - All Day & All Of The Night
Kinks - Sunny Afternoon
Kinks - Tired Of Waiting
Kinks - You Really Got Me
Larry Williams - Slow Down
Led Zeppelin - Good Times, Bad Times
Led Zeppelin - What Is And What Should Never Be
Lee Dorsey - Workin In A Coal Mine
Looking Glass - Brandy
Lovin Spoonful - Daydream
Lovin Spoonful - Summer In The City
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Gimme Three Steps
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama
Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Mel McDaniel - Louisiana Saturday Night
Merle Haggard - Okie From Muscogee
Merle Haggard - Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down
Michael Jackson - Shake Your Body Down
Monkees - Daydream Believer
Monkees - Steppin Stone
Mrs. Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel
Muddy Waters - Champagne & Reefer
Muddy Waters - Hoochie Coochie Man
Muddy Waters - I'm Ready
Neil Young - Cinnamon Girl
Neil Young - Heart Of Gold
Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel
Paul McCartney - Band On The Run
Paul McCartney - Every Night
Paul Simon - Kodachrome
Paul Simon - Late In The Evening
Paul Simon - Me & Julio Down By The Schoolyard
Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al
Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall
Pure Prairie League - Amie
Randy Newman - Guilty
Randy Newman - Louisiana
Rare Earth - I Just Want To Celebrate
Ray Charles - Unchain My Heart
Rick Derringer - Rock & Roll Hoochie Koo
Ringo Starr - It Don't Come Easy
Ringo Starr - The No No Song
Sam Cooke - Bring It On Home
Santana - Black Magic Woman
Santana - Evil Ways
Sly & The Family Stone - Everyday People
Sly & The Family Stone - Higher
Sly & The Family Stone - If You Want Me To Stay
Sly & The Family Stone - Sing A Simple Song
Sly & The Family Stone - Thank You For Lettin Me Be Myself
Smiley Lewis - Big Mamou
Spencer Davis Group - Gimme Some Lovin
Spirit - I Got A Line On You
Spirit - Nature's Way
Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild
Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride
Stevie Ray Vaughn - Pride & Joy
Stevie Ray Vaughn - The House Is Rockin
Stones - 19th Nervous Breakdown
Stones - Ain't Too Proud To Beg
Stones - Angie
Stones - Beast Of Burden
Stones - Brown Sugar
Stones - Dead Flowers
Stones - Far Away Eyes
Stones - Get Off My Cloud
Stones - Gimme Shelter
Stones - Heart Of Stone
Stones - Honky Tonk Women
Stones - It's Only Rock & Roll
Stones - Jumpin Jack Flash
Stones - Let It Bleed
Stones - Miss You
Stones - Mother's Little Helper
Stones - Out Of Time
Stones - Paint It Black
Stones - Respectable
Stones - Respectable
Stones - Ruby Tuesday
Stones - Satisfaction
Stones - Start Me Up
Stones - Sympathy For The Devil
Stones - Time Is On My Side
Stones - Under My Thumb
Stones - Waiting On A Friend
Stones - Wild Horses
Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want
Stones - You Gotta Move
Strawberry Alarm Clock - Incense & Peppermints
T Rex - Bang A Gong (Get It On)
Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World
Ted Nugent & the Amboy Dukes - Journey To The Center Of The Mind
Temptations - Just My Imagination
The Band - Cripple Creek
The Band - Ophelia
The Band - The Shape I'm In
The Byrds - Mr Tambourine Man
The Clovers - Love Potion #9
The Meters - Hey Pocky Way
The Police - Spirits In The Material world
The Subdudes - All The Time In The World
The Subdudes - Late At Night
The Turtles - Happy Together
The Who - Behind Blue Eyes
The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again
Tom Petty - Breakdown
Tom Petty - I Won't Back Down
Tom Petty - Into The Great Wide Open
Tom Petty - Listen To Her Heart
Tom Petty - Runnin Down A Dream
Tom Petty - Walls
Tom Petty - You Don't Know How It Feels
Tommy Tutone - Jenny (phone number hidden)
Traveling Wilburys - Handle With Care
Uriah Heep - Stealin
Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl
Van Morrison - Moondance
War - The Cisco Kid
Waylon Jennings - Luckenbach Texas
Wet Willie - Country Side Of Life
Wet Willie - Everything That Cha Do
Willie Dixon - Wang Dang Doodle
Willie Nelson - On The Road Again
Wishbone Ash - Blowin Free
ZZ Hill - Down Home Blues
ZZ Top - Cheap Sunglasses
ZZ Top - Just Got Paid
ZZ Top - Sharp Dressed Man
ZZ Top - Thunderbird
ZZ Top - Waitin For The Bus / Jesus Just Left Chicago
My main influences are the great groundbreaking acts of the '60's & '70's...The Beatles, The Stones, James Taylor, The Band, The Allman Brothers, etc...
But - being from New Orleans, I am also influenced by all of the great New Orleans artists - The Meters, The Neville Brothers, Fats Domino, Earl King, etc...
We are self-contained and don't require anything more than a stage and electricity!
Kevin P. said “Justin was great!”
Patrick B. said “Katie Marie played at our wedding during the cocktail hour and reception. She had exactly the style and voice we were looking for and is also a real musician…”
Sheila C. said “I’ve seen Johnny perform a few of times and each time he was great! I love his music and his personality is wonderful throughout the night.”
Crystal S. said “she did a great job at my birthday Luau a few weeks ago! Beautiful playing and she came from far away on such short notice! Hope to have her again! and…”