I would give DBC 7 stars if it was an option as they absolutely CRUSHED our wedding on Dec. 10, 2022, in every way. We were fairly demanding clients and had a very specific vision ...for the music during our ceremony, at cocktail hour, during dinner and the reception, and for our after party. Danny (head of the band) was incredibly kind and patient with us, took note of all of our preferences and requests, and DELIVERED. Starting with the ceremony music, we had sent Danny a specific song list and Spotify versions to show how we wanted the songs to sound (we had violin, cello, and pianist from DBC). We also wanted the best man to play violin with DBC during the ceremony. Danny made it all happen and we were blown away by how the music sounded - it was even better than the Spotify versions. We also had a gospel choir surprise planned for the end of our ceremony, and asked DBC to coordinate playing the background music for the gospel choir to sing along to. Danny connected with the gospel choir and delivered an exceptional performance despite having no rehearsal with the gospel choir prior to the day of our wedding.
Danny played the saxophone during cocktail hour and it was perfect.
Moving on to the reception. First, I want to point out that we hadn't seen a lot of demo videos from DBC on their website or otherwise online, but they were recommended to us by a planner who had seen them perform. In other words, we were sort of going in a bit blind. We hired the 10 piece band and had Joey as our lead singer (with a second female singer) and HOLY SHIT did they deliver a performance of a lifetime. They played every song we asked them to, in the order we asked them to, and surprised us with songs we had requested but which they told us they didn't play. Every single band member was rocking out and appeared to be having the freaking time of their lives doing it. The horns and strings on this band are NEXT LEVEL - the violinist absolutely crushes and he and Danny (saxophone) got into the crowd multiple times. Our dance floor was packed for 4 hours straight, even during breaks.
There are also some noteworthy highlights - first, the groom surprised everyone by planning to play the drums to all the small things -- DBC let him use the drummers drum set and I (the bride) was on stage the whole time dancing and singing with the other band members. I then crowd surfed during the song, and the groom followed with a crowd surf session of his own right after. Then, DBC surprised us by playing We Will Rock You by Queen (which we'd asked them to play but they said they couldn't) and my brother who looks like Freddie Mercury got on stage and sang the whole song (followed by a crowd surf).
I don't even know what else to say other than this: we are super picky when it comes to bands, including because our wedding was the 10th wedding we attended this year and we'd seen a ton of top notch bands -- DBC'S PERFORMANCE WAS UNREAL (especially for the price!!). I cannot believe how insane they were and they made our wedding the most epic our friends had been to all year.