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Fort Worth’s Fender Benders

Good songs.
Great nights.

The ones you know by heart.
The band that gets you singing them.

Rock, blues, soul, funk, jazz, a little country, and fan-requested originals. Four musicians from Fort Worth, bringing familiar favorites and a sound of their own to venues, private parties, and company celebrations.

Talk dates with Sam

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Call or text 817-298-0999

The four Fender Benders smiling in a band portrait against a brick wall

Best Blues Band

Two years running · 2024 & 2025
Fort Worth Weekly Music Awards — the Panthies.

Best Bassist

Amanda Brown · 2025
The 2025 awards were presented in 2026.

Official results: 2024 winners · 2025 winners

The proof is in the room

Hear the band. Meet the crowd.

Watch the 8:25 live promo or jump to a favorite. Real songs, a real night out, and a crowd that knows the words.

Your people. Our songs.

Make it your night.

Venues

Clubs, bars, restaurants, and music rooms. Blues roots, rock-and-roll energy, and familiar songs that invite the room in.

Private parties

Birthdays, reunions, and just-because celebrations. Bring your favorite people together around music they already love.

Company events

Give the team something to sing about. Talk with Sam about the occasion, the room, and the kind of evening you have in mind.

You know this one

Go ahead. Sing the next line.

Rock anthems. Soul favorites. Jazz. A little country. From the classics to Teddy Swims, here’s a taste of the live show.

Lose Control
The Door
Creep
Valerie
Sweet Caroline
Purple Rain

Don’t Stop Believin’
Friends in Low Places
My Girl
Sweet Child O’ Mine
Walk Like an Egyptian
What’s Up

Explore the repertoire — 109 songs

Rock & party favorites

All Right Now — Free
American Girl — Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Blue Suede Shoes — Carl Perkins
Born On The Bayou — Creedence Clearwater Revival
Breakdown — Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Brown Eyed Girl — Van Morrison
Can't You See — The Marshall Tucker Band
Cocaine — Eric Clapton
Creep — Radiohead
Don't Stop Believin' — Journey
Don't Worry Be Happy — Bobby McFerrin
Free Bird — Lynyrd Skynyrd
Heaven — Los Lonely Boys
Hey Jealousy — Gin Blossoms
Hey Joe
Hey Jude — The Beatles
Hey Ya! — OutKast
Hound Dog — Elvis Presley
The House Is Rockin' — Stevie Ray Vaughan
How Sweet It Is — James Taylor
I'm A Believer — The Monkees
In The Air Tonight — Phil Collins
I Saw Her Standing There — The Beatles
I Want You to Want Me — Cheap Trick
Johnny B. Goode — Chuck Berry
The Joker — Steve Miller Band
Just a Gigolo

La Bamba — Ritchie Valens
La Grange — ZZ Top
Let It Be — The Beatles
The Letter — Joe Cocker, The Box Tops
Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin' — Journey
Mary Jane's Last Dance — Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
My Own Worst Enemy — Lit
Oh, Pretty Woman — Roy Orbison
Purple Rain — Prince
Santeria — Sublime
Satisfaction — The Rolling Stones
Smooth — Santana
Stuck in the Middle with You — Stealers Wheel
Sunshine of Your Love — Cream
Suzie Q — Creedence Clearwater Revival
Sweet Caroline — Neil Diamond
Sweet Child O' Mine — Guns N' Roses
Sweet Home Alabama — Lynyrd Skynyrd
Turn The Page — Bob Seger
Tush — ZZ Top
Waitin’ for the Bus — ZZ Top
Walk Like an Egyptian — The Bangles
What I Got — Sublime
What's Up — 4 Non Blondes
Wooly Bully — Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs
You Got Lucky — Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Soul, funk & blues

Billie Jean
Black Magic Woman — Santana
Brick House — Commodores
Chain of Fools — Aretha Franklin
Cold Shot — Stevie Ray Vaughan
Crazy — Gnarls Barkley
Cross Cut Saw — Albert King
Dock of the Bay — Otis Redding
Domino — Van Morrison
The Door — Teddy Swims
Evil Ways — Santana
Give Me One Reason — Tracy Chapman
Gravity — John Mayer
Groovin'
I'd Rather Go Blind — Etta James
I'm Gonna Find Another You — John Mayer

I Will Survive — Gloria Gaynor
Leave My Girl Alone — Stevie Ray Vaughan
Lose Control — Teddy Swims
Mustang Sally — Mack Rice, Wilson Pickett
My Girl — Temptations
Play That Funky Music — Wild Cherry
Pride and Joy — Stevie Ray Vaughan
Sara Smile — Hall & Oates
The Sky Is Crying — Stevie Ray Vaughan
Some Kind of Wonderful — Grand Funk Railroad
Spooky — Classics IV
Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)
Use Me — Bill Withers
Valerie — Amy Winehouse
What's Going On — Marvin Gaye
When A Man Loves A Woman — Percy Sledge

Country & roots

Bad Things — Jace Everett
Friends in Low Places — Garth Brooks
Leaving on a Jet Plane — John Denver
Margaritaville — Jimmy Buffett
Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line — Waylon Jennings

Take It Easy
Wasted Days and Wasted Nights — Freddy Fender
The Weight — The Band
Whiskey River — Willie Nelson

Mellow & standards

Can't Help Falling in Love — Elvis Presley
Don't Get Around Much Anymore — Duke Ellington & Bob Russell
Fire and Rain — James Taylor
Fly Me To The Moon — Frank Sinatra

I Can See Clearly Now
Stand by Me
Wonderful Tonight — Eric Clapton

Originals

Chicken in My Pocket — The Fender Benders
Ever Lovin' Woman — The Fender Benders
Family Reunion — The Fender Benders
I Believe — The Fender Benders

I Wanna Get Me One of Those — The Fender Benders
Little Angel — The Fender Benders
Lovely Señorita — The Fender Benders
Over My Head — The Fender Benders

Setlists vary with the room and occasion. Some songs appear as part of a medley.

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A sound of our own

Our songs. Our sound.

Family Reunion, an original song by the Fender Benders

FAMILY REUNION An original song · Live performance

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Songs our fans ask for.

Our fans request our originals. On a typical night, when it suits the venue, roughly a quarter to a third of the set is Fender Benders originals — songs that have become part of our crowd’s own favorites.

With the covers, we put our own spin on the classics, blending blues, rock, jazz, and soul while keeping the choruses everybody loves.

▶ Listen to our original songs

Family Reunion I Believe I Wanna Get Me One of Those Lovely Señorita Ever Lovin’ Woman Over My Head

Fort Worth roots. Since 1997.

Meet your Fender Benders.

The four Fender Benders seated together in a relaxed lounge portrait

Fronted by longtime Fort Worth singer Sam Perez, the Fender Benders bring together Birdsnake Brown’s jazz guitar background, Amanda Brown’s award-winning bass playing, and drummer and producer Jon Mosig. The result is a band that makes familiar songs its own.