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The Mighty Untouchables’ Chaka Khan cover is a hit

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A locally-based band has generated hundreds of thousands of hits on their latest video.

The Mighty Untouchables, a musical group that performs everything from Motown to classic rock, has reached new heights of popularity with a video of their cover of Chaka Khan’s “I Feel For You.”

Several members of the group live in the Poway and Rancho Bernardo area.

The video, which was recorded live in the studio, has earned over 3,000 views on YouTube and 217,000 views on Facebook. It can be viewed on the band’s website at mightyuntouchablesband.com.

“Isn’t it crazy?” said Mark Fulton, the bandleader, guitarist and vocalist for the group. “We’ve been getting messages (about the video) from across the world.

The Mighty Untouchables posted the video in June and it is still going strong, said Fulton.

Fulton said the group had gone into the studio to record a new demo and wanted to include more live footage. “We had some extra time,” said Fulton.

The group has been performing the cover live, using an arrangement by Mike Holguin, music director for the group as well as the drummer, for several years. Fulton said they decided to record this cover as a tribute to Prince, who wrote the song. “We fell in love with a live version of the song recorded at the North Sea Jazz Festival in 2011. Our very own Mike Holguin directed a killer arrangement of the song for us featuring a blazing horn section. We’ve been playing it at our shows live now for several years so it was a complete joy to get in to the studio and record it,” the group said on its website.

The Mighty Untouchables have received messages from around the globe, said Fulton, including several from respected names in the music industry, praising their cover and the video. “We never thought it would get so much interest,” said Fulton. “It’s great to see it spread.”

Fulton said he wasn’t sure why the video appealed to so many people, but thought it might be because of the arrangement and the high-caliber of the musicians performing it live.

The Mighty Untouchables has been performing together for about six or seven years, said Fulton, with mostly the same musicians. The group includes Fulton, Holguin, Bobby Cressey on keys (Cressey is also the keyboard player for the Padres, Fulton said), Danielle Tucker on vocals, Donovan Hurst on vocals, Greg Merrill on bass and Leonard Tucker on vocals.

The band mainly performs at corporate events, including private parties, but also does weddings, , casinos and public city concerts. The group recently kicked off the Poway summer concert series, as has also performed at concerts in Del Mar, Coronado and Carlsbad.

The Mighty Untouchables can be seen next at a free concert in Carmel Mountain Ranch on Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. at 10152 Rancho Carmel Drive.

“I do love those city concerts,” said Fulton. “We’re doing one in Carmel Mountain Ranch because I live in Sabre Springs and that’s my neighborhood.”

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