Tuesday, Mar. 10th: Cut The Power + Supports
Freddy Sayer, Pierre Lange-Gerrard (The Pretty Boys) and Logan Hughes
Freddy and Pierre (The Pretty Boys) have been playing music together since meeting at primary school after Pierre arrived from France at age seven. When the boys were 10yrs old, they were invited by Ruth Pretty to busk and raise money for a drama school trip at her (famous in Te Horo and the world) Friday Frolics. This led to raising money for all sorts of things at Ruth’s, many themed concerts, also the name of the act - The Pretty Boys who played regularly at Ruth’s every year, until she retired and closed up shop in 2024.
Freddy and Pierre are also long-time musical collaborators with Logan Hughes (Logan, Freddy and Pierre have all been part of the dub, jazz and funk fusion group Powercut since 2021) and now they have joined forces again to create a trio they call - Cut The Power. This trio is a blending of The Pretty Boys sensibilities and the musical prowess of the Rockquest winning Powercut. This band has an acoustic, rootsy type of thing going on and the 3 young men have crafted a set of enjoyable, funky vibed and accessible songs using some traditional folk instruments and their voices.
They will play some of the Pretty Boys covers that they love and treat you to some of their own original songs along the way. All three boys play various instruments - keys, acoustic guitar, double bass, uke, sometimes accordion and more. They all sing skillful harmonies with each other and have considerable experience as performers. They bring expertise, cool energy and much enjoyment to any performance.
The Pretty Boys were recently invited to play at ‘A Taste of Kāpiti and Horowhenua’ at the Beehive in Wellington and were the perfect act to entertain the hundreds of invited guests and people showcasing their products throughout the event. They play many private functions and have been guests at Stationhouse Social Club, the Seagrass Gallery concerts and many more. Cut The Power were part of the Ōtaki Night Market line up in 2025 alongside Casual Healing (Nikau Te Huki) and are playing more gigs over the summer of 26.
Gumbo
Gumbo is a local band that plays a mix of roots music—country, blues, Americana, standards, rock and folk.
On guitars, upright bass, banjo, fiddle and more instruments, the band plays driving and catchy music that is acoustic and electric, older and newer, and fresh and familiar.
Gumbo’s choice of songs span a world of deserts and borderlands, rivers and bayous, canyons and mountain passes, city limits and small towns, highways and honky-tonks, stories from the road, and the relational and the personal.
So gather 'round friends, why hurry? Let's all try some Gumbo.
Dean Murray
Environmentalist, Luthier, fisherman, gardener, builder, beekeeper, partner, father and grandfather.
Songs about the land and the people, the environment and connections, played on guitars made by Dean, with some harmonica in country/folk/reggae genre.
Portable Panic
With their repertoire of delicious and delightful songs, Tony and Jenny have been the main guests in many clubs. They have performed for us on a number of occasions. They have very different musical backgrounds. Jenny was virtually brought up as a folkie singing acapella. Tony is a child of rock’n’roll, who later counted Laughing Lenny Cohen, Dory Previn, and various McGarrigles and Wainwrights as role-models.
Tony has won prizes for songwriting, we hope they include one or two of those on Tuesday night, along with songs from others they admire.
