Tuesday, Sept. 8th: Drugstore Cowboys + Supports
The Drugstore Cowboys are the kind of folks hanging around the corner store chewin' the fat but when you listen closely you'll find that 90 per cent of their conversations are actually song lyrics. They live and breathe songs ancient and modern, folk, rock and country and in between.
When they start strummin' their infernal guitars things start to get messy with lots of crazy licks competing with the encyclopaedic verses they seem to be familiar with as their life force gospel.
In this bunch of milk bar desperadoes you'll find members of The Wooden Box Band, The Zimmermans, Search for Yeti and the Ali Whitton Band.
Consider this - you'll be listening to Paddy Burgin on Weissenborn slide and regular guitar and harmonica, one of his many descendants Oscar on lead guitar, folk bassist Murray Costello on bass and on drums is Sean Barker - who - legend has it, has a member of The Shadows as his godfather.
Their repertoire includes some Wooden Box Band material, solo spots, a bit of Mr Zimmerman and a few others of that ilk - interspersed with a few yarns about how the songs came to be.
Half Moon
Half Moon is Rob Reid and Dave Allen, both well-known around the lower North Island playing in Harvest Moon, Salty Hearts, Short Term Memory, In the Groove, Hogsnort Bulldogs, Gravel Road, and Four on the Floor.
Rob and Dave both sing and play a range of instruments including acoustic and electric guitars, ukulele, banjo and harmonica. The Half Moon name is a light-hearted, respectful nod to Wellington band Harvest Moon, which is how they first met.
Half Moon’s material covers a broad sweep of genres, focussed around acoustic instruments and vocal harmonies, and a repertoire that includes plenty of well-known material and some personal favourites.
Tim and Barry
TIM THORPE is a local singer / songwriter & pianist who writes about people that are close to him, plus plays his own take on various well known songs.
Formerly with Free & Frank, and The Sentimental Blokes, he also plays ukulele and tin whistle. Barry is sitting in with him on brushes.
