RAG POETS are a bunch of New Zealand musicians from Wellington, who, individually, have been on the local scene with various different combinations, for more years than they care to remember.
And they will be featuring in a gig at the Kāpiti Boating Club, Paraparaumu Beach on Saturday June 17th (see poster below for details).
During the late 90’s, bassist Clinton Brown, gathered musicians of his choice, to play the music he wanted to perform ‘live’.
The result today, is a band with a country roots flavour featuring the songs of various artists such as Neil Young, The Springfields, The Grass Roots, (1960’s), Jason Isbell, and many others. Adding to the mix, they throw in a handful of original compositions.
The band loves to express itself vocally, bringing rich sweet harmonies to the arrangements, of the material they choose to play. Some of which, is from the 50s and 60s era. ‘Ruby Baby’, ‘Cool Water’, ‘Dark Moon’, C’est La Vie’.
They like to explore kiwiana music, ‘The Windy City Strugglers’, ‘Miles Calder and The Rumour’, ‘The Black Seeds’, and the ‘Americana’ artists like ‘Boz Scaggs’, ‘The Traveling Wilburys’ and ‘John Prine’.
