RareTreats
Duo / Trio · Based in Central Coast · Travels up to 100km
About this act
Jug band one minute, New Orleans string shake the next, then a Chicago blues bellow. RareTreats formed on the Central Coast in 2018 and play acoustic folk, blues, roots and rock and roll, plugged or unplugged. The four of them cover guitars, keyboard, mandolin, ukulele, banjo mandolin, piano accordion, suitcase percussion, kazoos and a thimbleful of washboard, with four part harmonies over the top. No backing tapes, no drum machines. Everything you hear happens live in the room. The set list runs from Old Crow Medicine Show, Pokey LaFarge and Memphis Slim through to the Rolling Stones, Johnny Cash and Jimmy Barnes, plus originals from their album On the Streets. They'll play close to the crowd as happily as on a stage, and they also work as a duo or trio.
Repertoire
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and The Beggars. A comprehensive eclectic mix for music lovers of all ages.
Augie March
Ben E. King
Big Joe Turner
Bobby Sands
Carl Perkins
Covers: Rolling Stones
Dallas String Band
Dead South
Dr Dom Hopkins
Elvis Presley
George Washington Thomas Jr
Graham Nash
Hobart Smiths
The Inkspots
Inkspots
Jack Casady
Jeff Browne
Jimmy Barnes
Jimmy Carroll
Johnny Cash
The Kinks
Leonard Cohen
Little Walter
Mary Hopkin
Memphis Slim
Old Crow Medicine Show
RareTreats perform great classic covers as well as songs by lots of other musicians that most people will not have heard of. These will include Pokey la Farge
Sleepy John Estes
T Bone Burnett
Thomas Allen
Tom Waits
Truckstop Honeymoon
Utah Phillips
You Gotta Move (McDowell); Tappin' That Thing (Rachell); Ramblin' Man (Williams); New Walkin' Blues (Butterfield); Hesitation Blues (trad.); Walkin' My Blues Away (McGhee); Minnie the Moocher (Calloway/Mills); Chocolate Jesus (Waits); Cakewalk Into Town (Mahal/Rachell); Sunny Afternoon (Davies); Telephone Call from Istanbul (Waits) and plenty more.