The NewGrass Cutters a four piece progressive ‘NewGrass’ band which plays arrangements of some of the greatest contemporary and classic songs is coming to the Brindley Theatre Runcorn on Thursday 4 April.
The Band plays highly original versions of some of the best-known rock and pop songs from the last 50 years, the arrangements combined with their four part vocal harmonies are simply brilliant.
Pete Brown, Phil Capaldi, Richard Collins and Andy Crowdy are all veterans of the UK Music Scene and have worked with many big names.
Big fans of the band already include guitar legend Albert Lee, Amen Corner’s Andy Fairweather-Low, plus Fairport Convention’s Dave Peg who invited the NewGrass Cutters to play at the internationally renowned Cropredy Festival.
The NewGrass Cutters’ performance there was a sensation with 20,000 folk fans grinning and cheering as they danced to the band’s unique banjo, lap steel, mandolin, bass and percussion version of classics like ‘Too Much Too Young’, ‘Good Vibrations’, ‘Born to be Wild’, ‘Voodoo Chile’ and ‘Listen to the Music’
The band call its style of music ‘Newgrass’- basically it is their own interpretations of top quality songs with a touch of Bluegrass.
Tickets are £18 from www.thebrindley.org.uk and the Brindley box office on 0151 907 8360