About
The HitPit is a musical duo for hire in Central Coast, NSW.
Greg and Belinda have more than forty years in music between them, and The HitPit is what they do with it. An acoustic duo built for rooms where a full band would be too much but you still want people on their feet, using hand and foot percussion alongside guitar to keep the pulse going. They'll play cocktail-style and chilled if that's the brief. The songs run from Horses and April Sun in Cuba through Khe Sanh, Sweet Home Alabama, Run to Paradise, Jolene, Mamma Mia and Wish You Were Here. They ask for at least thirty minutes to set up, forty-five if you can spare it, plus power and shelter from the weather outdoors. Insured.
Watch
The show
Greg and Belinda made this act for rooms where a full band would be too much but you still want guests up dancing. Hand and foot percussion runs alongside the guitar, and that's what keeps the pulse under everything and stops an acoustic duo from feeling thin. If the brief is quieter, they'll play it cocktail style and chilled instead. Versatile by design, and openly focused on making your event go well rather than on their own set list.
On the day
Half an hour is the minimum they'll ask for before starting, and 45 minutes makes for a calmer job. They'll also need to get at electricity. Outdoors, one extra thing matters: the duo and their gear have to be kept out of the weather, so a marquee or verandah earns its place.
Song list
69 songs
500 Miles – The Proclaimers
Ain’t no sunshine – Bill Withers
Another Brick in the Wall – Pink Floyd
April Sun in Cuba – Dragon
Bad Moon Rising – Creedence Clearwater Revival
Better be home soon – Crowded House
Better – Screaming Jets
Big Yellow Taxi – Joni Mitchell
Blister in the Sun – Violent Femmes
Boots are made for Walking – Nancy Sinatra
Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison
Buses and Trains – Batchelor Girl
Call me – Blondie
Come Together – The Beatles
Come up and See me – Steve Harley
Crazy – Gnarls Barkley
Danny Boy – Traditional
Dirty Ol Town – The Pogues
Dreams – Fleetwood Mac
Drops of Jupiter – Train
Dumb things – Paul Kelly
Eternal Flame – The Bangles
Every Breath you take – The Police
Fever – Peggy Lee
