About
Two Tears in a Bucket is a musical duo for hire in Brisbane, QLD.
Nathan and Michelle build their sets around originals, roughly seven songs in ten, and it shows in the writing. Two Tears in a Bucket work in blues and roots, taking old Piedmont and Delta picking styles and running them through punk, funk and rock grooves. The covers that fill the rest come from blues standards, old cabaret numbers and bluegrass. As a duo they lean on a stomp box for the low end, and they'll expand to three pieces with drums, or four with bass added. They've played major venues and festivals around the country and shared bills with Mason Rack, Z Star Trinity, Salt n Steel and Lecia Louise. They bring a PA for small to medium rooms, plus their own carpet. Public liability insurance is in place.
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The show
Roughly seven in every ten songs are their own. That's unusual for a function act and it changes the feel of a night considerably. The style is blues and roots, with the oldest picking traditions, Piedmont and Delta country among them, pushed through punk, funk and rock grooves. Nathan and Michelle sing it, and the lyric writing carries a lot of weight. The covers that fill out the rest are a mixed bag: blues standards, old cabaret numbers, some country bluegrass. As a duo they use a stomp box to keep the low end moving. Add drums and it's a three piece. Add bass on top and it's four.
On the day
Their own PA covers small to medium rooms. Two power points is what they'd prefer, though one will do at a pinch. They bring their own carpet, which sounds trivial until you've watched a stomp box slide across a polished floor. Two metres squared is about the smallest area the duo can work in.
Performance options
Sets run 45 to 55 minutes, and you can book either two or three of them. The duo is the standard shape, with a PA supplied, though if your venue already has a system they can play through that instead. Add drums for a three piece, again with or without their own PA. The four piece brings bass in as well and comes with the PA. Pick the format first and the set count second.
Insurance and paperwork
Public liability insured
Song list
14 songs
She's got the Jack ACDC
Dance me to the end of love LEONARD COHEN
Mystery Train TRADITIONAL
Kokomo TRADITIONAL
Rollin in my sweet babies arms TRADITIONAL
Mother Earth MEMPHIS SLIM
Boulevarde of Broken Dreams TRADITIONAL
Folsom Prison JOHNNY CASH
Wayfaring Stranger TRADITIONAL
Lost Highway HANK WILLIAMS
Mr Fantasy TRAFFIC
Feelin Good NINA SIMONE
Caleb Myer GILLIAN WELCH
Barrelhouse Boogie TRADITIONAL
