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Dr Butler’s Hatstand Medicine Band + The Tragics
Saturday, 28 June 2025 @ 5:30 pm - 10:00 pm
The Hatstand Medicine Band are a travelling troupe of musicological minstrels, peddling the good Doctors homemade tonic to all four corners of the land. Formed from a secret combination of early blues and jazz forms, a sprinkle of ragtime, a dash of folk tradition, the essence of old-time religion, a pinch of music hall wit and a teaspoon of vaudevillian showoffery.
The result is a morally good music which is replete with harmonic tones of joy and fulfilment; a natural aid to titillation and a guaranteed restorer of vitality, vim and vigour.
This is music for foot stomping and toe tickling that joins hearts with flesh and invigorates the thinking mind.
The result is a morally good music which is replete with harmonic tones of joy and fulfilment; a natural aid to titillation and a guaranteed restorer of vitality, vim and vigour.
This is music for foot stomping and toe tickling that joins hearts with flesh and invigorates the thinking mind.
“Dr Butler’s Hatstand Medicine Band continue to delight audiences across the country with their unique brand of good-time music. Every performance delivers an exciting range of audial treats.” – The Bridgewater Hall
The Tragics : Americarnage Pie with a deep rock filling.
The Tragics were born on a Friday afternoon in the Sowerby Bridge of long ago when, fuelled by a crippling overdose of tea and cheap tobacco Jim Tragic (Guitar, Vocals) and Andy Greaves (Guitar, Vocals) all of a sudden started to play ‘country music’ by mistake. Shortly afterwards Andy learned to play the mandolin, this time on purpose.
The Tragics have long since swollen to a five-piece band – Expect songs in a wide variety of styles, delivered with cheerful savagery, memorable melodies and most importantly, not too many chords.