The Big Muffin Serious Band will be raising the roof and lowering the dress standard at the Tauranga Citizens Club on September 11. Photo/supplied
The Big Muffin Serious Band has been creating ukulele-based musical mayhem for more than 30 years and is in Tauranga on September 11 to do it all again.
The Muffins play a curious mix of popular hits from the 1920s, loving parodies of rock anthems, and musical oddities from all
round the world.
They have played all over the country at music and arts festivals, music clubs, universities, polytechs and secondary schools. The band has made several television appearances, toured an original shadow-puppetry show, won busking competitions, and were voted Worst-dressed New Zealand Band three years in a row.
Originally from Hamilton, but now based in Te Pahu, its members are: Ukulele virtuoso and multi-instrumentalist Jim Fulton, Graeme Cairns aka The Laird McGillicuddy, long-term bassist/percussionist and luthier, Bevan Galbgaith. They have recently been joined by artist, comedian, interpretive dancer and bass singer James Sutherland.
the fine print
What: Big Muffin Serious Band
Where: Tauranga Citizens Club
When: September 11, 5-8pm
