Four North Coast musicians who love the blues and aren't precious about it. MERCY-MERCY play classic and contemporary covers with their own twist on most of them, and drop originals through the set: Miss You, Have Mercy, Dr Blues, Man Up, Sacred Ground, Summer Days. The covers pull from BB King, Buddy Guy, Bonnie Raitt, Tracy Chapman, Tedeschi Trucks Band and ZZ Top. In 2018 three of their songs were shortlisted in the Australian Songwriters Association Awards, one of them finishing tenth. They've held down regular rooms for years now, including The Rails in Byron Bay, Cherry Street Sports, Shaws Bay Hotel, Chinderah Tavern, the Dolphin Hotel and Twin Towns. Their own description of what to expect is four people committed to playing their backsides off. They carry a full PA and lighting when a venue needs it.
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Songs Mercy-Mercy can play
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Miss You MERCY-MERCYGive Me One Reason Tracy ChapmanCome together BeatlesSweet Home Chicago Buddy GuyHave Mercy MERCY-MERCYPrison Of Love Robin FordThe Thrill Is Gone BB KingWalkin’ By Myself Gary MoreBlues are here to stay MERCY-MERCYEveryday I got The Blues BB KingDr Blues MERCY-MERCYMercy DuffyFull Moon On Mainstreet Michael Hill Blues MobSteppin out Bondi Cigars/Buddy GuyThe Road is my Middle Name Bonnie RaittShakey Ground Dilbert McClintonMan Up MERCY-MERCYSacred Ground MERCY-MERCYSummer Days MERCY-MERCYLittle by Little Tedeschi Trucks BandSharp Dressed Man ZZ TopBlues is my Business Etta JamesWang Dang Doodle Koko TaylorLove cursed MERCY-MERCYTime to Heal MERCY-MERCYTore Down Eric ClaptonCan’t rely on you Paloma FaithBacklash Blues Nina SimoneI Just wanna make love to you Etta JamesTrue Lies Kenny Wayne ShepherdGood Golly Miss Molly Little RichardTrouble Beth HartJust got paid ZZ TopCome to Mamma Koko TaylorSuperstition Stevie WonderBlues is my business Etta JamesGoing Down Freddy KingDust my broom Elmore JamesLittle Red Rooster Howlin’ WolfWalkin’ Blues Muddy WatersDreams Fleetwood MacAll the boys in town DivinylsBooze Blues Hippos
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What to expect
Four people who play the blues properly and put everything into it. That's their own description and it's a fair one. You'll hear classic and contemporary blues covers with their own stamp on most of them, BB King and Buddy Guy through to Bonnie Raitt, Tracy Chapman and ZZ Top, and their own songs dropped through the night alongside. Miss You, Have Mercy, Dr Blues, Sacred Ground. Three of their originals were shortlisted in the Australian Songwriters Association Awards in 2018. They've held down regular rooms on the North Coast for years, so this is a band that knows how to work a pub crowd rather than just play at one.
On the day
If your venue runs its own sound, what they'd like is three vocal mics, two on guitars, a line out for bass, and at least four on the kit: kick, snare and a pair overhead. Simple enough for most rooms. If you've got nothing, they carry a full rig instead. That's a 16 channel Yamaha desk, a powered sub, two powered fifteens, four foldback wedges, and six cans for lighting. So a bare room is not a problem, it just means telling them in advance.
Performance options
A standard night from them is three sets. Three forty five minute sets is the usual shape, or three full hours if you want the longer version. Both draw on the same mix of blues covers and their own material. They can turn up with a full PA and lights when there's nothing at the venue, or plug into yours when there is. Travel further out from the Northern Rivers is worth mentioning when you enquire so it can be worked into the quote.
