Please read our genuine reviews and see our crowd shot pictures from previous performances. We put our heart and souls into every performance and guarantee you will not be disappointed.
"The videos of these guys really don't do them justice. If we could capture the magic and memories they created on our wedding day for all to see they would be booked everyday for the next ten years. We booked them for our wedding breakfast and evening entertainment and could not have asked for a better band. Absolutely perfect. If you are looking for entertainment that will keep your guests talking then don't hesitate to book these guys. They go out of their way for even the strangest requests and get everyone involved in such a fun and relaxing way. I never thought I'd see my Great Grandma rocking a cow bell. Don't look around for a better band because you won't find one, we are just looking for another excuse to book a party so we can have them back" (Mr & Mrs Murphy)
Rag Tag Misfits are a unique 2 piece acoustic band specialising in weddings, corporate events, ceremonies, house concerts, proposals, functions and parties and guarantee to add an atmosphere to any event to be remembered. No cheesy backing tracks are used and its always live.
Every gig is tailor made to suit your needs with a friendly yet professional service. They also offer a laptop DJ service to accommodate all your entertainment needs. Included in the cost for all private functions is an interactive percussion session where your guests or clients have the chance to "jam with the band".
The band also offer a totally unplugged walk around service. Using no amplification the band are able to walk around performing. This is perfect for surprising your guests during dinner or ceremonies.
With different sized top of the range equipment and such a varied repertoire they are able to accommodate any event depending on the atmosphere the client wishes to create from intimate dinners in a conservatory to a full blown party in a castle. They can also learn a special song for your event at no extra cost.
Professional full time musicians, very experienced with fantastic crowd interaction who have captivated audiences worldwide with their percussive foot stomping music and their unique performance routine. They have performed at over 1000 gigs in the UK, USA and New Zealand.
Their act consists of Acoustic Guitar, Bass Pickup, Cajon (Acoustic Drum), Vocal Harmonies and Harmonica and a bagful of percussion instruments to encourage audience participation. No backing tracks are used, so its always live and always entertaining.
With different sized top of the range equipment and such a varied repertoire they are able to accommodate any event depending on the atmosphere the client wishes to create from intimate dinners in a conservatory to a full blown party in a castle. They are also available to perform totally unplugged if required and can provide instrumental music with acoustic guitar for your ceremony, wedding proposal or dinner entertainment
Becoming very popular, they have developed a Pop Up Acoustic session. If required they can easily swap locations in a venue during dinner, wedding breakfasts, evening entertainment etc., using a battery powered amp when and where you need them (no electricity is required for this setup). Guests are entertained in style and can be encouraged to join in with percussion instruments for those feeling musical. This is a great ice breaker and encourages your guests to interact.
They are based in the North West of England and able to travel worldwide (and often do), with a huge repertoire of popular cover music. Please contact for a full set list as only a sample one is available here.
Their standard set list usually consists of 2 x 45 min or 3 x 30 min sets, although they are very flexible with timings and can perform for shorter or longer periods as required. They also offer the interval music in between sets to be played through the PA.
They have public liability insurance and all equipment is PAT tested. They have UK Passports and are able to travel worldwide. They can also provide risk assessments, contracts and invoices on request.
Please find below a sample of their set list (songs can be learnt upon request)
They have performed in a wide range of places. Alongside house concerts and wedding proposals , a sample client and venue list is as follows:
Jaguar & Landrover, Liverpool
Bouygues Group
M62 Vincis
Crown Plaza, Liverpool
Age UK, Liverpool
The Royal Navy – HMS Eaglet
Kent International Scout Jamboree - Cheltenham Racecourse
Earth Garden Festival - Malta
Parr Street Studios, Liverpool
BugJam VW Festival, Santapod Raceway
House Of Blues, Chicago
The Double Tree by Hilton, Chester
Hard Days Night Hotel, Liverpool
The Athenaeum Private Members Club, Liverpool
Artists Private Members Club, Liverpool
Wurzledubz VW Festival, Somerset
Woolstock, West Sussex
Blue Coat, Liverpool
Stone Henge Inn, Salisbury
Skelwith Fold Holiday Resort, Cumbria
Village Hotel, Bromborough, Merseyside
Poulton Community Choir, Lancashire
Willington Hall, Torporley
Inglewood Manor, Cheshire
The Dovecot Hotel, Liverpool
Love Your Local Market, Lancashire
Wyresdale Park, Scorton
Illawalla Country Cluib, Lancashire
Eden Barn, Little Musgrave
Grove House Hotel, Wallasey
Woodvale Rally, Southport
Hazelgrove Golf Club, Stockport
Statham Lodge, Lymm
Kings Acre, Chester
Royal Liver Buildings, Liverpool
Thornton Hall, Thornton
Formby Hall & Golf Club, Formby
Hard Days Night Hotel, Liverpool
Sefton Palm House, Liverpool
Isla Gladstone Conservatory, Sefton Park, Liverpool
Meols Hall, Churchtown, Merseyside
Octavias Cafe, Wisbech
CHET, Little Crosby, Liverpool
Mossock Hall Golf Club, Bickerstaffe, Lancashire
WOWO Music Making Holiday Park – Sussex
Base Backpackers – Auckland, New Zealand
The Hope Street Boutique Hotel, Liverpool
Liverpool Marina – Liverpool
Twenty Five Champagne & Cocktail Bar, Liverpool
Revolution Cocktail Bar, Liverpool
Pukekohe Rugby Club, New Zealand
Sir Thomas Hotel, Liverpool
The Outgate Inn, Cumbria
Woolpack at The Wharf, Lancashire
The Racquet Club Hotel, Liverpool
Hurlston Hall Golf & Country Club, Lancashire
Grizedale Camping & Horse Holidays, Cumbria
Hendre Hall, Bangor
Southport Masonic Hall, Southport
The Vincent Hotel, Southport
The Queens Head Hotel, Cumbria
The Kings Arms Hotel, Cheshire
Common Room Bar, Cheshire
The Hop Vine, Lancashire
Bickerstock Music Festival
Manor Farm Music Festival
Grizedale Rocks Music Festival
Fidlers Ferry Sailing Club, Penketh
The Elephant Hotel Restaurant, Liverpool
Shack Bar & Grill – Hilton Street , Manchester
Liverpool One Shopping, Residential & Leisure Complex
Meadowhall Retail Complex, Sheffield
Serco Leisure
BBC Radio
Merseytravel
Liverpool City BID & Derby City BID
The Royal Air Force
Lancashire County Council
CMP Entertainment
The Trussell Trust
Sefton MBC
Plus many, many more
Based in Liverpool, Merseyside
WE ARE ALSO ABLE TO LEARN SONGS SPECIFICALLY FOR YOUR EVENT
1950s
Little Things Mean a lot - Kitty Kallen
My Baby Don’t Care – Nina Simone
Que Sera Sera – Doris Day
Lets Fall In Love – Cole Porter
1960’s
Bad Moon Rising – Credence Clearwater
Bare Necessities – Louis Armstrong
Boots are made for Walking – Nancy Sinatra
Born to be wild – Steppenwolf
Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison
C'est La Vie - Chuck Berry
Dancing in the Street – Martha & The Vandellas
Daydream Believer - Monkees
Do You Love Me – The Contours
Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood – The Animals
Don’t Think Twice – Bob Dylan
Dream a Little Dream – Ella Fitzgerald
Everybody’s Talking – Harry Nilsson
Feeling Good – Nina Simone
Folsom Prison Blues – Johnny Cash
Hard To Handle – Otis Reading
Help From My Friends – The Beatles
Hit the Road Jack – Percy Mayfield
I’m a Believer – The Monkees
In My Life – The Beatles
Leaving on a Jet Plane- John Denver
Lifting me Higher – Jackie Wilson
Love Me Do – The Beatles
Proud Mary – Credence Clearwater Revival
Put A Little Love – Jackie De Shannon
Sitting at the Dock - Otis Redding
Stand By Me - Ben E King
Sunny Afternoon – The Kinks
Suspicious Minds – Elvis
The Twist – Chubby Checker
Those were the days – Mary Hopkin
Wanna Be Like You – King Louis
When I’m 64 – The Beatles
1970’s
Angel of the Morning – The Carpenters
All Along the Watchtower – Hendrix/Dylan
Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen
Crocodile Rock – Elton John
Dreadlock Holiday – 10cc
Dreams – Fleetwood Mac
Fire & Rain - James Taylor
Forever in Blue Jeans - Neil Diamond
Have You Ever Seen the Rain –Rod Stewart
I Can See Clearly Now – Johnny Nash
I Feel The Earth Move – Carole King
Jolene – Dolly Parton
Mama Mia – ABBA
Never Ending Love – Delaney & Bonnie
No Woman, No Cry – Bob Marley
Ohh La La - The Faces
Rhiannon – Fleetwood Mac
Songbird – Fleetwood Mac
Squeezebox – The Who
Stuck In The Middle – Steelers Wheel
Sweet Home Alabama – Lynard Skynard
Take the long way home – Supertramp
The One That I Want – Grease
Three Little Birds – Bob Marley
Time in a Bottle – Jim Croche
Wild World – Cat Stevens
You can get it – Jimmy Cliff
You’ve got a Friend – Carol King
Your So Vain – Carly Simon
1980’s
500 Miles – The Proclaimers
Always On My Mind – Willie Nelson/Elvis
Baby Can I Hold You Tonight – Tracy Chapman
Break My Stride – Matthew Wilder
Dancing in the Dark – Bruce Springsteen
Don’t Worry, Be Happy – Bobby McFerrin
Fishermans Blues – The Waterboys
Handle with Care – Travelling Wilburys
I Guess That’s Why They Call It The Blues – Elton John
Keep It All In – The Beautiful South
Little Respect – Erasure
Red, Red Wine – UB40
Revolution – Tracy Chapman
Sad Songs – Elton John
Sit Down - James
Thats Entertainment – The Jam
Tide is High - Blondie
True Colours - Eva Cassidy
We Don’t Have to take our clothes off- Jamone
Why Worry – Dire Straits
Start Me Up – The Rolling Stones
1990’s
Can’t Help Falling in Love – UB40
Champagne Supernova – Oasis
Half The World Away – Oasis
Kingston Town – UB40
Save Tonight – Eagle Eye Cherry
Wonderwall - Oasis
You’ve got a friend – Randy Newman
Broken Stones – Paul Weller
2000’s
Better Together – Jack Johnson
Black Horse & the Cherry Tree – KT Tunstall
Dakota – Stereophonics
Galway Girl – Steve Earle
I’m Yours – Jason Miraz
Importance of Being Idle – Oasis
Somebody Told Me – The Killers
Teenage Dirtbag – Wheatus
Rocks Off - Primal Scream
Valerie – The Zutons
Whistle For The Choir – The Fratellis
You’ve Got The Love – Florence
Man Gave Names –Bob Dylan/Jason Miraz
2010 – Present
All About the Bass - Meghan Trainor
Blame it on Me – George Ezra
Blinding Lights – The Weeknd
Blurred Lines – Robin Thicke
Buddapest – George Ezra
Dance Monkey – Tone & I
Get Lucky – Daft Punk
Ho Hey – The Lumineers
Hold Back the River – James Bay
Lullaby – Gerry Cinnamon
Perfect – Ed Sheeran
Renegade – X Ambassadors
Senorita – Cabello & Mendes
Shotgun – George Ezra
Shut up & Dance – Walk The Moon
Somebody I Used to Know – Gotye
Texas Holdem – Beyonce
Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran
Wake Me Up - Avicci
We Found Love – Rhianna
Parking space close to venue to load equipment.
Power Sockets
Yes, we’re completely self contained. We bring our own PA system to all of our gigs as well as a simple lighting rig.
We need to know any directions that will help us find the venue and find the right place to load in our equipment. We’d also need to be informed if there’s a sound limiter in the venue.
Yes, we’re happy to play music from Spotify before, after and between our sets. We’re happy to choose the music ourselves or let the client choose the music
Our set list usually consists of 1 x 1 hour, 2 x 45 min or 3 x 30 min sets, we are very flexible with timings and can perform for shorter or longer periods to suit a clients requirements. Our smaller PA requires a setup time of 30 mins and the larger PA requires a setup time of 1 hour. We are also able to provide unplugged entertainment with no power required and instrumental music on acoustic guitar for ceremonies, proposals or dinner entertainment.
Hard Days Night Hotel, Liverpool
Sefton Palm House, Liverpool
The Athenaeum Private Members Club, Liverpool
Parr Street Studios, Liverpool
Artists Private Members Club, Liverpool
House Of Blues, Chicago
The Double Tree by Hilton, Chester
Isla Gladstone Conservatory, Sefton Park, Liverpool
Meols Hall, Churchtown, Merseyside
CHET, Little Crosby, Liverpool
Mossock Hall Golf Club, Bickerstaffe, Lancashire
Base Backpackers – Auckland, New Zealand
The Hope Street Boutique Hotel, Liverpool
Twenty Five Champagne & Cocktail Bar, Liverpool
Revolution Cocktail Bar, Liverpool
Sir Thomas Hotel, Liverpool
The Racquet Club Hotel, Liverpool
Hurlston Hall Golf & Country Club, Lancashire
Hendre Hall, Bangor
Southport Masonic Hall, Southport
The Vincent Hotel, Southport
The Queens Head Hotel, Cumbria
The Kings Arms Hotel, Cheshire
BugJam VW Festival, Santapod Raceway, Wurzledubz Festival, Somerset
Bickerstock Music Festival, Manor Farm Music Festival, Grizedale Rocks
Liverpool One Shopping, Residential & Leisure Complex
Serco Leisure, BBC Radio, Merseyrail
Liverpool & Derby City BID, Sheffield Meadowhall
The Royal Air Force, The Royal Navy
CMP Entertainment, The Trussell Trust, Sefton MBC