This February 5th 2022 you’re in for a special treat, Rakino!
It’s Waitangi Weekend and JT + Agnostics will be wending their way up from the Waikato to play a blues gig at the Rakino Hall. Rakino’s Holly Shepheard is featuring on vocals. It’s an outdoor gig because of ongoing covid restrictions, and I urge you to get along, because it’s going to be another memorably excellent Rakino event. Tickets are available here: https://www.rakino.org.nz/product/jt-agnostics-with-holly-shepheard/
John Thomson is the JT who sings and tells jokes and writes and arranges the songs with Maciek for JT+Agnostics.
I play bass – a 1972 Precision – I’ve played with known and unknown bands for 40 years and more. Looking back they were all about the blues – the musical and mental affliction we all suffer from/are attracted to.
A while ago I started writing songs for myself to perform when I could. Then Holly started singing with me – that’s what you’re going to hear on Saturday night in Rakino – with some of the best musicians from Sth of the Bombay Hills.
Maciek Hrybowicz – eclectic guitarist Maciek is a New Zealand guitarist born in Poland. After spending much of his life in London he moved to New Zealand where he lives with his wife. He currently composes and records his own music, produces records for Kiwi artists, plays live music in and around Aotearoa and has performed at several jazz and blues music festivals.
I’m Bill Forrest, saxophonist with the Agnostics. I live close to Raglan and am really looking forward to playing on Rakino Island with the Agnostics and the amazing Holly. 
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