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Songwriter's Rich & Flo Newman started TagYerit in 1994 to infuse their joi de vivre vision upon the unsuspecting listening public. But even before the band could start, Flo had to build her electric guitar in the shape of a rabbit. Only then was it possible to bring their slightly off-centered view of the world to bear fruit.

Their first release Heavy Construction found critical acclaim with many reviewers and in 1996 was selected on Richard Johnston's top Editors Picks list, where he wrote, "full of the pure joy of words and music." Due to untiring online promotion of their first CD, Heavy Construction reached 6 continents. There are still a few copies available, but it is soon destined to become a collector's item. (though it will continue to be available through the digital stores.)
In 1999 they released Tubeman which once again received many fabulous reviews , though with less time spent in promoting, didn't quite reach as wide an audience.
Dateline 2007: TagYerit released Gazing Globe a 6 song EP available at CD Baby
BTW, if you're a gamer, check out the Getting Up Anthem on The Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure game. That's TagYerit's song sampled & remixed with Talib Kweli & Rakim rapping
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Joy - Bunnies Binky to TagYerit

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Member Since: 27/12/2005
Band Website: http://www.tagyerit.com
Band Members: Flo Newman - guitars & vocals
Rich Newman - bass
Jeff Thompson - drums
Patrick Lavery played drums on TagYerit's Heavy Construction CD
Fred Hazelton played drums on the Tubeman CD
Ed Vadas - Producer
Influences: Influences too many to mention. As much from life experience as from other music. However, here are a few of the major ones ... several may be obscure though are definitely worth searching out. ... others are pervasive among most songwriters ... in no particular order (and many missing from immediate recall)
Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Joni Mitchell, John Hartford, Harry Nillson, Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel, Frank Zappa, Mississippi John Hurt, Ruthann Friedman, Dar Williams, Bjork,, XTC, Elizabeth Cotton, Woody Guthrie, Steeleye Span, Carl Stolling, Ledbelly, Muddy Waters, Pentangle, Fairport Convention, They Might Be Giants, B-52s, Thompson Twins, The Police, Olatunji,
Sounds Like: Well we don't personally think we sound like any of the following, but have been compared to them at one time or another.

    B-52s Cardiacs Chrissie Hynde (The Pretenders) Luscious Jackson Joni Mitchell Alanis Morissette Grace Slick Patti Smith The Soft Machine Suzanne Vega They Might Be Giants XTC Frank Zappa (I kid you not)

Record Label: Wabbit Wecordings
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Studio Wrap Up

It's been a busy few weeks. Ed was free the week of Monday April 20th to Friday, so it was an intensive week. By the end of Friday we just didn't want to listen to any more music at all. Not by no one...
Posted by on Mon, 11 May 2009 18:43:00 GMT

Getting There - more studio nonsense

Here's a break down of a typical (for us) studio day ...By Thursday morning, Rich's amp is downstairs ready to go in the minivan and  Flo's bun-tar & Rich's bass are sitting upstairs in their cases. N...
Posted by on Sun, 19 Apr 2009 07:48:00 GMT

Notes from the Studio Days 2 & 3

Notes from Derek Studio Day 2 & 3 (Thursdays March 19 & 26 2009)The Cast:Rich (bass )Flo (rhythm/lead & vocals)Ed Vadas - Producer The CouchGreg Steele - Engineer Locale - Derek Studios, Dalton MAThis...
Posted by on Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:46:00 GMT

Who will get us to the clean energy finish line?

The Clean Machine takes the lead, but the Mean dirty carbon-chugging machine is still too close for comfort.Even though the economy is in the forefront of everyone's mind right now, ultimately the env...
Posted by on Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:00:00 GMT

Polly The POed Pumpkin awakes to an election year

Oh Yeah! It's Political Pumpkin time again. Since TagYerit's pumpkin pages receive hundreds of thousands of visits during these months ... the world's YOUR stage ... We're putting a call out to all yo...
Posted by on Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:17:00 GMT

Polly The POed Pumpkin awakes to an election year

Oh Yeah! It's Political Pumpkin time again. Since TagYerit's pumpkin pages receive hundreds of thousands of visits during these months ... the world's YOUR stage ... We're putting a call out to all yo...
Posted by on Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:17:00 GMT

Life is not a contest

This is not a testReality is not tvMost of the world will never know about youFewer will (or should) even care.When we're visiting friends or relatives who happen to like to watch American Idol we get...
Posted by on Sun, 04 May 2008 08:41:00 GMT

The Fairy Flush TP Wedding Gown

(c) (p) FloraLee Newman 2008The following was the invitation that we handed to friends at L&F's wonderful annual Mardi Gras party:"Dear friends & family,The Fairy Flush and Peter Tapilo would like to...
Posted by on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:27:00 GMT

Think it can't happen here?

Think it can't happen here? Well looks like it's all set so it could. What's that, " ... a year from now the US could be a dictatorial police state at war with Iran." I'm an optimist, so I like to be...
Posted by on Sun, 29 Jul 2007 17:00:00 GMT

Great Indie music movie

Check out "Once", if you haven't already. It's a story of a street busker and a most interesting week he has when he's befriended by a girl selling magazines on the streets in Ireland. The two are act...
Posted by on Sat, 14 Jul 2007 19:09:00 GMT