Celtic blues from the once Ireland based but now located in the rather kinder climates of Australia, Hat Fitz and Cara Robinson make the long trip home to Ireland to be part of Electric Picnic 2012.
We asked them a few of our festival questions to get an idea of the kind of festival people there are. Among other things, they would like a horse on their rider so they could arrive on it and would like a duet with Mavis Staples.
You can catch Hat Fitz and Cara Robinson at Electric Picnic in the Body and Soul area on Friday.
What is your favorite song to play at a festival and why?
Power as it is a builder of momentum and it gets all the crowd going wild and joining in too.
If you could duet with any act at a festival, who would it be?
Mavis Staples would rock our boat
If you could have anything even outrageous, what is the strangest thing you would have on a rider?
A horse so we could ride in on it it would have to be a big clydsdale as there’s two of us!
Do you ever camp or do you posh it up?
Posh it up when ever we can!
If you could pick 4 headliners for a festival who would they be?
From the passed would be Hound dog taylor, Elmor James, coco taylor and nina simone
Have you ever been starstruck backstage at a festival or gig?
No
Most embarrassing festival moment?
Falling off the stage
How quickly can you pitch a tent?
We can’t pitch
Food wise do you have any must have festival foods?
Fruit and what ever is going that’s fresh.
If you could never be in a band, what job do you think you would be doing right now?
Mail escort/ private dancer.