Adam McGrath and Jess Shanks aka The Eastern bring backpacks full of road songs, battered acoustics and no name electrics, banjo and glockenspiel, mandolin, harmonica, foot stomps and old time singing, straight from the gut, the fist and the heart.

They’ve played everywhere from Nashville to Timaru and a few stops in between. Christchurch is home but Lyttelton's where the heart is.