The Pigs

The Pigs are best known for their banjo driven version of Beyonce’s Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It), as seen on Spicks and Specks. T-Bone Pig, claims to have written the song in 1922 while sitting on the family porch. At a Pigs’ gig, you’ll hear country versions of such unexpected songs as Rage Against The Machine’s Killing In The Name, Guns n Roses’ Sweet Child O Mine and even Technotronic’s Pump Up The Jam!

“It was a cold morning in 1933 when I walked into our old jam factory to find the pump was broke… So I awoke my family, with the cry, “Boys, the jam pump has broke! We’s gonna have to Pump up the Jam… by hand!” – T-Bone Pig on writing Pump up the Jam.

As well as the mega-hit songs that The Pigs claim to have written, the Pigs have a swag of cracking original tunes, including their lastest single, Macho Moisturiser, the tale of a big country boy with “skin like the softest part of a duck. Hey Christina, a wickedly funny breakup song is another Tamworth crowd favourite.

Joining Stretch, T-Bone, Cousin-Billy Bob and Cousin Archie on stage this year will be Cousin Montz Matsumuto on Banjo, Cousin Mark Oats on Fiddle and Cousin Jebediah on Mandolin – playing old favourites, as well as a swag of brand new tunes.