RACKETT (band)

RACKETT is a self-described "three-car garage rock" band that originated from songs written and recorded by the poet

Poetry

Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...

 Paul Muldoon

Paul Muldoon

Paul Muldoon is a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet from County Armagh, Northern Ireland as well as an educator and academic at Princeton University.-Life and work:...

 and the 17th century poetry

17th century in poetry

-Denmark:* Thomas Kingo, Aandelige Siunge-Koor , hymns, some of which are still sung-Other:* Martin Opitz, Das Buch der Deutschen Poeterey , Germany-Danish poets:* Anders Arrebo...

 scholar Nigel Smith during mid-to-late 2004. Muldoon

Paul Muldoon

Paul Muldoon is a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet from County Armagh, Northern Ireland as well as an educator and academic at Princeton University.-Life and work:...

 and Smith are joined by Stephen Allen, "an entertainment lawyer"; Bobby Lewis; and Lee Matthew, a "scholar of medieval polyphony

Polyphony

In music, polyphony is a texture consisting of two or more independent melodic voices, as opposed to music with just one voice or music with one dominant melodic voice accompanied by chords ....

." The spelling of the group's name derives from the medieval instrument of the same appellation

Rackett

The Renaissance rackett is a double reed wind instrument related to the bassoon.There are several sizes of rackett, in a family ranging from soprano to great bass. Despite a relatively low tone, the rackett is actually quite small...

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RACKETT is a self-described "three-car garage rock" band that originated from songs written and recorded by the poet

Poetry

Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...

 Paul Muldoon

Paul Muldoon

Paul Muldoon is a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet from County Armagh, Northern Ireland as well as an educator and academic at Princeton University.-Life and work:...

 and the 17th century poetry

17th century in poetry

-Denmark:* Thomas Kingo, Aandelige Siunge-Koor , hymns, some of which are still sung-Other:* Martin Opitz, Das Buch der Deutschen Poeterey , Germany-Danish poets:* Anders Arrebo...

 scholar Nigel Smith during mid-to-late 2004. Muldoon

Paul Muldoon

Paul Muldoon is a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet from County Armagh, Northern Ireland as well as an educator and academic at Princeton University.-Life and work:...

 and Smith are joined by Stephen Allen, "an entertainment lawyer"; Bobby Lewis; and Lee Matthew, a "scholar of medieval polyphony

Polyphony

In music, polyphony is a texture consisting of two or more independent melodic voices, as opposed to music with just one voice or music with one dominant melodic voice accompanied by chords ....

." The spelling of the group's name derives from the medieval instrument of the same appellation

Rackett

The Renaissance rackett is a double reed wind instrument related to the bassoon.There are several sizes of rackett, in a family ranging from soprano to great bass. Despite a relatively low tone, the rackett is actually quite small...

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Current members

• Stephen Allen: keyboards/vocals
• Bobby Lewis: drums
• Lee Matthew: lead vocals/guitar
• Paul Muldoon: lyrics/guitar/percussion
• Nigel Smith: bass/vocals

Discography

• Don't Try This At Home (2006, Scamafone)
• Standing Room Only (2006, Scamafone)