NASSAU, THE BAHAMAS – I bet you’ve never made the connection between Halloween and Rake N Scrape.
Well, that’s what one local Rake N Scrape band did – combining cultural staples to create a unique musical visual – that’s gone viral.
Started out of the need to help make ends meet during Covid, it has blossomed into a community favorite.
Our Joshua Williams met with some of the band members recently.
During a celebration of Halloween last weekend, the popular Bahamian band, “Curbside Rockers” put their own twist on the activity, taking a popular hit song and putting a Rake N Scrape twist on it.
Through their unique style, rhythm and dance, the video was able to convey a message through culture.
The three group members I met sharing the idea and thought behind the project.
“We do a Halloween video every year for the past four years so we try to make it better and better as time goes on. We was tryna go with more like the 70sera is actually the shafts theme song and we put it in rake n scrape style and we figure we dress on our Afros lil boots and stuff like that” – Leo Jones
They tell me, it was a total team effort.
“I want to thank the video guy TC he been with us from day 1 he been helping us make videos that’s our film guy. And thank you to all the members of the band who couldn’t make it today in the video and some who are in the band and wasn’t in the video thank you for all them cause without them it will be no us” – Leo Jones
They’re known for their lively blend of steel drum music, rake ‘n scrape, and other island sounds.
Formed in 2020, at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, performing outside local supermarkets to make a living, as their regular gigs ended in the shutdown.
This is where their popularity grew.
And now, their goal is to keep rake n scrape alive.
“Just keep making fun showing people that is fun showing people it’s exciting and it can be respected along any other type of music. I wanna see it go all away yinno BET awards MTV, Grammy awards maybe yinno the sky is the limit I feel.” – Leo Jones
