Still high from the fresh grass revival last night @ The Standard Knoxville--thank you much Gangstagrass and Rhythm N' Blooms Festival and God Bless America as artists like these guys continue to bring love and exploration to the world.
Gangstagrass is made up of talented artists who blend seamlessly despite the fact that three are in Brooklyn, one in Austin, and two in Philly. They flowed, jammed, and took us all above the roof with a swampy and high lonesome sound to hip hop beats and rhymes. They might have been a hybrid at one point, but they're a genre now--a genre that will carry their name in to music history.
"Rench (sic the band's guitarist and producer) first came up with the concept back in grade school when he would breakdance on cardboard to RUN-DMC during recess, then go home and listen to his parents’ favorite country artists Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson on the stereo. Before long, he found common denominators between the two genres that were as obvious to him as grooves on vinyl (http://gangstagrass.com/gangstagrass-page/)
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