7.21.08 - DONT MISS THE BIGGEST PARTY OF FALL 2008!!
Dead freaks and Crazyheads unite for the Tye Dye Ball and Tribute To Jerry Garcia!

SATURDAY AUGUST 9TH - LOST ON MAIN - CHICO

Dog Named Blue and Crazygrass are sharing the stage once again on August 9th at Lost on Main in Chico to pay homage to the late great Jerry Garcia. The Musical Brewing Co. will be opening the show.

Wear your best tye-dye tee-shirt and win a prize! A prize will be awarded for the best tye-dye tee-shirt.

About the bands…

Dog Named Blue...has been playing music in Chico for 16 years, and first shared the stage with Sid Lewis twelve years ago at the first Family Freak Festival in 1996. DNB's powerful renditions of the music of the Grateful Dead and two-drummer rhythm attack create a driving beat that spinners, hall dancers, and dirt-twirlers find hard to resist!

Crazygrass...Featuring Sid Lewis has become one of Chico's top live performance bands. Crazygrass has played throughout Northern California and toured the festival circuit including an appearance at The Strawberry Bluegrass Festival in 2008. Crazygrass combines country, bluegrass, funk, jazz and more to create their own signature sound.

The Musical Brewing Company...featuring Alli Battaglia are one of Chico's hottest up-and-coming new bands.

Get your presale tickets now at www.acousticcollege.com (click on "Acoustic College Presents" page), or see our SHOWS page for more...

5.26.08 - Crazygrass plays on the main stage at Strawberry Music Festival!!
After years of coming to the world famous Strawberry Music festival as jammers, Crazygrass finally got their break when festival director asked them to play a “tweener” set between John Cowan (wow) and Ricky Skaggs (also wow).
Thanks to Hog Ranch radio and Strawberry for having us, love to come back...Check out the pics on our gallery page, and read the blogs on our myspace (www.myspace.com/crazygrass)

3.30.08 - Crazygrass headlines at the Trinity Tribal Stomp! (July 26, 2008)
After playing at this legendary music festival twice in the past decade, they are once again asked back to the main Stage, which they will be sharing with such luminaries as Hot Buttered Rum, New Riders Of The Purple Sage, and DJ Radioactive, to name a few.
This magical three day event takes place in at the Junction City Park in beautiful Junction City, California. Imagine High Sierra Music Festival meets a smaller, more peaceful bunch of hippies in the Forest of Trinity County…
Please send a check or money order for 50 dollars per ticket.
A self addressed stamped envelope and a 3x5 card with your name, address, phone number, and number of tickets ordered to TTS po box 1676 weaverville, ca. 96093
Mail orders must be postmarked by July 16
For mail order tickets and more info call 530-623-2656

3.25.08 - Crazygrass and the Chris Schadt Band – LaSalles, THIS Friday (March 28) – 9pm

Two of Chico's legendary bands, Crazygrass and the Chris Schadt Band, team up for a night of jam-rock! Chris Schadt has been performing original music in Chico for over two decades, and Sid Lewis has toured with the biggest names in "jamgrass", including Joe Craven and Leftover Salmon.
This will be a night of non-stop dancing and friends, two shows for only $5!! Visit the band Myspaces at www.myspace.com/crazygrass and http://www.myspace.com/jackshattheknowitallschrisschadt

3.16.08 - DONT MISS THIS SATURDAY - MARCH 22...JAMGRASS MEETS OUTLAW COUNTRY AT NICKS BAR!!
Rock-grass meets shit kicking country in this wild night of drinking, dancing and doin’s with two of Northern California’s legendary jam-bands: Crazygrass and Three Fingers Whiskey.

Show is at Nicks Night Club (formerly Off Limits) at 1414 Park Ave (next to Nobby Burger) and starts at 9pm, with only a $5 cover!
This will be a star studded evening featuring TFW’s original bass player Mike “The Maniac” Riley, and Gary Dutra (Electric Circus, etc), as well as Sid Lewis and his electric banjo, Johnny Lomarbo on electric and upright bass, and Super-Dave Breed on drums.
Come help Nicks Night Club be the cool new Jam-Bar!

2.14.08 - Mardi Gras in Chico!! For all of you still rarin' to go after the Flashback Ball on December 29, here's yer chance: Crazygrass and legendary dead band Dog Named Blue are collaborating on a masquerade ball at Lost On Main on Saturday March 8th…this will be a BLOWOUT! Featuring the non-stop dance grooves of Sid Lewis and Crazygrass, the jam rock of Dog Named Blue, and the ethereal trance jams of Sekund Natur, And special guest Doug Stein, this will be a legendary Chico night!
This show WILL sell out, so get your tickets soon at Sid’s Acoustic College (894-2526) or Lost On Main, for the ridiculously cheap $8 in advance ($10 at the door).
If you didn’t go you heard about the Flashback Ball...don’t miss this one…costumes encouraged, and bring yer beads!

1.09.08 - Sid Lewis, Acoustic College Presents, and Crazygrass is proud to announce that the Flashback Ball was a roaring success! A benefit concert for KZFR community radio and 60’s costume ball, the 1st annual show on Saturday December 29th 2007 featured the music of local bands Crazygrass (with Sid Lewis), Swamp Zen (with Doug Stein, Saul Henson, “Snake” Holmes, Curtis Peldo, Gary Dutra, Mike Waltz etc) and The Chris Schadt Band (featuring Dorrie!).
“I wanted to show that the “old school Chico hippy crowd” is still alive and kicking”, said promoter Sid Lewis “And boy did we! We had over 400 in audience at any given time, all dressed up and going nuts. I like to think of the Flashback Ball as a continuation of energy from similar shows in the past, like the Family Freak Fest (by Curtis Peldo and Doug Stein, et al), the Cascade Full Moon Festival (by Candis Burton and Laughing Sun Presents). Chico has a huge underground of cool funky freaks, they just seem to have gone into hiding lately, and I can’t blame them. With the Flashback Ball we said: We’re still here, and we’re ready to ROCK!”
Look for pictures soon on the gallery page, or visit www.myspace.com/crazygrass
Sid Lewis and Acoustic College Presents would like to extend a warm thank you to the following:

All the Flashback crew, Sue Reed, Kyle & Lost O Main, Mary J, Jill Paydon, Jason Murray and the whole KZFR tribe, Jody McNicholas, Chico News & Review, Kyle Porter, Steve & Liquid Lights, artist Bill Rosser, Brian “Gravy” Asher, Tommy, and Sekund Natur, Doug Stein and the Swamp Zen collective, Straws on sound and stage managing, Tracy and Scott, Renay and Alyson (door babes), Stephanie and Ben, and all the WONDERRFUL Chico freako’s who came out and made the evening a success!
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See you all at the Flashback Ball II, December 27th 2008!
PS we still have Flashback T shirts left, see Merch page...

5.03.07 - Crazygrass on MySpace! Yes, that's right, we finally swallowed our pride and joined the hordes....go visit and "be-friend" us at www.myspace.com/crazygrass (and we better be in your top 10, OK?!)

5.02.07 - CRAZYGRASS PLAYS THE 2nd ANNUAL LOVE FEST - Friday June 6 2008
New festivals are springing uplike mildew, and this promises to be the best "baby-Fest" yet!
Come join Crazygrass in the beautiful sierra foothills of northern California for the 2nd annual LOVE FEST!
Hosted by Cozmic Diva and music promoter Mary Beauchamp,
this two day extravaganze will also
feature Chico faves Crazygrass and many more SOON TO BE ANNOUNCED...This is an private event, so reservations are necessary and be acquired at (916) 216-2005. Call for directions (or else you’ll never find the place).

1.13.06 - Crazygrass welcomes tapers!! (we mean those who tape our live shows, not TAPIRS, small pig-dog like creatures that live in the rainforrests of Western Brazil)
ATTENTION ALL TAPERS/PHOTOGRAPHERS: We want your stuff on our site!
Yes, thats right, you'll get credit too, just contact Sid regarding sending JPEGS (pics) or MP3's (sound files) and we'll put em up on the Listen and Gallery pages.....

12.14.05 - New FREE downloads now on our Listen page!! We're just getting started so please be patient, but here's what we have in store: Leftover Salmon (live in Chico w guest Sid Lewis), more Joe Craven/Sid Lewis live shows (2 available now), Crazygrass w Radim Zenkl, and more!! Keep checking back, and contact us with you reviews....