Two Guys, Two Guitars, Two Chords, One Stone.

In the words of Woody Guthrie - anyone who uses more than two chords is just showing off. Well, we love to improvise but we don't like to show off too much. One of us will establish a mood by laying down a couple chords, the other will improvise a solo, we'll pass it back and forth a few times, wrap it up and move onto a new mood. Everything you hear is made up on the spot and only exists for the length of our performance. Next time will be completely different and that's just how we like it :)

Self-described hippie-hipsters Greasy Dashiki cleverly piece together elements of soul, reggae, blues, and pop and to produce a singular, groove-oriented and catchy sound. It’s not the same old thing with Greasy Dashiki.

Rejecting all form and formula, Greasy Dashiki is the result of a 30-year musical relationship between David Rasner and John Lacy; who finally found a way to sum up their incredibly eclectic musical tastes and strange, Dadaist sense of humor. Fronting a veteran rhythm section, Lacy and Rasner trade lead vocals and cover a host of stringed instruments: acoustic guitar, Weissenborn guitar, bouzouki, mandolin, uke, lap steel, and bottleneck guitar.

Culling from a vast catalog of disparate influences, Lacy and Rasner produce originals that combine roots musical structures with heavy Jamaican, New Orleans, Funk, World, and Boogie grooves provided by Central Valley drummer-in-demand David Sylvestre on the drums and Bay Area multi-instrumentalist Tom Hardin on Bass. It’s a good time-dancing-psychedelic-rootsadelic affair not to be missed.

The two Central California multi-instrumentalists first met in college and were immediately drawn to each other’s affinity for roots and underground music. The bedrock of what would eventually be Greasy Dashiki was formed in 1987 when Lacy introduced Rasner to David Lindley’s El Rayo X and Rasner introduced Lacy to Ry Cooder’s Borderline. The Cooder and Lindley records greatly influenced the two musicians and would be a common language between them. Years later, the two musicians were reacquainted, realized how well they worked together, began writing songs, and Greasy Dashiki was born. In 2021, the Greasy Dashiki full band lineup was complete with the addition of Sylvestre and Hardin who fit perfectly with Greasy Dashiki’s philosophy of soul and feel above all else.

Join us for an exciting night of Bluegrass, featuring Broken Compass Bluegrass.

Broken Compass Bluegrass emerged in 2021 and has quickly gained recognition for their tight arrangements, tasteful picking, and standout songwriting. Hailing from Northern California, the band features Kyle Ledson, Django Ruckrich, Mei Lin Heirendt, and Sam Jacobs. Though young in years, each member is a seasoned performer, accomplished multi-instrumentalist, and prolific songwriter. Together, they’ve established themselves as one of California’s most exciting and fast-rising string bands.

With a rapidly growing reputation and an ever-expanding fanbase, Broken Compass Bluegrass is making waves as part of a new generation in the jamgrass and progressive acoustic scenes.

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