Crazyredbeard Productions

02/23/09: Winchester, I want you to think of yourself real long and hard. Now, I want you to think back to the 2Pac song/video, California Love. NOW I want you to think of the part where the effects laden voice over pumps in, singing, “California, knows how to paaaaarty….” and I want you to replace California with Winchester. And repeat.

Sometimes I feel like the world is telling me that I’m on the right track. I definitely felt the love in Winchester for the What Up Kid led St. Valentine’s Dub Massacre. Featuring One.Man.And, KJ Sawka and Chronicles of the Landsquid, Valentine’s Day at the Virginia Brewing Company was one for the books. We sold several prints and three painting, including one created that evening (hopefully we’ll get a picture of it soon…my camera’s flash has dedicded to die for whatever reason). I really can’t thank you guys enough for an amazing night of music, art and new friends…thanks a bunch to What Up Kid for everything they do. I got a chance to talk with KJ Sawka for a minute as well so that was pretty cool. This guy is an amazing drummer. I’m glad I’ve gotten to see him perform a few times over the last year.

We’ll definitely be back at the VBC for a few shows in April and beyond…be on the lookout!

Here’s one that I created that night…it was a continued canvas…one that I had worked on at Stonehenge Music Festival last summer but I felt wasn’t complete.

One Man’s Every Day Love: Painted live to One.Man.And and KJ Sawka on 02/14/09 @ The Virginia Brewing Company for the St. Valentine’s Dub Massacre
24×36
$500

The following night found me in Baltimore, MD for Basshound‘s tour closing show at the 8×10. I brought up a canvas that I started at IS in Charlottesville the prior Thursday. I hadn’t finished it because the party got the best of me on this particular evening. Amusingly enough, I jumped up on stage that night and added some interesting flavor to one of Basshound’s tunes (much to the amusement of the band and bemusement of myself the next day).

This was my second stop at the legendary 8×10 and I have to say I really enjoyed seeing the guys in their native setting. I plan on sending the owner of the club a print from the night if I ever get it captured. Along with Data Frogs and Jazzam, Basshound put on the night in style to a packed room, bouncing floor and all.

Here’s the painting I worked up during Jazzam and Data Frogs

Funk Box Jazz Frog: painted live to Jazzam and Data Frogs on 02/15/09 at The 8×10, Baltimore, MD
24×30
$300

And here’s what was worked up for the Basshound set, started on Thursday 02/12/09 and completed on 02/15/09

Hometown Hound Jam: painted live to Basshound and Grey Matter on 02/12/09 @ Is Dancehall, Charlottesville, VA and Basshound on 02/15/09 @ The 8×10 in Baltimore, MD
24×30
$400

So what’s next? This weekend finds us back in Richmond, VA at the Canal Club for another EQ Produktions throwdown. I’m happy to say that I’m forging a nice relationship with these guys and they continue to put on AMAZING shows in the Richmond area. They evoke echoes of a goneby era at The Flood Zone, when you could hit up a raging punk show for less money than it takes to buy a pack of cigarettes these days (so I hear). The vibe is the same. A group of fans and promoters that are trying to bring their favorite music to their home spot. And that music happens to be edgy, underground and somewhat shared within a certain subculture.

Please contact me if you want a matted and framed print of the painting Beat Home Bass which I created to Orchard Lounge at the Canal Club the last time around. They’ll be going for $60. You can always tell me to have certain prints ready for you as well…it helps me be ready with the right merch, plus, I love talking to you!

So….what’s next…OH YEAH!!! I’m painting with The Heavy Pets @ The Tribeca (in the Omni), Newport News, VA on 03/07/09, post Phish. So please be on the lookout for me there. I think I’ll have to work up a pretty nice one for this particular evening. Feel free to contact me to commission this one of a kind live, performance painting which will definitely mark a piece of history in the books for me.

Speaking of Phish…I seem to have worked up a little triptych for the three nights at Hampton! I take these canvases to the photo shop tomorrow for capturing. I’ll have costs available soon (as soon as I get the images and take them to the printers).
Please let me know if  you’d like to pre-order any of the posters individually or as a triptych. These will be printed in a limited number for each night, signed and number to commemorate this historic reunion!
AND WE STILL NEED HAMPTON TICKETS!! IF ANYONE KNOWS OF ANY, PLEASE LET US KNOW!! WE NEED 2 FOR EACH NIGHT!
(k thx!)