New Crabgrass on the Web The Crabgrass Cowboys once again made the "Best of the Bay" from
Tampa Bay's Weekly Planet, this time as the "Best Bluegrass Band".
Congratulations and keep it up!
The music is a down home mixture of folk, Florida, swingish cowboy music ala Hank Williams or Asleep at the Wheel, and the cosmic country of Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris. Like Bob Willis music, many of the tunes have a hillbilly swing feel straight out of the thirties. The songwriting, mostly by Hapi, is excellent, and Patty is an ace fiddler. The results are, above all, fun. The music is upbeat, loose and friendly, the kind of sound you might expect from a back porch band at an afternoon party in the woods or at a laid-back western saloon. Anyone who appreciates classic western will love the Crabgrass Cowboys. (Rex Havok, Jam Entertainment News).
Hapi McKenzie was playing his guitar in a "dive" bar on Hillsborough Ave in Florida on a hot July night in 1988 when in walked Patty Pfister with her violin. When he invited her to play with him that night they worked so well together that Hapi decided to give up his "frontman" status and try to make a go as a duo. The two blended their musical stylings "like a good cup of coffee" and soon were joined by Hapi’s brother Thumper (Lloyd) McKenzie on bass and rhythm guitar. Hapi, named for his continuous and infectious positive outlook on life, didn’t want the band to "fit in with everyone else’ and so their particular music, a combination of Rock-a-billy, bluegrass and swing was born and affectionately named "crabgrass" (Country Rock-A-Billy blueGRASS) by the band.
Opened for: "Riders in the Sky" at the Tampa Theater,
Conway Twitty at Tampa Performing Arts Center,
Ricky Van Shelton at Tampa Performing Arts Center ,
K.T. Olsen at Tampa Performing Arts Center,
Holly Dunn in the City of Largo,
Alison Krauss at the Tampa Performing Arts Center, Appearances:
Made a Special appearance for Princess Anne of England -
Tampa Santa Fest -
Florida Folk Fest-
Pinellas Folk Festival -
WMNF 88.5 Radio -
Skippers Smoke House -
WTMV- 32 Afternoon Delight -
WTMV- 32 Haywood Henson Show -
Tampa Tribune Friday Extra Concert Series -
Players Live -
Assorted Public Access Concerts -
NBC Channel 8 Live at Five spot with Steve Overton -
Email the Band
Ralphs Back Porch 617 S Liberty San Augustine TEXAS 75972
936 288 0832
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