Alternative Grass

Bluegrass "Riptide" at the saloon Water Tower decided to take a drive out to the old desert. Sometimes the speed of life in LA gets to be all too much for these boys. So they get together in the privacy of their own desert saloon in order to share music with YOU. Here they cover the famous Vance Joy song, "Riptide".  Did you enjoy this cover? It was taken out of live performance that the boys did last week.  Catch the FULL performance on FB.  The raffle that was run in the description is no longer running, BUT the boys run many raffles. Congratulations to the first place winner Megan Billups.  Second place to be announced soon.  They did not plan to play this song, that is why Kenny is delighted at the start when both Tommy Fingers  and he start playing the song at the same time. BarJayBar aka "Juice" is the man on bass.  Little moments of pleasure and glee are what make life special. 

 The Anthem to the La River! Water Tower has given Alternative Grass another video to release. This time they are playing a song called "Anthem" that was made famous by animator/director Rodd Perry in his animated short for the song, which has now been nominated for four separate film festival awards . The animated short film has received critical acclaim from famous blogs and magazines such as BrooklynVegan , Alternative Press , Medium , Video Static, SooShee Sessions  (starts at 15:19), Rattler and many others.  Mr. Rodd Perry is also famous for a show called The Brother Mike Tapes.   The show is actual recorded conversations of a boy and his parents growing up, set to hilarious, poignant and deeply nuanced animated characters. More on that tomorrow.  Now in the animated video the singer is Ron Reyes one of the original singers of the seminal LA punk band, Black Flag.   Catch Kenny Feinstein singing the song in the version we have below.  This v...