Caspar Community Center August Wave Up - Saturday, August 20th featuring 2nd Hand Grass with Gene Parsons

Wave-Up is a family-friendly celebration of our community through live music, outstanding food, and drink, artisans, and activists. Listen to the joyful sounds of live music, dance as if no one is watching, feast on locally sourced food and drink, and build and strengthen our Coastal Community.

2nd Hand Grass with Gene Parsons is a unique North Coast jewel that sparkles brightly. They are masters at mashing up bluegrass and Americana pickings with modern takes on traditional and popular contemporary songs that make you slap your leg and dance with joy.

2nd Hand Grass started out as a bluegrass jam session at Butch Kwan's place four years ago. Lee and Butch had been playing fiddle tunes together for many years. They soon added Brian Urban and bass player, Dan Coulson for an acoustic bluegrass jam. Adding in electric instruments required a drummer and Sam Arintok had been playing drums with Butch for years, so he was a natural addition. Butch Kwan tragically passed away in March of 2021 leaving a sonic void in the band. Morgan Daniel stepped in to provide guitar and vocals to fill out our sound. Gene Parsons, music legend with The Byrds, the Flying Burrito Brothers and many others, joined this creative collaboration about a year ago adding his mentoring, experience and wisdom.

2nd Hand Grass is:
Brian Urban: Lead Vocals, banjo and guitar
Sam Arintok: Lead and backup vocals, percussion
Dan Coulson: Stand-up and electric bass
Morgan Daniel: Vocals, StringBender guitar
Lee Rider: Guitar, dobro
Gene Parsons: Vocals, pedal steel guitar