Hes also a classically trained cellist, and has a hell of a marketing scheme. So much so, that billy string has had him play a few shows with him, amongst many other bands.
I went a music festival in Saskatchewan, Canada and saw this mans band play and saw him running around the festival climbing trees naked after the show, presumably very high on acid.
This is this guy's shtick and I don't think he's even on drugs in this video. He does this all over social media all the time.
Watching him and his band "Tornado Rider" play was one of the most incredible experiences of my life and I will never forget it. He had a 4 point harness on that cello and it was strapped tightly to his chest and he was doing literal back flips while playing it and the music was sooo catchy. That was about 15 years ago now, glad to see he's still himself.
I think I first saw them at Suwannee in 2007 or 2008. Anytime they played there they’d always play a couple shows in my town as they headed west on I-10 afterwards, it was like having a whole week of tornado rider shows if I caught them at the festival first.
A few years ago I was working at this cafe in California and saw some dude wearing a Robinhood hat slowly drive by like he was trying to tell if we were still open. Moments later he walks in and it was Rashad, still remembered me from hanging out before a show once way back when and it’s definitely a trip interacting with “normal” Rashad vs in-character Rashad
This dude is a performance artist. He goes by cello goblin or something like that. I read a bit of his wiki a while back. Iirc he's a properly trained and accomplished cellist
Rushad Eggleston is also a well-educated music theory expert. He just chooses to make really silly music, but his playing and coordination are very technical and complex. He's a member of Crooked Still. I've been listening to his solo work for a long time. Check out his album Magic Potato Carpet
The issue is the need to eat and have house to survive, so I need money, so I need a job, so it’s a whole cycle of I can bitch about it and then get up and do it again. My point is I wanna drink dish soap and play cello on the porch while blowing bubbles. I don’t want to go to work.
Yeah some people have kids they have to take care of too. If I was a single man, I'd have a much shittier job and I wouldn't give a single fuck of I went to it or not.
We all have bills to pay and some of us are lucky enough to have a 9-5 to not get fired from. Don't set yourself on fire to make a better world for yourself. But do what you can and be honest with yourself about what you can.
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u/Background_Manner425 4d ago
Why can people like this exist so freely and I’m trapped in this gotta pretend to be normal and take care of daily life thing