Crave by Two For Larry / Violet Grinder

My wife Rachel (aka Stabitha Christie) and I have been competing in US Air Guitar since 2011. Yes, we are competitive air guitarists, and yes, it's the funnest thing in the world.

It may sound silly, but believe me, the combined creative force of those in the USAG community is unmatched. They are true artists. Today, Aug 25, 2023, all of our top-tier talent will be on full display at the Air Guitar World Championship in Oulu, Finland. (Good luck y'all!!) And fortunately for us, mere hours before the competition, we are getting a taste of it in a whole different way with the release of this banger of a collaboration from two long-time US Air Guitarists.

Stabby C and I have known Brittany and Justin (haha Brittany and Justin! I just realized that) for years, and of course, through US Air Guitar. A couple quick things about people you meet through US Air Guitar: 1) They immediately become some of your best friends, and 2) speak the same, or a very similar, pop-cultural language. To clarify, everyone is a huge music and arts fan, and some of us are SUPER fans, like passed geek level. I say some of us because that's also me - I can talk about music from afternoons into wee hours with very little effort.

Brittany and Justin are the same way - the knowledge and sheer passion they both possess for the most expressive art form in existence is apparent in conversation, but even more so when their talent is fully on display. "Crave" is the perfect example of this to me. Since their artistic counterparts Two For Larry and Violet Grinder exist in pretty different genre territory from each other, they each had to push themselves out of their comfort zones to share a wheelhouse, if you know what I mean. And the result is something different, vibrant, abrasive, almost dingy - like I want to dance to it and take a long shower afterwards.

But seriously though, this team-up created a real energy in both artists, like they both really wanted to bring their A-game for each other, and they totally succeeded. As always, I gotta say it's just cool as hell to help my friends get their cool stuff out there when they work so hard to create cool stuff. Dumb Ghost is beyond excited to have "Crave" as part of our aural universe, and stoked to represent anyone with enough gumption to pick up nothing and play it in front of a large audience. Here's to world peace!

Please note: No guitars were harmed (or used) in the making of this recording.

Cameron Hawk
Aug 25, 2023

Dying to rock since 2022

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