REVIEWS AND BIOGRAPHY

These three cool cats who met in the summer of 1997 stay true to a slick, traditional rockabilly sound that fares well with strict swing dancers and head-bobbing hipsters alike. The 1950s rock roots formula is the inspiration behind the Lazy Crazies, apparent by their echoey surf/rock/swing sound to their shiny pompadours to their nostalgic names -- Brian Holly on stand up drums, Daddy 'O Rocker Cash on lead guitar and Elvis Ash on upright fiddle bass. All contribute vocals to songs with titles such as "Rockabilly is Here to Stay" and "Cruisin." Although the Lazy Crazies have only been together for a few years, they're not just trend seekers, hopping on the crazy cat bandwagon. They've been part of the scene for years in Western, rockabilly, jazz, jump-swing and 1950s style bands. Jumping on instruments and even kicking them off stage, the Lazy Crazies continue to transport their live audiences back to a time of shiny chrome, saddle shoes and drag races

   METRO TIMES NEWSPAPER

BORN IN MOSCOW,RUSSIA ON APRIL 10,1967.

ELVIS ASH STARTED TO PLAY MUSIC INSTRUMENTS  WHEN HE WAS 13 YEARS OLD.CLASSICAL ,JAZZ GUITAR AND LATER UPRIGHT BASS WERE HIS MAIN INSTRUMENTS.HE STARTED TO PLAY LIVE AT AGE 16.FROM WEDDINGS,DANCE HALLS,ALOT OF TRAVEL THROUGHOUT  EUROPE PLAYING FROM SMALL TRIOS TO BIG SWING ORCHESTRAS,ELVIS ASH ESTABLISHED HIMSELF AS A DEDICATED MUSICIAN WITH PROFESSIONAL ATTITUDE,DELIVERING 100% PERFORMANCE.WHEN HE MOVED TO UNITED STATES IN 1991,HE CONTINUED TO PURSUE THE MUSIC SCENE.ROOT ROCK,ROCKABILLY,JAZZ AND SWING WERE IN HIS BLOOD.UNTIL 1998,WHEN LAZY CRAZIES  MET,HE WAS PLAYING IN VARIATY POP-ROCK AND ELVIS PRESLEY IMPRESSONATOR BANDS AS A BASS PLAYER.ELVIS ASH IS PURE BREED OF ENTERTAINER THAT WILL PLEASE YOU,WHATEVER MUSIC YOU LIKE.FROM KEEGO HARBOR  TO DOWNRIVER ELVIS ASH IS KNOWN AS "RED ELVIS"

BRIAN HOLLY WAS BORN IN   DAYTON,OHIO ON MARCH 10, 1977.STARTED TO PLAY DRUMS AT AGE 7.PLAYING IN VARIATY OF HEAVY METAL BANDS SINCE AGE 15,UNTIL HE GOT KNOCKED DOWN BY MUSIC OF ELVIS PRESLEY AND BUDDY HOLLY,THAT CHANGED HIS LIFE FOREVER.FIRST BUDDY HOLLY SHOWS AT AGE 19 WERE VERY POPULAR,BECAUSE OF HIS DESTINCTIVE "BUDDY HOLLY" LOOK. WHEN LAZY CRAZIES  STARTED PLAYING IN LATE 1998,BRIAN HOLLY REALIZED THAT ROCKABILLY IS HIS LIFE.HE IS A PURE BREED OF  CRAZY UP FRONT DELIVERY OF ENTERTAINMENT YOU WON'T SEE ON REGULAR BASIC ANYWHERE.FROM TUXEDO TO NAKED HE GOT THEM ALL .FROM  STRICT CORPORATE PARTIES WITH BOW TIE TO  ROCKABILLY AND ROCK CLUBS,HE  WILL PLEASE YOU .OLDIES MUSIC AND HEAVY METAL PUNKS FANS WILL ADORE HIM ALSO.FROM CANADA TO DOWNRIVER BRIAN HOLLY KNOWN AS A "CRAZY BUDDY"

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DADDYO ROCKER A.K.A. "INTERCEPTOR"  WAS BORN IN 1952_IN THE FAMILY OF GERMAN INMMIGRANTS GRETCHEN GROB AND FRANK GOLDBERGEN.AFTER HIGHSCHOOL PLAYED IN  SEVERAL COUNTRY AND WESTERN BAND,GRADUATED POLICE ACADEMY.POLICE INTERCEPTOR FROM 1978-1989.RETIRED FROM THE FORCE IN 1993 AND CONTUNUED TO PLAY VINTAGE ROCK-N-ROLL  BY BACKING UP SOME TOURING ACTS.WHEN DADDIO AND BRIAN HOLLY MET WITH ELVIS ASH,WHO WAS ON THE MUSIC SCENE BROWSING WITH DIFFERENT ROCK AND POP BANDS HE REALIZED THAT ROCKABILLY MUSIC IS DEEP IN HIS BRAIN.REINTRODUCED TO GRETSCH GUITARS AND FENDER AMPS HE WAS FLOORED BY  THE SOUND AGAIN AND AGAIN.DUANNE EDDY SIGNATURE GRETSCH WITH DUAL 12 FENDER AMPLIFIER BECAME A TRADEMARK OF HIS OLD-FASHIONED SOUND AND 50'S HANDLING JUST LIKE SCOTTY MOORE.IN SOUTHERN MICHIGAN AREA DADDYO ROCKER IS KNOWN AS A "REAL COOL INTERCEPTOR CAR"

Brian Holly, Elvis Asch and Daddy-O Rocker all presented peak performances. While Brian Holly, the group's drummer, handles most of the lead singing chores, Elvis Asch sang a few songs including an Elvis Presley medley, and Daddy-O Rocker closed out the set with a great arrangement of Merle Haggard' s "Working Man's Blues."

I have to put Brian Holly right up there on the same level as Rip Carson, Mack Stevens and Johnny Legend because of his over-the-top, animated style of singing and playing. If you take Brian away from his drum kit, as we did at Viva Las Vegas IV during one of the Rockabilly Hall of Fame jam sessions, he was moving like a bull on speed, and the audience would simply not let him off the stage for at least six or seven songs

   B.KLEIN,ROCKABILLY HALL OF FAME

"ONE OF THE HARDEST WORKING ROCKABILLY BANDS AROUND DETROIT.LOOKS JUST LIKE THEY CAME FROM FIFTIES.AUTHENTIC LOOK AND SOUND OF THAT ERA IS THE SIGNATURE SOUND OF LAZY CRAZIES.THE SAME INSTRUMENTS,THE SAME  UP FRONT DELIVERY.AND WHEN THEY GET REALLY CRAZY YOU'LL SEE THE REAL SHOW AND THEY WILL KEEP YOU AWAKE FOR AS LONG  AS YOU WANT IT.AMAZING PERFORMERS!!!!AND THEY CAN FIT ALMOST ANYWHERE

               BRIAN SMITH,CHICAGO TRIBUNE