Red Dirt mainstay Randy Crouch plays a mean fiddle and isn't too shabby on guitar, pedal steel, piano and slide mandolin. His songs "Mexican Holiday," "Big Shot Rich Man" and "The Price of Gas" have been recorded by such artists as Gary P. Nunn, Jason Boland and Vince Herman. While Crouch is an ongoing member of Herman's trio and Red Dirt Rangers among others, he often performs in his own electric quartet - but an acoustic set, song swap or "sit-in" is always a possibility when the musician hits the stage. Crouch performs at 10 p.m. today at the Jazzhaus. 926 1/2 Mass.
- Lawrence, Kansas Journal-World January 31 2008, p. C-1.