Slideshow: Grynch and Budo invade Hilliard's

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Hip-hop meets beer meets Ballard at Grynch (right) and Budo's (left) free concert at Hilliard's Beer last Saturday.

All photos by Zachariah Bryan

On Saturday, April 13, local brewery Hilliard's Beer was invaded by hip-hop as Grynch and Budo held a free concert for the release of their new single, "Treadin'," with Fin Records. (Click on the video above to hear it.)

"We're definitely in a brewery, surrounded by things I would not imagine while playing rap music," Budo joked. "A basketball hoop, a pool table, something that looks like it's from Jules Verne ..."

Throughout the concert, Grynch made sure to give shout-outs to Hilliard's. "I wake up every day thankful for Hilliard's Beer, because it's very, very tasty," he said at the beginning of a song.

For those who don't know, Grynch is a Ballard native, having graduated from Ballard High School and attended Pacific Lutheran University in Parkland. Some call him the "King of Ballard," and he represents the neighborhood with a humble, down-to-earth kind of charm. In addition to "Treadin'," he and Budo went through some of Grynch's more classic songs, such as "Volvo."

Budo was able to add more depth to Grynch's songs, playing guitar, keyboard and, perhaps most notably, the trumpet, which added a very Pacific Northwest flavor.

Budo was also not above heckling a rather bland, standoffish Seattle crowd into scooting up to the stage.

Let's talk more about the crowd. While Grynch and Budo delivered a quality show (the sound could have been better and louder), the crowd simply didn't show up. Apparently, the one bad thing about holding a concert at a brewery is everyone is too busy holding a beer to dance.

(Note: the Ballard News-Tribune does not claim to have any rhythm whatsoever ... but come on.)

COME ON.

Zachariah Bryan can be reached at zachb@robinsonnews.com

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