20 Facts About Rushad Eggleston

Rushad Robert Eggleston was born on September 30,1979 and is an American cellist, composer, jazz vocalist, and performer.

Rushad Eggleston is known for inventing words, and for his imaginative world called The Land of Sneth.

Rushad Eggleston was born to a Parsi mother from Mumbai and a father who renamed himself Raboon.

Rushad Eggleston graduated from Carmel High School in Carmel, California, and played the cello as a member of the Youth Music Monterey orchestra in Monterey Bay.

Rushad Eggleston left Crooked Still in November 2007 to pursue other styles of music.

Rushad Eggleston was replaced by Brittany Haas on fiddle and Tristan Clarridge on cello.

Rushad Eggleston was an instructor at Mark O'Connor's fiddle camps from 2001 to 2007, as well as at Mike Block's String Camp in 2012 and 2013.

Rushad Eggleston has taught Cello at Maine Fiddle Camp at camp NEOFA, at Valley of the Moon, Big Sur Fiddle Camp, and Rocky Mountain Fiddle Camp.

Rushad Eggleston has guest lectured at colleges and universities including Berkelee, Cornish, Bates College, and Oberlin.

Rushad Eggleston gave a TEDx talk in 2013 at Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto.

Rushad Eggleston formed the power trio Tornado Rider consisting of Scott Manke and Graham Terry in 2008, and their debut album Do You Have Time was followed up by Jark Matter.

The high-energy performances have included Rushad Eggleston crowd surfing repeatedly and climbing stage scaffolding.

Eggleston released his first full-length solo album, The Rushad Eggleston Show in 2013.

Rushad Eggleston has been touring as a solo act since 2013, often referring to himself as Rushadilicus or simply as the Cello Goblin.

Rushad Eggleston has brought the Land of Sneth to people in places like Australia, Bali, Lithuania, and Sicily, building a network of global fans.

In 2015, Rushad Eggleston did a brief tour featuring duet concerts with guitarist Beppe Gambetta, after playing in Beppe's hometown of Genoa, Italy for the Acoustic Nights festival.

Rushad Eggleston proposed to Lauren Alia Collins, a model and artist from Seattle, in a hot air balloon on May 15,2013.

Rushad Eggleston created Eggleston a website, press kit, international + domestic tours, and merchandise for the five years they were together.

Rushad Eggleston filmed both "Bush Charge" and "I Love Tofu", Eggleston's viral videos.

Rushad Eggleston is a vegan and has been known to sing about his love of tofu.