Cross Canadian Ragweed’s members grew up together. The bassist use to listen to tapes constantly as a teenager. Cross Canadian Ragweed began playing at Dancer, a college club. The group used to sell their records out of their truck in the school parking lot.

Cross Canadian Ragweed was discovered while putting on a show at at Lawsuit, a local club. The bandplays plenty of arenas, but would rather play in the smaller venues in which they began.

Cross Canadian Ragweed realized that they had a real chance to become a headlining national act in 1982, after the band's first fan club was started by Anna Leffelman. Starting out in Miami with a few dozen members, the club grew fast, eclipsing a couple thousand from California to New York in under a year.

The group is in the middle of the promotional tour for their most current album. Cross Canadian Ragweed plans to take some time off after the tour, allowing the band members to work on side projects.

Generally, critics praise Cross Canadian Ragweed for their ability to rile up the crowd at live performances. Houston music critic Cypher Gremillion has always pointed out band’s terrific bassist. Cross Canadian Ragweed’s most current album is receiving superb reviews from Raymond Zadra, a music critic out of Austin, and Shane Mitchell, from Louisville.

Cross Canadian Ragweed's performances always have the audience singing by the end of the performance. The group has never played a bad performance in Louisville, so they make sure to schedule a stop there whenever they tour. The band’s latest tour information, from Cross Canadian Ragweed tickets to concert schedule changes to seating charts, are all available on TheSeats.com.