Two San Francisco-based folk rock bands will make a stop in Nevada City as part of their busy California tour.
The Miners Foundry Cultural Center is pleased to present The Sam Chase and The Unconventional along with Alex Jordan Band on Saturday, August 17. Doors and bar open at 7 p.m. and the show begins at 8 p.m.
About The Sam Chase & The Untraditional
The Sam Chase & The Untraditional hails from San Francisco. This juggernaut of a band blends rock and roll with folk music while maintaining the sensibilities and attitudes that come from growing up on a healthy diet of punk rock.
The leader of the band is Sam Chase himself, a natural storyteller with a voice that sounds as if it has weathered many an epic tale. With boot-stomping orchestration and lyrics that have been immortalized on the tattooed skin of their fans, The Sam Chase & The Untraditional doesn’t mess around.
The band is Sam Chase (vocals and guitar), Devon McClive (cello), Ted Desmarais (drums), Chandra Johnson (violin), Nikko Rios (electric guitar), Dave Rapa (bass), Nathan Dittle (keys), Zachary Thorne (trumpet). The band was named the Best Band in 2013 by SF Weekly and Best Singer Songwriter 2013 by SF Bay Guardian.
About Alex Jordan
Alex Jordan first began playing music as a child, picking up the jazz trombone in middle school before transitioning to electric guitar as a teenager. The discovery of his great-grandfather’s swing-era songbook introduced him to a broader style of American music, as did the community of friends he met at Phil Lesh’s local music venue, Terrapin Crossroads. Jordan began studying the great American songwriters, rootsy acts like Buck Owens, Merle Haggard and Crosby, Stills & Nash.
Before Jordan released his own music, he earned his stripes as a multi-instrumentalist, playing with bands on the West Coast for the better part of a decade.
“I love different tempos, different styles of music, different eras and different artists,” says Jordan, a Bay Area native whose eclectic career reflects his wide-ranging influences. “As a songwriter, I’m coming from a background that spans decades and genres.”
