Justin Ancheta & Friends put on a Stellar show last night at Coopers Ale Works in Nevada City. Now living in San Francisco Justin grew up here in the foothills, going to High School in Colfax. Justin's eclectic style of reggae flavored indie-rock, funk and jazz has created a buzz throughout Northern California. I thought the music he played last night was awesome all night long. I say there's something about certain music that simply makes us feel better about being alive. That is how I felt all night and I would venture to say that all of the very large crowd at Coopers felt the same. Justin had local musicians playing with him like Joshua Tree on Bass and Alex & Raja playing the Saxophones. Also on Guitar, Nick Bearden Former local boy now living in So. Cal. I was so glad to have been there and so glad to live in a small town with such a wonderful music scene.
Festival John


www.justinancheta.com
www.myspace.com/nickbearden
www.myspace.com/yourcoopersaleworks

Oliver Compton
Oliver Compton & The Comptones Blues Jam is a Sunday afternoon happening every week at Coopers Ale Works in Nevada City. This last Sunday (11/30) was one of the best yet. Every week The Comptones host the jam and start it off at 3:00pm., then they get the Jammers up to play. One of these jammers, Mark Hagen played Keys and did a wonderful job. Also we had Ken & Bill play drums during the jam. Scott played the harp with Bruce (BB) and Ronda and then Dennis Sies played harp and sang. During the month of December the Blues Jam will happen every Sunday except 12/14 and 12/21 when Home Brew plays during Victorian Christmas.


www.thecomptones.com
www.myspace.com/yourcoopersaleworks