THE CUSTER BEACON is open ALL DAY LONG on Saturday, July 22nd!
The Custer Beacon is excited to present a fabulous evening of live music for the 100th Anniversary of Gold Discovery Days:
5pm: Midnight Sun - Local Country & Rock N Roll
7pm: Mateo Monk - Virtuosic danceable reggae loop music from Sundance WY
9pm: Nate Champion Band - Experimental Jam funk from Sheridan, WY
NATE CHAMPION BAND
“The Nate Champion Band is a 5-piece multi-genre jam band hailing from the foothills of the Bighorn Mountains in Sheridan, Wyoming. The group's eclectic range of music will bring you a fusion of rock, psych, country, blues, soul, jazz, reggae, and bluegrass all blended into one delicious sound for your ears to enjoy. NCB is comprised of Bill Heide (lead vocals, guitar, harmonica, jaw harp, cunga, and medicine flute), Cooper Quarterman (face-melting lead guitar, vocals), Spencer Porden (rhythm guitar, swirly sounds, pedal steel, vocals), Joel Saur (drums, lasers, vocals), and Jobe Jennings (electric bass, electric upright bass). NCB released their first album (Nate Champion Band - EP) in 2020, with another album in the works to be released sometime in 2023. NCB can also be found touring around the region from Casper to Colorado with Gillette, Wyoming's original cattle-caller and country music superstar, Kellen Smith. The group's music is regularly heard on Wyoming Public Radio's statewide music station, Wyoming Sounds. NCB's mix of original music and deep-track covers will have you dancing the night away, whether you call yourself a hippy, or a cowboy. "Grab your horses, grab your guns," and come listen to Nate Champion!” -NateChampionBand.com
MATEO MONK
“Mateo Monk is a gifted multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter, adept at many styles of world roots music. With thirty years of performing experience, his live shows are an exciting musical journey around the globe, exploring the rhythms of jazz, bossanova, reggae, hindustani raga, bluegrass, soul and funk. Performing solo on the guitar, flute, synth, and vocals, Mateo utilizes a “looper” pedal to create fully textured rhythms, adorned with virtuosic melodic musings, all seamlessly woven into the song form in real time. It’s a modern spin on the iconic idea of the “one man band”, executed by a one-of-a-kind artist with deep emotional sensibility and dazzling instrumental finesse.” - HowlOfTheWhiteWolf.com
MIDNIGHT SUN
