About Cooper and The Jam
Fresh on the scene, Cooper brings a fiery spirit and a
massive voice to the turn table. She performs with a power and tenacity that is
difficult for most young women to muster. Backed by her extraordinary 11-piece
soul band, this firecracker knows how to put on a show.
In March 2011, Cooper packed up her VW van in Portland, Oregon,
and made the quest to Nashville, Tennessee. The flame haired songstress had paid
dues playing in bands, acting in local productions, and bar-tending at a seedy
rock’n’roll strip club. It was time to take a shot at her life time dream
of recording her songs and forming a road band in music city. After months of
knocking on doors, typical hard luck, and sleeping on an air mattress in an old
’60s hotel room, Cooper finally got someone to pay attention to her
music and her talent. She began working with a producer and started
writing the record she has always wanted to make, a soulful assortment of
Motown style ballads and funky upbeat dance tunes sprinkled with rock-and-roll
guitars and rich harmonies
She saved her pennies flipping cheeseburgers and popping
beer caps at a popular honky tonk bar and formed two bands on each side of the
country. The Jam, complete with horn sections, and back up singer/dancers is a
collective of over 20 musicians that back her touring adventures. Her music is
as big and bold as her ambition, and her performances rock the house.
Cooper played her first show in Nashville opening for the
Queen of Rock and Roll herself, Wanda Jackson, at a birthday bash held for
fashion icon Manuel. Her music caught the ear of music industry notables and
she recorded her full length album, Motown Suite, at The Tracking Room (as seen
on ABC's new hit drama Nashville), one of Nashville's top recording studios
On Record Store Day 2013, Cooper performed on both sides of
the country in one day. She Pulled a cross-country stunt that included 21
musicians, 2 planes, 2 record stores, and a lot of balls. Most recently Cooper
and The Jam opened for Legends Mavis Staples and Robert Plant at the Waterfront
Blues Festival in Portland, Oregon.
Cooper's 7-inch single, “Cooper Live at the Historic Star
Theater,” was selected as an official Record Store Day release, and the buzz has
begun to spread as far as Japan, that this indie artist has something
special. Cooper is a bright new talent that draws from the past and
paints the future with a fresh and unique style.
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