Cooper
Waterfront Blues Festival
Portland, OR.
July 7, 2013

Again this year recorded from KBOO FM 90.7 here in Portland. A volunteer radio station that has broadcast the festival each and every year. It has become a huge festival & we stopped going due to the big crowds. I now record all that I can & enjoy sharing with you all. As with any all volunteer station there are a few blurps along the way, which I have "fixed" as well as I can. Enjoy, twofthrs

FM> H2 Zoom> SD card> HD> FLAC> U.

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 OR and made the quest to Nashville TN. 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 a 60's motel 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 (networking and elbow rubbing with Nashville's music scene all the while). Next, she formed two bands on each side of the country complete with horn sections, and back-up singer/dancers. 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 -ength album, Motown Suite, at The Tracking Room (as seen on ABC's new hit drama, Nashville), one of Nashville's top recording studios.

Cooper's 7-inch single, Cooper Live at the Historic Star Theater, was recently 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 who draws from the past and paints the future with a fresh and unique style.

Set List
01 I Wanna Love You
02 Tell Me To Stay
03 Baby I Love You
04 Sugar
05 Light My Fuse
06 Black Widow Lady (station id edit)
07 Leve Me Too
08 What Is & Should Never Be
09 Take It From Me