Don’t miss the return of Swell City Opry, with Lizzy Smith, Jamie and Kellen Coffis (of The Coffis Brothers), and  Duncan Shipton and Chris Jones (of Wolf Jett)  at El Vaquero Winery Sunday April 21st from 4-7 pm.  

Experience down-home foot-stompin music with Santa Cruz’s newest country band The Swell City Opry! Founding member Lizzy Smith (of Kentucky Mule) grew up fiddling in her family’s theater, The Wisconsin Opry, in Wisconsin Dells, Wi. She missed playing the classic country tunes and harmonies she was raised on so she hit up some of her favorite local musicians, got a few beers in them and talked these busy dudes into starting a guilty pleasure cover band. 

Lizzy loved the idea of passing the mic around and featuring every band member on vocals. Jamie Coffis agreed to bring his tasty chops on the keys to the band and his brother Kellen Coffis wanted to try a new hat as drummer which he pulls off effortlessly. Furthermore one would be hard pressed to find better harmonizers than these two brothers. Drawn from the band “Wolf Jett” we are lucky to have the steady rhythms of Duncan Shipton on the bass and Chris Jones mixing it up on rhythm guitar, slide guitar, electric guitar and harmonica which he delivers with contagious energy. From Willie Nelson to The Old Crow Medicine Show, Merle Haggard to Lucinda Williams, The Allman Brothers to Emmylou Harris, the Swell City Opry aims to dish up some of your favorite country tunes.