Art Truckee First Friday Aug 2nd, 2024 5:00 - 9:00pm An Elevated Shopping Experience Including Live Music and Refreshments Featured Musician: Brandon & The Beast 6:30-8:30pm Featured Artist: Morgan Massie & Bridgette Durante Born and raised in San Francisco Brandon Rootz (Hess) is a world class rock guitarist and vocalist.  He journeyed to Jamaica in 2015 after a near death experience spawned visions of Bob Marley. Upon arriving in Jamaica Brandon became spiritually inspired leading him to the heart of the reggae music scene in the Waterhouse area of Kingston, where he produced many songs with well-known reggae artists Spear, Buju Banton (Bad Boys Forever), Luciano Messenjah and King Jammy.  In 2019 Brandon returned to the SF Bay Area, where he was introduced to singer songwriter and harmonica player Curt Campbell at a private event in Northern California. After jamming together for several days, they recognized the chemistry and set up an old Telefunken microphone and recorded an acoustic album of original material in a Lake Tahoe Chalet.  Shortly  after that session the multi-track files were stolen during a break-in in San Francisco.  Fortunately, the recording sessions were saved in a rough mix mp3 format. After much discussion the mp3 files were sent to San Francisco Mastering Guru John Cuniberti, to see what could be done.  John was able to salvage what was left and from those files he was able to create a masterpiece called “Brandon & The Beast”