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Doors @ 4PM ~ Show @ 7PM

Grover Anderson hails from Calaveras County and—like its former resident, Mark Twain—revels in the tragic, the mundane, and the absurd. Anderson has made a name in the Sierra Nevada foothills writing tall tales masquerading as songs—sometimes funny, sometimes deadly serious, always honest. 

Raised in the small town of Murphys, California, Anderson grew up devouring Americana in the form of music, literature, and history. While studying theater at UCSB he earned cash busking, his clever lines snagging the attention of locals, tourists, and bar owners who eventually invited him to come play inside. After an extended stop in Oakland, he returned to the hometown that inspired him. His songs—narratives of adventurers undone by ambition, small-town characters trying to play it cool, or bare reflections on his life—merge Twain’s folksy storytelling with music triangulated somewhere between Lyle Lovett, John Prine, and Garth Brooks.

He’s often joined by The Lampoliers—Josh Certo, Dave Duggan, Marshall Henry, and a bevy of other talented collaborators—with whom he produced his 2021 album All the Lies That I Have Told, showcasing his knack for murder ballads and small-town odes