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The Nate Champion Band is a 5-piece multi-genre jam band hailing from the foothills of the Bighorn Mountains in Sheridan, Wyoming. The group's eclectic range of music will bring you a fusion of rock, psych, country, blues, soul, jazz, reggae, and bluegrass all blended into one delicious sound for your ears to enjoy. NCB is comprised of Bill Heide (lead vocals, guitar, harmonica, jaw harp, cunga, and medicine flute), Cooper Quarterman (face-melting lead guitar, vocals), Spencer Porden (rhythm guitar, swirly sounds, pedal steel, vocals), Joel Saur (drums, lasers, vocals), and Jobe Jennings (electric bass, electric upright bass). NCB released their first album (Nate Champion Band - EP) in 2020, with another album in the works to be released sometime in 2023. NCB can also be found touring around the region from Casper to Colorado with Gillette, Wyoming's original cattle-caller and country music superstar, Kellen Smith. The group's music is regularly heard on Wyoming Public Radio's statewide music station, Wyoming Sounds. NCB's mix of original music and deep-track covers will have you dancing the night away, whether you call yourself a hippy, or a cowboy. "Grab your horses, grab your guns," and come listen to Nate Champion!
BUT WHO IS NATE CHAMPION!?
Nathan D. Champion (September 29, 1857 – April 9, 1892) — known as Nate Champion — was a key figure in the Johnson County War of April 1892. Falsely accused by a wealthy Wyoming cattlemen's association of being a rustler, Champion was the first person targeted by a band of hit men hired by the cattlemen. In reality, Champion was simply a small rancher who stood up against the big cattlemen's practice of claiming all unbranded young cattle on the range. He is celebrated for his heroic stand in his besieged cabin and for a heartfelt letter written at the time describing the events.
