Name: Jordan Tice Band | Water Tower
Start: 2026-02-27T20:00:00-08:00
Location: 230 Petaluma Ave Sebastopol CA 95472

KC TURNER PRESENTS
JORDAN TICE BAND | WATER TOWER

HopMonk Sebastopol - the Abbey
DOORS: 7pm | SHOW: 8pm
$20 ADVANCE | $25 DAY OF SHOW
21+ | MOSTLY STANDING

NO REFUNDS | ALL SALES FINAL
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ABOUT:
Jordan Tice is a musical seeker of the most dedicated sort. Listening to the breadth of his discography, which includes 7 projects as a solo artist and 6 as a founding member of the string band, Hawktail, one will hear this dedication at play. Equally virtuosic as a flatpicker and fingerstylist, and with a casual vocal style, Tice conjures ingredients from far-flung worlds with ease which has earned him glowing press from such outlets as NPR and American Songwriter and taken him to stages such as the Telluride Bluegrass Festival and the Ryman Auditorium. His performances call upon the repertories of American and British Isles folk, bluegrass, blues and pop-oriented songs, and though his earlier releases are instrumental in focus, he has been carefully honing his craft as a singer-songwriter in his most recent work. This includes his Motivational Speakeasy (produced by Kenneth Pattengale of The Milk Carton Kids) and Badlettsville projects which make it easy to confuse his originals for timeworn chestnuts. Having filled the roles of guitar ace, sideman (w/ Aoife O’Donovan, Andrew Marlin of Watchhouse and David Rawlings), songwriter and student of American music for the better part of his life, Jordan’s songs are enriching for all manner of listeners, from guitar fanatics to more casual fans of Americana music. He delivers performances that are not weighted by any one area of his prowess, allowing listeners to join his world of candor, wit and ineffable facility with comfort.

Water Tower: A Sonic Odyssey Forged in Fire, Grass, and Grit
For over two decades, frontman Kenny Feinstein has been the relentless architect behind Water Tower, shaping the band’s evolution through sheer passion and unyielding vision. What began in 2005 as the raw, frenetic energy of The Water Tower Bucket Boys soon morphed into the roots-driven force of Water Tower String Band—but Kenny wasn’t done. In 2014, he left his Portland roots behind and descended upon Los Angeles, igniting the band’s latest and most explosive incarnation: Water Tower.
At its core, Water Tower is a triumph of unlikely alchemy—three virtuosos from wildly different worlds, colliding to create a sound that defies genre.
- Kenny Feinstein—the punk-bluegrass outlaw—wields banjo, mandolin, fiddle, and guitar like weapons, splicing Old Time grit with punk rock fury.
- Tommy Drinkard—audio engineer, rock frontman (*Tommy Drinkard and the Remedy*), and banjo prodigy—went from student to champion in a year, taking 1st place at the Topanga Banjo & Fiddle Contest before merging his reggae-rock swagger into Water Tower’s DNA.
- Jesse Blue Eads—the 23-year-old jazz phenom—was a Berklee-awarded bassist hiding a banjo-shredding secret. They found him busking on a SoCal beach, where an impromptu jam session erupted into a double-banjo hurricane, birthing the band’s signature sound in anthems like "Take Me Back."
But no sonic rebellion is complete without its rhythmic foundation. Enter:
- Taylor Estes (The Bass Lord)—A low-end warlock whose basslines don’t just hold down the groove—they command it. Whether thundering through a bluegrass burner or locking into a reggae-tinged pulse, Taylor’s playing is the hidden engine that turns chaos into cohesion.
- John Seltzer (like the water)—The band’s human metronome, a mandolin player whose precision and adaptability flow as naturally as his namesake. From breakneck bluegrass to psychedelic jam explosions, John doesn’t just keep time and play face melting solos—he owns those dimensions.
Bound by a love for bluegrass, Old Time, and jam-grass, yet electrified by their divergent influences—Tommy’s reggae-rock grooves, Jesse’s jazz-prog wizardry, Kenny’s punk-fueled trad revival, Taylor’s seismic bass sorcery, and John’s liquid-funk percussion—Water Tower is a sonic rebellion.
From "Take Me Back" to "Fivers" and "AMPM", their songs are road-worn anthems, forged in fire and baptized in sound. This isn’t just a band—it’s a movement.