Based in the growing musical mecca of Portland, OR, Chad Rupp and The Sugar Roots create a pleasing blend of blues-laden rock spiced with a major helping of soul. With two hit albums, Savage’s Life and The Devil Won’t Get You, on Lightning In A Bottle Records, this band brings everything to the table with both releases charting nationally and internationally, with a third album to be released at the 2024 Waterfront Blues Festival.

The band’s current profile in 2024 includes the Sugar-Free Horns (Joe McCarthy, trumpet, and Bradley Lee Ulrich, tenor sax), Ken Brewer, keys; Alec Donn, drums; Timmer Blakely, bass; Chad Rupp on guitar and vocals; and special guest vocalist Ms. Vee.