Coca Leaves and Pearls (THE Neil Young tribute band)

Name: Coca Leaves and Pearls (THE Neil Young tribute band)
Start: 2025-10-15T19:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-10-15T23:00:00-04:00
Location: 101 Hiester Street, State College, Pennsylvania 16801, United States

Schedule

Wed Oct 15 2025 at 07:00 pm to 11:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

101 Hiester Street, State College, Pennsylvania 16801, United States | State College, PA

You’re hearing Coca Leaves and Pearls, the Philadelphia-based Neil tribute band fronted by guitarist Chris Forsyth and featuring John Murray (guitar), Jordan Burgis (bass), and Joey Sullivan (drums).
They’ve been playing primarily Ditch-era Neil tunes at various clubs around the northeast for the past few years, bringing a very Horse-y vibe to the chosen few (you can check out a tasty recording via Archive.org). They’re incredible—and Coca Leaves and Pearls was kind of enough to record some killer theme music for All One Song at Jeff Zeigler’s Uniform Studios.
Now, Chris Forsyth is much more than just the leader of a great Neil Young tribute band, of course. Much more! For more than a decade, he’s been one of our favorite guitarists, blending Richard Thompson with Tom Verlaine, Robert Quine with John McLaughlin, Sonny Sharrock with … well, Neil Young. His albums with the Solar Motel Band are modern day classics, and his recent work with the Basic trio has been insanely good. Chris is an extremely tasteful player, but he’s also willing to stretch beyond the barriers of tastefulness into the sublime.