The Cooley Gang // Megan Jean's Secret Family // The Bear Essentials

Name: The Cooley Gang // Megan Jean's Secret Family // The Bear Essentials
Start: 2025-09-05T20:00:00-04:00
Location: 123 Pleasant Street

Schedule

Fri, 05 Sep, 2025 at 08:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

123 Pleasant Street | Morgantown, WV

We got a wild one! The Cooley Gang will be joined by pals Megan Jean's Secret Family and Bear Essentials at Morgantown's legendary 123 Pleasant St!
Songwriting cousins Ryan Cooley Gaujot and Jason Jaros swap mandolins, guitars, tunes, lyrical harmonies, ballads, improvisations, and rhythms to create a musical experience to get your feet moving with songs that tell of true-life encounters, local history, and tall tales. With Chris Bern (bass) Greg "Shorty" Short (percussion), and Pat Sutton(drums) the WV based Appalachian rooted Americana band draws on a wide range of musical influences from blues, jazz, and reggae, to country, bluegrass, old time, and rock & roll.
Megan Jean’s Secret Family is a fresh blend of the 70’s by way of the 90’s rock, soul, country, and jam, emphasizing vocal-driven danceable original songs that bring together generations of sound. In May of 2024, the band made their national radio debut on NPR’s Mountain Stage alongside notable acts like Keller Williams and Bettye Lavette. DC Music Review called them one of their “New favorite acts” following an energitc performance at 2024’s DelFest. The band was awarded a creativity grant from the Maryland State Arts Council to produce their debut full-length album PLOT (Play.Loud.On.Turntable) which will be released in Fall 2024. In the three years since their formation they have shared the stage with Fastball, The Spin Doctors, Cabinet, Joan Osbourne, and Cris Jacobs.
The Bear Essentials are a three-piece string band opening the night.