It takes a lot of people to put on a good live show and Napa City Nights LIVE 2010 captures a moment that spans years in the making. The Amber Snider Band has played this popular wine country concert series since its inception. Artist Info: Possessing a wide emotional range and a storyteller's appeal, Amber's style has been compared to artists as varied as Ingrid Michaelson, KT Tunstall, Stevie Nicks, Sheryl Crow, Janis Joplin and Nanci Griffith. "The Amber Snider Band" play 100+ shows a year, infusing folk-rock, country blues into a new musical genre,"Ambericana". Aaron Snider, lead guitarist, is a Napa Valley native with a unique style that fuses together rock, blues and Latin guitar. Dave Youdell, bass player, also from the Napa Valley with styles varying from reggae to blues to country (Aaron and Dave have played together since they were boys playing in their parents garages). Ram Hatley, on drums, percussion and vocals is orignally from Vermont. Ram Hatley holds a B.A. in Jazz Performance from Long Island University. He was exposed to big band performance as well as Afro-Caribbean styles. Ram also attended Goddard College where he learned progressive jazz and improvisational theory.