Tickets are on sale now for Greg Trooper - Thursday, April 22 @ 7:30PM. All Tickets $20.00. 
This is a benefit concert for "Water For People". Greg is a singer/songwriter from New Jersey and has been around for years. His songs have been recorded by the likes of Steve Earle, Rosanne Cash, and Vince Gill. He plays a wide variety of music. You can visit his website at www.gregtrooper.com.
Tickets are available through the Memorial Opera House Box Office, by phone at 219-548-9137, or in person. The Memorial Opera House is located at 104 Indiana Avenue, Valparaiso, IN. Box office hours: Monday-Saturday 10:00 am - 2:00 pm. You may also visit our website at www.mohlive.com to purchase individual tickets.
GREG TROOPER BIO:
Rarely has there been a more aptly named singer/songwriter than Greg Trooper. Over three decades, the New Jersey native has soldiered on through the victories and setbacks unique to a career dedicated to music, proving through gestures large and small that he’s one of our best. It’s evident in the company he keeps, the critics who praise his recordings, the fans who invest in his shows and the artists who learn his songs, wishing they’d written them. It is most evident in what Amazon.com calls his “catalog of superbly crafted albums” and All Music says that, “each album is stronger than the last — which is saying something when you've never released a bad one. This impressive discography testifies for an artist who has always served the song and the music above all other things.
Raised in the shore town of Little Silver, NJ Trooper became enthralled by the greater New York area’s rich music scene. He discovered a sort of holy musical trinity in the work of Otis Redding, Bob Dylan, and Hank Williams, with their guiding lights of passion, literary dexterity and plainspoken honesty. It’s one reason Trooper’s music feels equally informed by Memphis soul, Greenwich Village folk and Nashville twang.
Trooper has made an impact on the music scenes in all the places he’s lived since leaving home after high school: Austin, Texas, Lawrence, Kansas, Nashville and New York. His albums have demonstrated creative vision as well as a collaborator’s heart. Americana star Buddy Miller produced 1998’s Popular Demons album, while soul legend Dan Penn steered 2005’s extraordinary Make It Through This World.
His songs have been recorded by Vince Gill, Steve Earle, Billy Bragg, Lucy Kaplansky, Maura O’Connell, Robert Earl Keen, and Bill Lloyd among others. He’s released 9 records and toured throughout the US and Europe including stints with John Prine, Billy Bragg and Joe Ely.
"Greg Trooper writes great songs, including one of my very favorite songs in the world, Little Sister. On top of all that, there's his voice - an instrument I have coveted for 15 years." - Steve Earle
“Greg Trooper has got to be on our list of our finest contemporary songwriters.” - Billy Bragg
“Greg Trooper is a songwriter and performer who deserves about 12 times the attention he’s received. He knows how to play rock against country and folk and position the pressures of adulthood against the longing for adolescent freedom.” - Dave Marsh
Trooper’s lyrical manner is poignant and his singing is patient and evocative. – No Depression
Trooper is a master at capturing life's simple, but vexing emotions, the demons we all long to chase. - Dirty Linen