A few of us in University Park neighborhood and many more in the greater SF-Bay area, including Santa Cruz and Monterey, are big fans of the Coffis Brothers. They have some really deep roots here. Their grandfather was a coach and administrator at Menlo-Atherton High School back in the 1960s. Their dad went to MA High School and Stanford. They grew up in the Santa Cruz Mountains and their band has played all across the States, including a recent set of venues in Tennessee and North Carolina.
With two songwriters, six albums, and more than a thousand shows under their belt, The Coffis Brothers have earned their reputation as modern-day torchbearers of all-American rock & roll. It’s a sound caught halfway between amplified Americana, acoustic folk, roadhouse R&B, and electrifying roots music, crafted by a pair of California-born siblings who’ve been sharing the stage since childhood, and the five piece band filled out by their childhood friend, Kyle Poppen on lead guitar, and the rhythm section of Aidan Collins (bass), and Cory Graves (drums).
February 7, 2025
7:30 pm Doors Open
Link: Coffis Brothers – Club Fox Theater – Redwood City
2209 Broadway Street, Redwood City, CA
Phone: 831-334-1153
That sound reaches a new peak with Kaw-fis Bruth-urs. The band’s third collaboration with Bay Area legend (and longtime Mother Hips frontman) Tim Bluhm, who serves as the album’s producer, Kaw-fis Bruth-urs finds Jamie and Kellen Coffis letting their guard down, enjoying the creative ride as much as the destination itself. For every signature-sounding song like “Cut Right Through” — a heartland rock anthem built for highway drives and long horizons, as sunny as the band’s Golden State homeland and as hook-driven as a Tom Petty classic — there’s another track that stretches the band’s sound into new territory. The result is The Coffis Brothers’ widest-ranging album yet, running the gamut from bluesy, blue-eyed soul (“Face the Music”) to jangling, harmony-heavy power pop (“Do You Want To”).
