Last October John Matthews, owner of the Jazz Daiquiri Lounge on South Claiborne and a witness to the first murder, was shot 17 times in his own house.
Even within the confines of musically narrow genres, Cooder allows himself room to stretch, manipulating the song structures of 1930s American music: minstrel folk, country ballads, blues and even the loungejazz of Chet Baker.
Stroll the boutiques of downtown Truckee, then grab dinner and jazz at Moody's Bistro and Lounge, which lives by local, seasonal ingredients, whether it's a Shaw Family Farm egg, a Durham Ranch steak, or Heidi Watanabe's tomatoes.