Truckee’s outdoor musician Jody Sweet has rolled his piano out on the Donner Pass Road sidewalk for the first time since 2020. Before the Covid shut-ins, Sweet was a town fixture, playing the piano outside in the evenings, on weekends and in all weather. Sweet also teaches piano at Tahoe Truckee School of Music. Read Priya Hutner’s story on Sweet at TheTahoeWeekly.com.
Over his 10 years on the sidewalk, he has worn through four pianos. The hammers on the last one froze and broke as he was playing during a snowstorm. The new one was donated by the Steinway Piano Gallery of Reno. In its first weekend, Sweet’s new piano collected more than 100 signatures from locals and visitors.
Sweet can be found playing most weekends and during Truckee Thursdays in front of Gallery 5830’, where the piano is stored. | gallery5830.com, tahoemusic.net
