Catherine Popper is an American musician best known as the former bass guitarist and backing vocalist for Ryan Adams & the Cardinals and Grace Potter and the Nocturnals. Popper is also a member of an all-female trio called Puss n Boots with Norah Jones and Sasha Dobson. Popper, from Charlotte, NC, attended the North Carolina School of the Arts for high school and subsequently the Manhattan School of Music. From 2004 to 2006, Popper played bass, double bass, and sang back up vocals for Ryan Adams with the group The Cardinals. She shared songwriting credits for many songs on the band's albums from those years. Starting in 2009, Popper joined Grace Potter and the Nocturnals on tour and for the band's self-titled fifth album, released on June 8, 2010, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals. The album was produced by Mark Batson and debuted at #19 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums for the week ending June 13, 2010. On November 14, 2011, Popper announced her departure from Grace Potter and the Nocturnals for the "foreseeable future" on her Facebook page. In January 2012, Popper appeared on Late Show with David Letterman, performing "Travel As Equals" with Joseph Arthur. 

December 28th, 1973 in (Age 50)