The Bogmen — live event
On November 11, 2023 The Bogmen record release party will be at The Paramount, Huntington. My Kingdom, has everything fans of The Bogmen love about them, it is melody driven, poetic and seamlessly goes from sounding old-timey and rootsy to orchestrated and electronic, Americana with an ethnic flare, lyrical themes of grief, love, rebirth and transcendence through imagination, populated by old friends, animals and colorful mythological characters yet intensely personal so people can relate to it. The Bogmen have stood the test of time. After touring the U.S. extensively for seven years and releasing two albums on Arista Records – LIfe Begins At 40,000,000 produced by Jerry Harrison of Talking Heads and Closed Captioned Radio (Godfrey Diamond, Bill Laswell), the band had a dramatic break up in ‘99. It was thought the band would never play together again but the horrifying events of 9/11, which claimed the life of keyboardist Brendan Ryan’s wife Kristy and countless others close to the band, caused them to set their differences aside and do some good. It all started with playing two sold out nights at NYC’s Iriving Plaza and raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for families directly affected by 9/11. There now exists a live album and documentary about those two shows called We Will Go To Them Tonight https://vimeo.com/253441271, there was also a compilation album KRISTY’S SMILE created for that event with new music by The Bogmen, Gordon Gano (Violent Femmes) & The Ryans and others who played that night. Everyone in the band went back to their solo projects until another five years went by and the fans were clamoring for more shows so they booked one night at NYC’s Bowery Ballroom, unsure if they could fill such a large room after so many years but it sold out in minutes and so they added another night and another night and upgraded the third night to Webster Hall, all of which SOLD OUT. It was then that the band knew their fans weren’t going away and they made a commitment to sporadically keep playing and putting out records as long as the fans were calling for it. In 2010 they released a four song EP titled Looking For Heaven In The Barrio (33 ⅓) that has become a fan favorite and is now baked into their legendary live show set. One song, “Oceans Apart” was featured in the film Hall Pass directed by the Farelly Brothers (Kingpin, There’s Something About Mary, Dumb & Dumber).
Starts: 2023-11-11T20:00:02Z
Ends: 2023-11-11T22:00:02Z
Where: 370 New York Avenue, Huntington, New York 11743, United States
Price: $32.75