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Return to LA! Return to Japan!

2 Comments 10 October 2011

Happy St. Martin’s Summer, Everyone!

Back to school, back to work, back to life, back to reality, back-to-back, ‘Back to Black’, back-to-basics or back-up-against-the-wall, I hope you all had a great September.

I’ve spent most of September in my cave. I’ve been working on a special CD for my upcoming Japan tour (details below), recording with Tracy Bonham (that stuff’s sounding GOOD), trying to finish my Live LP (more trying, less finishing), recording background vocals for albums by my friends Day One and Pete Donnelly (man, I have me some talented friends) and finding that there’s STILL things to discover lurking deep in the grooves of those Beatles’ records (prepping for White Album, Revolver, Sgt. Pepper and more coming up with the Fab Faux).

Frankly, I’m ready to BUST OUT! So, I’m flying the coop (yes, I know I said it was a cave) and taking it on the road, which is to say, in the air, and traveling West and then so far West, it’s East.

Which is my way of saying . . .

RETURN TO LA!

WEDNESDAY, 10.19.11 - 8P
GENGHIS COHEN
LOS ANGELES, CA

Wow. LA, has it been two years? Well, you look good - been working out?

I’m putting together another shindig at Genghis Cohen. They’ve always been great shindigs - you have been the main reason why. I hope you’ll come out for another.

A lot of people may have forgotten about this, but October 21st is the REAL Apocalypse (not just a “spiritual” one like back in May), so this may not only be your last opportunity to come to one of my shows, it may be your last opportunity to go to ANY show.

Either way, hope to see you there.

The Recap:
Wednesday, 10.19.11 - 8p
JIM BOGGIA
Genghis Cohen
740 N. Fairfax Avenue - Los Angeles, CA
$10 - 21+

SATURDAY, 10.22.11 - 8p
FAB FAUX plays THE WHITE ALBUM
ORPHEUM
LOS ANGELES, CA

Okay, the rest of this email operates under the premise that the Apocalypse will NOT take place on October 21st. In the event of the Apocalypse, these shows will all be canceled or, at the very least, moved to different venues.

I’m joining the Fab Faux to perform the White Album in its entirety. This show finds me in my role as Faux #6 - Utility Infielder. I’ll be running around the stage playing acoustic and electric guitars (and left-handed 12-string electric guitar played upside-down), keyboard, bass, drums (oh yes, drums), percussion, singing and doing even crazier things on ‘Revolution 9′. Quite the spectacle.

The Recap:
Saturday, 10.22.11 - 8p
FAB FAUX
Orpheum Theatre
842 S. Broadway - Los Angeles, CA
$39, $49, $59, $69, $79, $89 - All Ages
Get Tix

RETURN TO JAPAN!

SEPTEMBER 25 - 30, 2011
JIM BOGGIA FALL ‘11 JAPAN TOUR
YOKOHAMA, FUJI, OSAKA, KAMAKURA

PLUS:
‘JIM BOGGIA - OFFICIAL BOOTLEG . . . LIVE AT CAFE GOATEE’ CD

I can’t believe I’m going back for my THIRD Japan tour in the last 12 months. Getting a chance to travel Japan and play has been a true gift. Thank you to all the wonderful people in Japan who have been coming out and making the shows such a success and enabling it to continue. I can’t wait to come back and see you all again!

During the planning of this tour, I was asked about doing a special CD release for the Japan market. The result is ‘Jim Boggia - Official Bootleg . . . Live at Cafe Goatee’ featuring a collection of performances from my last two tours recorded in front of the incredible audiences at Cafe Goatee in Kamakura. This CD will be available at all the shows on the Fall tour.

THE SHOWS:
Tuesday, 10.25.11 - 7:30p
Cafe Goatee Presents: Bruce Hughes, Matt The Electrician & Scrappy Jud Newcomb with special guest Jim Boggia
Thumbs Up
1-22 2-chome, Nishi-ku
Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan 220-0005
前売 5,000/当日 5,500 (要ドリンク＆フードオーダー) - TBD
Get Tix

Wednesday, 10.26.11 - 8:30p
JIM BOGGIA
Never Land
Fuji, Shizuoka, Japan
前売 2,500 / 当日 3,000 (1ドリンク付) - All Ages

Friday, 10.28.11 - 8p
JIM BOGGIA
club WONDER
7F-A, 1-6-31, Higashi-Shinsaibashi, Chuou-ku
Osaka, Osaka, Japan
前売 3,500 / 当日 4,000 (要ドリンクオーダー) - All Ages

Saturday, 10.29.11 - 7:30p
JIM BOGGIA
Cafe Goatee
Stroll Bldg. 3F, 2-10-7, Komachi
Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan
前売 4,000 / 当日 4,500 (要ドリンクオーダー) - All Ages

Sunday, 10.30.11 - 7:00p
JIM BOGGIA
Cafe Goatee
Stroll Bldg. 3F, 2-10-7, Komachi
Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan
前売 4,000 / 当日 4,500 (要ドリンクオーダー) - All Ages

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BOGGIA: Steel City, Folk Fest, LA & More

0 Comments 12 July 2011

Greetings Citizens,

Hope you all had a fun 4th of July and got your fill of bbqs, fireworks and Ray Charles. I finally had a chance to catch my breath this weekend; the past two months have been a music-making blur for me.

I’m very happy to announce some BIG NEWS - I’ve been invited to play at this year’s Philadelphia Folk Fest as part of their 50th Anniversary. A huge debt of thanks to “The Treasure of Philadelphia”, Helen Leicht, for having me aboard (BTW, I’m trying to get this whole “The Treasure of Philadelphia” thing started with Helen, feel free to spread it around). I’ll be playing August 20th. Details coming soon.

Well, I can’t spend all of the time between now and Folk Fest just sunning by the pool in my speedos (sorry, ladies) . . .

I’VE GOT MUSIC TO MAKE!

SATURDAY, 7.09.11 - 8:30p
STEEL CITY
PHOENIXVILLE, PA

I’ve been playing Steel City for over 10 years now - I’m on my fourth or fifth owner (I’m told I’m listed on the deed with the place now).

One of the many reasons I keep coming back is the chance to share the stage with musicians I’m enamored with, having them open and getting to sit-in on each other’s sets (I may hold some sort of record for playing with the most acts I’m not a part of). This show, I’m super-psyched to have Pete Donnelly doing the honors. Pete’s played with me handling bass duties and I’ve been recently reciprocating by playing some guitar with his band - and, of course, he’s a member of the they-actually-make-me-a-little-angry-they’re-so-good The Figgs and now playing with Terry Adams in the newly-reconstituted NRBQ (I know!). Great musician, great songs, great person - not to missed, so come early!

The Recap:
Saturday, 7.09.11 - 8:30p
JIM BOGGIA
Steel City
203 Bridge Street - Phoenixville, PA
610.933.4043
ALL-AGES. BYOB.
8:30pm - $16 adv./$18 day of show

PETE DONNELLY opens!

Get Tix

SATURDAY, 7.16.11 - 7:30p
MUSICAL LAIRS CONCERT SERIES
ST. DAVIDS, PA

Wow, I’ve been playing Lee Bower’s Musical Lairs Concert Series for almost as long as I’ve been playing Steel City (thank god I started so young). Hosted, as always, by the fabulous Breck’s in the music room (and it really is - you could have a chamber concert in there) of their home in St. Davids, this is the house concert that isn’t a house concert (except that it is).

Unlike most house concerts, this one is open to the public and if you haven’t made one of these, you really should, it’s always one of the best shows of the year.

The grand piano don’t hurt, either. Unless I get too carried away and try to play things I don’t know. I’m pretty sure it hurts a little then.

The Recap:
Saturday, 7.016.11 - 7:30p
JIM BOGGIA
Musical Lairs Concert Series
The Brecks - St. Davids, PA
Doors open at 7:30. Music begins promptly at 8:00.

Joe and Lisa Breck’s home is in St. David’s, PA. Contact Lee Bowers at leebowers@comcast.net for reservations and directions.

Suggested contribution to the artist $20, and some finger food to share at the break.

LA IN OCTOBER
HOUSE CONCERT FOR YOU?

Dear LA,

It’s been so long since I’ve seen you. Too long.

I hope you know, I hope you know that this had nothing to do with you. It’s personal, myself and I. We had some straightenin’ out to do.

But LA, I’ve missed you like a child misses it’s blanket. Can you “Fergie”ve me?

Yes, I’m coming back to LA, for the first time in over two years, in late October. I’ll be playing with the Fab Faux at the Wiltern Theatre Orpheum (performing the White Album) on October 22nd.

This leaves me with a couple of days open to perform some West Coast Living Room Therapy. Do YOU have a west coast living room that needs to have an evening being filled with friends and fun and music? My house concerts have been clinically-proven* to bring clarity, peace, serenity** (and a guitar) to living rooms, dens, backyards and even the occasional basement.

I have Friday, October 21 and Sunday October 23 available for house concerts in the LA area. If your west coast living room could use some therapy on one of these dates, please contact Jack Leitenberg (okaybabe@aol.com) for more info.

* This statement not approved by the FDA.
** In comedy, this is known as a “callback”.

UPCOMING

Even more goodness in the not-too-distant future.

07.10.11 - Rich Pagano + sugarCane Cups - Maplewoodstock - Maplewood, NJ
07.14.11 - Jim Boggia - Gorgas Park with Ben Arnold - Roxborough, PA
07.18.11 - Tom Waits Tribute Night - The Living Room - NYC
08.20.11 - Jim Boggia - Philadelphia Folk Festival - Schwenksville, PA
09.17.11 - Jim Boggia - The Saint - Asbury Park, NJ
10.22.11 - Fab Faux - Wiltern Theatre Orpheum - Los Angeles, CA

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ROCKWOOD MUSIC HALL and THE SAINT

0 Comments 13 June 2011

Happy Summer!

I hope it’s off to a great start.

I’ve been keeping busy the last couple of months - starting with the uber-enjoyable run of shows with Tracy Bonham and Bleu as The Killer Bs; then an unexpected, quickly-arranged and once-again-magical return to Japan for a three-night run of shows at Cafe Goatee in Kamakura; a bunch of great nights sitting in with my friends Mike Viola, Jill Sobule and John Doe, Pete Donnelly and the aforementioned Ms. Bonham; 2 terrific nights handling keyboard, guitar and vocal duties with the Fab Faux - AND I even snuck in a couple low-key solo shows and some house concerts as well. Damn, I didn’t even realise how busy I’ve been until I typed all that out!

The bad news is that I’ve been struggling with some carpal tunnel issues in my right hand (and then also managed to smash my left index finger in a door), but I seem to have learned how to play whether I can actually feel my fingers or not, so . . .

LET’S PLAY SOME SHOWS!!!

THURSDAY, 6.16.11 - 7P
ROCKWOOD MUSIC HALL
NYC

My first time at the Rockwood. I hope it will be the first of many, but I’m gonna need a little help from my friends, which is a way of saying it would be particularly nice if you made it out to this one and it might be a fine time to bring a friend or two (or three?). TRACY BONHAM will be joining me as my special guest and later on in the evening another upstanding member of the Philly Music Community, MUTLU, has a set on Rockwood’s other stage. C’mon, ‘Friends’ is a rerun that night anyway (this line worked for me when I used it to promote a show in 1998, figured it couldn’t hurt to bust it out).

The Recap:
Thursday, 6.16.11
JIM BOGGIA
Rockwood Music Hall
196 Allen Street - NYC
$10 Adv. / $12 DoS - 21+
Buy Tix

Rockwood 2. Opening for David Berekeley.
Jim at 7p SHARP!

SATURDAY, 6.18.11
THE SAINT
ASBURY PARK, NJ

Early acoustic shows are starting to turn into a regular thing for me at the Saint, and I’m loving it. The last one in back in February was probably one of my best shows of the year so far, I’m hoping to re-create that, except for the part when I couldn’t find the keys to the rental car at the end of the night.

The Recap:
Saturday, 6.18.11
JIM BOGGIA
The Saint
601 Main Street - Asbury Park, NJ 07712
$13. 21+
Buy Tix

Asbury Cafe Presents: Acoustic Rock: Feat. From Philadelphia, PA Jim Boggia / From LA, Jen Hirsh / Xenia and special guests, Doors 5pm, $13/ $15, This Is A Seated And No Talking During The Performances.

5:30 TBA
6:20 Xenia
7:00 Jen Hirsh
7:40 Peter Prasa
8:15 Jim Boggia

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