|  |
 |
|
Boogie Brothers at Buffalo Inn Tonight |
Bill Hudson | 3/27/08
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Boogie Brothers will be laying down their unique blend of retro rock and blues — and other strange stuff — at the Buffalo Inn tonight, for your listening and dancing pleasure. Continued...
I asked the group’s drummer, DC Duncan, to give an overview of the band.
“The Boogie Brothers is an eclectic sort of high-energy boogie band; we also play jazz and we’re actually getting into a lot of Latin — strange Latin stuff. We play old blues, kind of retro..."
"The whole thing is kind of retro. We do originals too.”
“Mean Dean Murphy — who played with Big Pete Pierson and a lot of others — is on guitars and vocals. A real interesting guitar sound.” Murphy hails from the Durango area, though Duncan described his actual home as being “out in the middle of nowhere.”
 Robert Ernest is the group's bass player. “The 'Reverend' Bobby Ernest — ex-Marine, he’s played in a lot of big bands — he plays upright electric bass. He played with Joey and the Slackers for many years.” Ernest hails most recently from San Diego.
When I asked Duncan to brag about himself a little, he noted that he plays with both hands and both feet, and chew gum at the same time. “And drink a beer. And sing. And other things I won’t go into.”
Duncan plays the role of emcee for the band, providing the occasional off-color humor for which he is somewhat notorious. I suggested the event was “adult entertainment?”
“It is. But we will also play for families. Usually, like the Manson family. Or the Adams family.”
Duncan has been a regular fixure of the Pagosa music scene ove the past 20 years, appearing with a variety of local area bands — Rio Jazz, Dog at Large, Jack Hanson Trio, Kurt James Band, Captain Rumbelly, to name a few — as well as with national acts like Bo Diddley and Screamin’ Jay Hawkins.
Duncan says the group has lately been playing the “Mountain Oyster Circuit.”
They will be appearing tonight at the Buffalo Inn, on North Pagosa Boulevard, starting at 8pm and laying it down until midnight. No cover. |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|