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THURSDAY | March 21, 2019 | 7:00pm | Music Night at Bogies | Peter Asher: A Musical Memoir of the 60s and Beyond With Special Guest Kate Taylor

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“…as Mr. Asher regaled a delighted audience with stories… he conjured history in the making, before it was set in stone.”  – Stephen Holden, New York Times

“…the exuberant Mr. Asher knew anyone who rocked and everyone who mattered.” –Wall Street Journal

“An all-around charming and delightful fellow — he reminisces about his whole career and it is highly entertaining” – Steve Martin

“Everybody should go and see it — I’ve seen it myself twice” – Linda Ronstadt

We first came to know him through the global smash “World Without Love” as one half of the British Invasion duo Peter & Gordon. He returns--now a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire-- in “Peter Asher: A Musical Memoir of the 60s and Beyond” which brings a multimedia experience to the stage, hosted by the two-time Grammy winner for Producer of the Year. Peter Asher moved effortlessly from his role with Peter & Gordon to Music Executive with the Beatles’ Apple Records, then famously- (as in cover of Rolling Stone magazine level famous)- to Producer and Manager, handling the careers of James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt and a host of others. Books abound, documentaries with half-truths (and worse) are all too common, but, now, finally, Mr. Asher tells first hand his tales from the eye of the cultural hurricane in this intimate evening.

For this unique show, Kate Taylor, as in James’ “Sister Kate”, is Peter Asher’s guest. Mr. Asher discovered Kate, and managed and produced her as she recorded his debut album, the aptly titled “Sister Kate”. Peter Asher brought to that album the same cast of musicians that made the “Sweet Baby James” album for James Taylor.

Plus: “Bookends”: The Complete Simon and Garfunkel Album Live In Concert

Named one of popular music's  All-Time Greatest Albums by Rolling Stone magazine, Simon and Grafunkel's “Bookends” quickly became an album that defined the era upon its release in April, 1968. Rolling Stone said that a lyric in "A Hazy Shade of Winter"—"Time, time, time, see what’s become of me..."—"defined the moment for a generation on the edge of adulthood" and, in addition to the above accolades, also named it one of the Top 25 albums of the 60s.

"Bookends" was intentionally a song cycle tracing a person's life.  Art Garfunkel told the UK newspaper The Guardian in 2015 that the album was influenced by the recent release of the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper.  "We were terribly impressed, and that shone a light on the path that led to Bookends." The album spent 7 weeks at Number One on the Billboard top pop Albums chart, despite the fact that it's major single, Mrs Robinson, was also the lead track on the soundtrack to the film "The Graduate". In fact, In the spring and summer of 1968--from April 6 to July 20, a 16 week period--either "Bookends" or  "The Graduate" was the number one album.

Seven of the album's eleven songs were released as singles, an unprecedented number in that era. "A Hazy Shade of Winter"-, "At The Zoo", "Fakin' It', "Mrs. Robinson" b/w " Old Friends/Bookends " and "America". They all charted, and "Mrs Robinson" was a number one smash and the Grammy Winner for "Record of the Year.". The album spent 66 weeks on the chart and sold in the millions.

Jeff Alan Ross (keys, guitars, vox)
Ron Bonfiglio (guitars, vox)
Bill Cinque (bass, vox, comic relief)
Christopher Allis (drums)

KATE TAYLOR

Born in New England and raised in North Carolina, Kate shares her dual musical heritage with brothers James, Livingston, Hugh, and her late brother Alex. Her roots run deep in the soul, gospel and rockabilly sounds of her southern upbringing and in the literate folk, pop and Appalachian stylings that comprise the balance of her family's musical legacy.

Fronting her own band at fifteen, Kate signed her first recording contract with Atlantic/Cotillion records at nineteen under the tutelage of her manager, legendary producer Peter Asher. That album, "Sister Kate," produced her first charting hit, a cover of Elton John's "Country Comfort," recorded with his encouragement and blessing.

She later recorded two albums for Columbia Records, "Kate Taylor," produced by her brother James Taylor and "It's in There," produced by acclaimed Muscle Shoals/Nashville producer Barry Beckett. Her duet with James, "The Shoop Shoop Song," from "Kate Taylor," became her next charting hit single and remains an audience favorite today.

Kate's 2002 release, Beautiful Road, received 3 stars from Rolling Stone, who dubbed it a "heartfelt folk-rock gem."  Her 2009 release, Fair Time!, her first of all original compositions, debuted to critical acclaim nationwide.

Kate's performances have included the Newport Folk Festival, the WUMB/Boston Folk Festival, Sirius/XM radio and Nashville's famed Blue Bird Cafe. Kate plays regularly throughout the Northeast and at Feinstein's in New York City.

This is a rare chance to see Kate Taylor on the west coast. The legendary Simon & Garfunkel album, "Bookends" will be performed by an all-star band featuring Jeff Ross (Peter Asher, Badfinger), Bill Cinque (Neil Diamond),  Rob Bonfiglio (Brian Wilson), and Christopher Allis (Deana Carter, Denny Laine).