Bowser

Over the past 10 years, the Midwest based Bowser band has gone from performing on the streets of Madison, WI through the various bars and clubs all over the Midwest. Finally the band found themselves this past year headlining the Refugee Stage at Milwaukee’s (and the worlds largest) music festival, Summerfest. This band continues to blaze a trail forward in the name of Wisconsin music. Luke Abler, Jon Prigge, John Selak, Owen Mooney and drummer Charles Ehlenbeck return to Milwaukee Friday Jan 29th as the core of string slingers, harmonious vocalists, and all out rock n roll jam collaborators of the electric spirit which make up the Bowser Band.

They will be performing at The Up and Under Pub, located at 1216 E. Brady St. The show starts at 10pm.

Blending their own twisted roots of Wisconsin music in a fierce and fiery alchemy, this unique bunch of friends dig into a revival of engaging electric guitar, raging piano and soulful singing and spirit. Collaborative sing along chorus’s and very soulful three-part harmonies co-mingle with a scorching lead guitar, wailing harmonica, and a foot tapping bass line to an escalating synergy that seems to burst from both stage and speaker with aural aplomb.

All at once, fresh and vibrant, yet somehow strangely familiar, The Bowser Band covers a lot of ground both stylistically and lyrically. From the opening salvo of “Apricot Sensimilla” their songs tend to rip through the speakers with a guitar and piano soaked exhortation to all listeners. A new soon to be a released radio single “Good Night Mr. Willis” brings the party as it celebrates true community spirit in an almost 1970 Joe Cocker/Leon Russell -style “Mad Dogs at Englishmen” type feel. Other crowd/fan favorites like “Spunomi” and “Nicholas the Pufferfish” serve as catalyst pieces to sets as they ponder the prospect of slipping into a space time warp with no intention of exiting. In mentioning another ode to the early 1970’s recording artists and era. Singer Songwriter Neil Young featured the Bowser song “Lt. Dan” from their self titled 2007 debut on his Living with War website!

The Bowser band continues to further unite their passion for music with an aim toward radical localism. They play relentlessly both on their own and with friends. Recently members collaborated with the likes of Motown singer/songwriter John Hoier who has worked with many artists from The Turtles to the likes of Gun’s N Roses. Since forming in 2000, the band’s eclectic musical style provides a flexibility that allows them to perform at all types of venues. From rock clubs to festivals, they have played over 250 shows in 2009/2010 alone, including performances at Milwaukee’s Summerfest, Wisconsin’s own annual Feel Good Festival, The Nomad Music Experience and they recently headlined the 20th Annual Earthfest celebration in Sheboygan County.

The band also devotes the month of November to the “NOMAD Music Experience” a unique musical fundraiser dedicated to raising awareness and education about local sustainability and renewable energy. NOMAD is also the band’s way of giving back to the community by doing a food donation to the local Salvation Army.

So please come out and support your Wisconsin Musicians as they take the stage at one of Milwaukee’s premier music venues for hot and up and coming bands, The Up and Under Pub, 1216 East Brady St, Milwaukee, Wi /10pm Showtime.. You can find more music, show dates, and the history of the band at www.bowserband.com
Saturday, January 29th, 2011
Starts at 10:00 PM
- The Journal Times

"...bringing in some of the Underground’s largest crowds. The so-called “cult like” following that the Grateful Dead and Phish are known for" - UW Oshkosh Advance Titan