The Peaceniks - here come the Peaceniks w/ Moogy
Klingman & Barry Gruber
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About
the Peaceniks
The
Peaceniks are a rocking jamming band dedicated to
peace, love, great rockin' songs and a hippie jam vibe along the lines
of the Dead, Phish, the Allman Brothers and Gov't Mule (whom Peacenik
Moogy use to play with). Their songs are somewhere between the lyrical
content of early Bob Dylan, and the harmony sounds of the
Beatles.
In the year since they have started playing and
recording they have done many shows, concerts and recently put out
their first album, "Here Comes the Peaceniks" on Band Together Records.
This
past September, The Peaceniks played at New
York's premiere rock club, BB King's. The concert on Sept. 9th, 2009
brought out hundreds of fans. The Peaceniks opened the show and then
backed up American Idol's Sanjaya for a long set of his songs. In all,
the Peaceniks performed over thirty songs that night, either as
Peaceniks or as Sanjaya's band. Their skills as musicians were tested
that night and they got an A plus for their performances.
The
Peaceniks began writing
and recording their songs for their first CD on Band Together Records
in the winter of 2008. Their album "Here Come the Peaceniks" was
released in the summer of 2009.
Over the summer of 2009 the Peaceniks held
court weekly at the hot Lower East Side music club owned by
Gavin
Degraw, "The National Underground". Here, they played songs from their
new album and had a "Peaceniks Jam" that went on into the
night.
During the summer of 2009 the Peaceniks also
performed at several important peace concerts. Opening for Pete Seeger
at the New York Friends of Clearwater at Manhattan's Pier 23 in July of
2009. The Peaceniks also opened for Peter Yarrow (of Peter, Paul
&
Mary) at Universal Peace Day concert in August of 2009. The
Peaceniks
started their career last summer, 2008 with an appearance at Riverside
Church for Universal Peace day, August 5th, 2008.
The
Peaceniks have also done several radio shows and
concerts over the last year. With two appearances on WOR
radio's Joey
Renolds show performing their songs the summer of 2009. Joey
was so
impressed that he invited them back. On WBAI 99.5 FM, they recently did
a two hour late nite concert on legendary free form radio
host, Bob
Fass's radio show and also recently appeared on WBAI's Cat Radio Cafe.
MOOGY
KLINGMAN is the co-founder of the Peaceniks, along with Barry Gruber.
Moogy was the original keyboardist
for Todd Rundgren and Utopia. He played on 10 Todd Rundgren albums, as
well as several Utopia albums. Moogy co-wrote “You gotta have Friends”
with Buzzy Linhart. He produced and played keyboards for Bette Midler
on her "Songs for the New Depression".
Moogy played
keyboards and produced a record for Bob Dylan - "Buckets of Rain" - a
duet Dylan did with Bette Midler. He was musical director and associate
producer, as well as keyboardist on "Music from Free Creek", an album
where Moogy played and recorded with Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Keith
Emerson among others. He has also played live for Chuck Berry, Jimi
Hendrix, Buzzy Linhart and in the 90's - with members of the Allman
Brothers/Gov't Mule and a summer tour with blues legend, Bo
Diddley.
Moogy has performed at many legendary venues with various groups. From
Carnagie Hall to Radio City Music hall from NYC's Bottom line to Live
radio concerts on WBAI FM and K-ROCK.
Moogy has had solo albums
out on Capitol and EMI records, as well as on his own label. Many
artists have recorded Moogy’s songs including Bette Midler, Carly
Simon, Johnny Winter, Eric Clapton, Todd Rundgren and Barry Manilow.
Moogy studied with private teachers such as the esteemed jazz legend
Keith Jarrett, Tony Aless (pianist for Charlie Parker) and Sanford Gold
(pianist for Billie Holiday) as well as arranging with jazz legend, Don
Sebesky.
Krazy Lyin' leader Barry Gruber (World War IV
track on Band Together for Peace) has been
involved with music for over 20 years as a musician, producer and
record label head. Performances include The Bottom Line, The Bitter End
and the C-Note in New York. His personal vision of a more peacful world
is reflected in his music and his record label projects. His own CD is
titled If
the Moon Could Sing and was released in 1999 on
the Mystery Tone label. The album is about dreams, relationships and
inner peace. It also features award-winning pianist David Lanz. Visit the Barry Gruber section of this site
to learn more.
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