(headline image: Armchair Boogie – Photo by Dan Waterman)
Armchair Boogie plays progressive bluegrass, although their music has also been described as jamgrass, newgrass, and funkgrass. The band started in 2015 from a front porch in the college town of Stevens Point, Wisconsin. The group is characterized by their pickin’ skills and seductive grooves.
Augie Dougherty (banjo, vocals) and Ben Majeska (guitar, vocals) started the band and later added Eli Frieders (bass) and Denzel Connor (drums). They envisioned an up-tempo, jamming, funkgrass act.
In the spring of 2018 Armchair Boogie moved to Madison, Wisconsin and released their first album. During that time they began touring around Wisconsin, the Midwest, and across the United States. Their tours led them to stages such as Blue Ox, Northwest String Summit, John Hartford Memorial Festival, Summer Camp, and Live on King Street. They’ve shared the stage with The Infamous Stringdusters, Horseshoes and Hand Grenades, The Dead South, Kitchen Dwellers, Pert Near Sandstone, Trout Steak Revival, and have jammed with many more.
With the help of a loving and dedicated following, the group was able to successfully crowdfund their album, What Does Time Care?, which was released on October 11, 2019.
In 2024, they released Hard Times & Deadlines.
Discography:
Armchair Boogie (2028)
What Does Time Care? (2019)
The Western EP
Hard Times & Deadlines (self-release, 2023)
Author: Ryan Emmert
