Join Captain Bogg... and Salty, for a preview and audio tour of the newest album for pirates of all ages, EMPHATICAL PIRATICAL.
A Child's Time To Rock Cancer Benefit April 25 at the Wonder Ballroom
15 April 2010
Two of Seattle’s top indie kids’ bands, Recess Monkey and The Not-Its, will perform a family concert at the Wonder Ballroom at 10:30 am, Sunday April 25th, to benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Team in Training program. 
Belinda and Hova from Greasy Kid Stuff (94.7 FM!) will emcee.
The bands are donating their time, and Portland merchants are donating goods and services for a silent auction. More information is available at http://childsrock.com.
Tickets: $9 adults/$6 for children under 13. Non-walkers free. Available from Ticketmaster and at the Wonder Ballroom box office. www.wonderballroom.com.
Learn to Kick It with Ramshackle
25 February 2010
Jake and the Never Land Pirates
18 February 2010
Loren Hoskins (Capt. Bogg) and Kevin Hendrickson (First Mate McGraw) have embarked on a television voyage! Contacted by Disney, they are currently writing and recording new piratical tunes for an upcoming cartoon:
'Disney Television Animation has begun production on "Jake and the Never Land Pirates," an interactive 2-D and CG animated series for preschoolers and parents featuring the music and fun-filled adventures of classic characters Captain Hook and Smee, plus a new crew of kid pirates led by the enthusiastic and courageous Jake.'
Pollywogg Pirates on Channel 12
5 December 2009
We found ourselves on the TV yesterday, FOX Oregon 12 to be precise, and they have posted the interview on their website. They were very friendly, and bless their landlubber hearts, they wanted to help us promote the Yo Ho Holiday Show.
Yo Ho Holiday Show Poster
24 November 2009
Portland Children's Museum Shows, Ahoy!
7 November 2009
Ahoy mates,
A reminder to ye here that this Wednesday, November 11th (Veteran's Day), there we be THREE SHOWS of the piratical rock variety at the Portland Children's Museum for all you buccaneer families and lubbers alike...
Join Captain Bogg & Salty for "A Day Off With the Pirates"
Wed. Nov. 11th (1pm, 2pm and 3pm) The Portland Children's Museum Washington Park 4015 SW Canyon Rd. Portland, OR Here be some very important information regarding these special, not-so-secret performances;
- 3 special 30min performances @ 1PM, 2PM & 3PM
- Shows are FREE with ADMISSION to the PORTLAND CHILDREN'S MUSEUM
- ** Seats to these shows are limited and will be offered in a "first come first served" fashion
- Security policy of the museum dictates that adults must be accompanied by a child in order to visit PCM.
** PLEASE NOTE: These shows will not be listed on the Portland Children's Museum calendar
in order to give our fan mateys a leg-up on the line-up for them valuable seats!
So polish your boot-buckle and bust out your pirate threads, this trio of shows will be a blast!!
Piratical Regards to all me shipmateys,
Capt. Bogg
3 Holiday Shows on the Horizon
21 October 2009
Ahoy jolly mates and silly scallywaggs!
I wanted to take a moment a update your sailing charts for the next couple months. There be 3 new pirate rockin shows with the Pollywogg crew and by thunder they be set to dazzle and delight many a sea dog.
HALLOWEEN at the SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY
Saturday, October 31st
Calling all kooky spookies and pirate pals, Captain Bogg & Salty is headed north for a holiday hootenanny. Come celebrate Halloween with some high-seas high-jinx.
Halloween at Seattle Central Library
When: Saturday, Oct. 31st, 2pm - 3pm
Where: Seattle Central, level 3 - living room floor
Price: FREE
Contact: Central Library Children's Desk 206-386-4675 or http://www.spl.org
A DAY OFF with the PIRATES
Captain Bogg & Salty at The Portland Children's Museum
Wednesday, November 11th
Tis a day off of schoolin and sea-rovin, so we thought it would be blast to throw a trio of piratical rock shows at our favorite children's museum! 3 special 30 minute shows back-to-back. These shows are free with admission to the Portland Children's Museum, but seating is limited and will be offered in a "first come first served" fashion. (I also heartell that it be that Big Red Dog's birthday)
*Psssssst.... these shows will not be listed on the Portland Children's Museum event calendar in order to give our fan-mateys a leg up on them valuable seats.
Captain Bogg & Salty - A Day Off with the Pirates
When: Wednesday, November 11th (Veteran's Day) @ 1pm, 2pm, and 3pm
Where: Portland Children's Museum in the Dorthea Lensch Play It Again Theater
Price: Free with museum admission
*Contact: Portland Children's Museum
YO HO HOLIDAY SHOW with Captain Bogg & Salty
Sunday, December 6th
Tis the season for a bit of piratical merriment! Join the Pollywogg Crew as they take the stage for a special event, matinee show in one of Portland's grand venues, the Aladdin Theater. This will be a fantastical pirate-costume ball and festive kindie rock concert for the whole family. Whether you have been naughty or nice, Captain Bogg & Salty will stuff your stripey sock full of pirate rock and few holiday surprises.
Yo Ho Holiday Show with Captain Bogg & Salty
When: Sunday, December 6th - doors open at Noon - show starts at 1pm
Where: The Aladdin Theater, 3017 SE Milwaulkie Ave. Portland, OR
Price: *Tickets are $10 in advance, and $12 day of show
Contact: The Aladdin Theater
*Tickets are available at the Aladdin box office and website, or Ticketmaster outlets
Greasy Kids Stuff CD Release Party on Saturday!
22 September 2009
Greasy Kid Stuff, the legendary radio show for kids now in its 14th year of broadcasting (five here in Portland), has put together a third compilation of great, greasy songs, Greasy Kid Stuff 3: Even MORE Songs from Inside the Radio. And we’re having a party to celebrate! With special guests Captain Bogg and First Mate McGraw from Captain Bogg and Salty! We’ll be playing selections from Greasy Kid Stuff 3, handing out Saf-T-Lolliops, and giving out CD prizes!
Saturday, September 26, 2009, 3:00 PM
Reading Frenzy, Portland’s Independent Press Emporium,
921 SW Oak St., Portland, OR 97205
(503) 274-1449
For more information email: stuff@greasykidstuff.net
Greasy Kid Stuff: Even MORE Songs from Inside the Radio -- review on Zooglobble
Photos from Live Wire
25 July 2009
Well, I'm packing up the jolly boat for the Milwaukie Daze show tonight, but I thought maybe I'd pass along a few snaps from our appearance on the Live Wire Radio show last night. The show will be broadcast on OPB radio soon. Check out the Live Wire website for schedule: www.livewireradio.org
These and many more fabulous photos of the Live Wire show were taken by Geoffrey Squier Silver.
facebook-ing the crew
21 July 2009
Did ye happen to know that the Pollywogg Crew is up on the facebook? We'll it be true as oak. If ye be a navy'gating the rough seas of networking websites, why not ship along side the band Captain Bogg & Salty.
There will be "GHOSTS" in Chicago!
15 July 2009
Dig this mates: Adventure Stage Chicago will be mounting a production of our show, THE GHOSTS OF TREASURE ISLAND, in spring 2010!
"Part of Your World" on the new GKS cd
14 July 2009
Our power-ballad, pirate anthem treatment of our favorite mermaid song has been included in a mighty collection of "greasy" music. That's right mates, Captain Bogg & Salty, rubbing shoulders with some of the greats like They Might Be Giants and The Mr. T Experience.
Family Fun Magazine!
11 June 2009
I didn't get a chance to see it in person for meslef, but Disney's Family Fun Magazine was kind enough to send along an image of their shout out to Emphatical Piratical.
Thingamababy Contest Winners!
27 May 2009
Here be the Thingamababy contest winners, posing proud and pirate -- a little zombie thrown in for good measure. I likes it!
Vote for Captain Bogg & Salty!
12 May 2009
Do you listen to Kid's Place Live on Sirius/XM satellite radio? We'll we preformed on the Absolutely Mindy show on our recent East Coast tour and they've been playing our music ever since, so I hears.
Prelude to Mutiny review by GKS
23 April 2009
One of my absolute favorite reviews of our albums was by none other that the coolest kids on the kooky-music block, Greasy Kid Stuff. If ye have been missing the boat, make sure ye listen to their show, Saturday mornings on 94.7 FM.
I wanted to give this review of our third album, Prelude to Mutiny, it it's own hallowed posting on this here new website/blog/jollyboat.
A bit like a lucky feather in the old tricorn cap...
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Maybe it’s not saying much to call Captain Bogg & Salty our favorite pirate band, but let’s go out on a limb and say they might just be our favorite band period. If you count the sheer number of plays their CDs have received in our household, no other artist even comes close. Yes, it helps that we have a toddler who names “pirate music” among the things she loves most, but the fact is, we listen to Captain Bogg & Salty all the time, even when we don’t have to. This is music that’ll have you cranking up the car stereo and singing at the top of your lungs after you’ve dropped the kids off at soccer practice.
Now, some might pigeonhole Captain Bogg & Salty as a kiddie band or a novelty act or a comedy troupe or something, and we wouldn’t argue with them (not too much, anyway). But we would be obliged to point out that they are just about the best kiddie band/novelty act/comedy troupe we’ve ever encountered — and as hosts of a long-running radio show for children, we’ve encountered a lot.
Hilariously funny and endlessly inventive, these guys have wrung three excellent albums from what, in less capable hands, could have become a tired joke in about three minutes. Listening to their latest CD, Prelude to Mutiny, it becomes apparent why the joke hasn’t worn thin: it isn’t merely a joke. Some of these songs scratch a musical itch not satisfied since the mid-eighties heyday of the Mekons and the Pogues.
Filling in the gaps of Treasure Island, snatching choice bits of dialogue from U2 albums and Alice in Wonderland (or is that Peter Pan?), retooling Toy Dolls, Tom Waits and The Little Mermaid for their own piratical purposes, Captain Bogg & Salty try on musical styles like freshly pillaged clothes, and are convincing every step of the way. Genre-hopping? Well, how else would you get from sea chantey to surf rock, from rockabilly to AC/DC–style metal, on just the one leg?
Look, with Sleater-Kinney calling it quits, someone has to assume the mantle of “America’s Greatest Rock Band,” right? Well, we hereby nominate Captain Bogg & Salty! Why they don’t already have a Saturday-morning cartoon show and their own line of action figures is quite beyond us.
— Belinda & Hova “Greasy Kid Stuff”
Psssst, avast there. Ye can purchase Prelude to Mutiny at CDBaby.com.
Parent's Choice review
23 April 2009
Here be the official review of Emphatical Piratical by Parent's Choice:
2009 Parents Choice Award!
22 April 2009
Oh goodie goodie rumdrops... I just got the word that Emphatical Piratical has been designated a 2009 Parent's Choice Recommended Award winner! Parents Choice has been a trusted reviewer of children's media and toys since 1978. We were fortunate enough to bring home the gold in 2005 with our 2nd album, maybe you've heard of it, a little CD I like to call Pegleg Tango, but I am proper pleased to find that we made the list again.
Chicago Tribune "falls in love" with Emphatical Piratical
19 April 2009
More good news in the gathering glimmer of gold that is Emphatical Piratical. Here be a write up in the Chicago Tribune called "10 CDs for kids you'll fall in love with too." Guess who made the list?
Never Smile at a Crocodile
6 April 2009
Captain Bogg & Salty make their second appearance among the Covering the Mouse ranks. Check it out mateys, it's a website dedicated to interpretations, variations, and covers of classic Disney songs.
Green Man Review
3 April 2009
A new review of Emphatical Piratical by Green Man!
Emphatical Piratical in Time Out NY
2 April 2009
This just in... review of Captain Bogg & Salty's newest album in Time Out NY.
Gustafer Yellowgold in PortTown
1 April 2009
As ye well know our new album, Empatical Piratical, be making the rounds in all manner of publications these days -- lots of fine reviews and coverage. Now, I do enjoy these times because, among other things, we are included with other "Fids and Kamily" acts that I have yet to find out about for meself.
I say, what? A new website!
18 March 2009
Our website has finally escaped the internet doldrums! We've slimmed 'er down and prettied 'er her up... our cyber-Pollywogg is now seaworthy!
R.I.P. old site...
