RAY
IS IN THE HOUSE(s)! The Ray Fogg Show has moved for the 2011 Put-in-Bay season to the Boathouse Bar & Grill and the Round House Bar. So, I guess if the bar doesn't have the word "house" in it, I ain't playin' there!
I had a great time opening the season at the Round House at the Whiskey Light Celebration on April 10th this year. It was one of our biggest crowds ever as we got the 2011 island tourist season underway! Then, it's been fun playing a bunch of stuff on Sunday nights there I don't usually get to play at "normal" shows!
My First Season at The Boathouse. It's a new island tradition! Start your night right with The Ray Fogg Show at 7pm most weekend nights. I'll be kicking off the season at my new digs at The Boathouse Bar & Grill on Saturday, May 21 (that's Victoria Day weekend for all you Canadians). Then, I'll be at the Boathouse every weekend on either Friday and Saturday or Friday and Sunday throughout the season. All shows will begin at 7:00 pm. The Boathouse has a full menu, so you plan to have drinks and even dinner along with the show if you want! The Boathouse crew has been coming to my shows for years and seem really excited to have my show in their bar now. I'm excited too. I hope you'll join us for a fun summer!
Special Shows at the Round House Bar. I'll be appearing every other Saturday night through July and August for special 6:30 pm shows at the world famous Round House Bar. What can I say about the Round House? No other bar has this place's rich history and tradition. You can just feel the thousands of fun days and nights lingering in the air for more than a century. My 6:30 pm shows will be between the day and night shows. So, come in, have a bucket of beer and sing and laugh along with the Ray Fogg Show! I'll also be emceeing some of the Round House's great traditional events such as the Drag Show and Bartender Olympics. Then, I'll be there for some quiet, but fun Sunday nights through the fall as well.
My full summer schedule is posted on the Schedule Page. Join me at Put-in-Bay this season sometime soon…enjoy yourself, it's later than you think!
WINTER TOUR. I really had a blast this year on my "off-season" tour, playing shows in a bunch of places like Key West, New Orleans, Columbus, Cleveland, Algonac, St. Clair Shores, Gibraltar, Toledo, Catawba Island and yes, even Fremont!
NEW CD RELEASED - "ISLAND LIFE"!
Years
ago I released my first CD entitled Waves, which featured stories
about Put-in-Bay. Since then, I've released four more CDs, mostly focusing
on the comedy and raunchy songs which have become so popular at my live
shows. But, through all that time, the songs from Waves continue
to be requested at my shows. Many friends and fans have been asking for
another CD that, like Waves, focused on my more serious songwriting.
Well, the wait is now over!My new CD, Island Life, was released in late May, 2009. As the title suggests, I've drawn on my experiences and those of people around me to write and record songs that carry a common theme about life on an island…full of water, sun, boats, friends, family, love and, most of all, fun!
Islands have been an important part of my life for as long as I can remember starting when my family vacationed on Canada's Pelee Island. For most of my life, my family has had a house on an island. And now, I'm lucky to call South Bass Island home. I'm at my happiest when I'm on most any island, whether in the Great Lakes, in the Florida Keys or just about anywhere else in the world.
Here's
some of what you can expect from Island Life…The CD kicks off with
"Shorts, Sandals and Shades", a song that kind of sums up the relaxing
island summers I love so much. One of the featured tracks on the CD is "Lemonade",
which tells the story of how Round House manager Teri Winchester came to
the island (Teri often says, "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade").
On this CD you'll find songs about campfires on the beach, island traditions,
love affairs, fish, porch parties and more. It's not all serious stuff…there's
fun stuff too (just nothing dirty this time). A really fun track is "The
Brewery Song", which puts you right in the center of fun at the Put-in-Bay
Brewing Co. There's even a couple parodies to keep the mood light, just
as is always the case when living an Island Life. See the CD
page for a full listing of tracks.I'm proud of the way this CD sounds, too. Recorded at Lava Room Recording in Cleveland, the CD was produced by Frank Romano, who has written, recorded and performed with the likes of Rob Thomas, Justin Timberlake, P-Diddy, Usher, Musiq Soulchild, and many more influential artists. Frank also performs on the CD along with the other Swingin' Lesbian Frogs, yours truly, Mike Crow on bass and Rich Carpenter on drums, who did a great job. The result is what I believe to be my best sounding CD.
I hope you'll pick up a copy today at www.rayfogg.net.
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