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Moogy Klingman passed away on 11/16/11 after a long battle with cancer.
NY Times Orbituary

The Peaceniks will live on in his honor. Performances will be announced right here.
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NEW PEACENIKS GIGS!!!
THE PEACENIKS ARE BACK.
MOOGY'S BIRTHDAY BASH!
Thursday Sept. 8th, 8 to 11 pm
at the Triad Theater
158 West 72nd Street between Broadway & Columbus
in Manhattan on the 2nd floor
www.Triadnyc.com

This is a Birthday Celebration and Benefit
for the Klingman family with the Utopia Brothers,
the Peaceniks, Mercades Hall, Mary C, Stevie Holland, and Ian Lloyd!!
Hi Folks,
I'm dealing with the final rehearsals with my bands and I hope everyone can make it to my show. It's going to be a great night this Thursday, Sept.8th at the Triad Theater, so please don't miss it. My 62nd birthday is on Sept. 7th!!
My band, the Utopia Brothers, will be doing some of the Utopia Material that we'll be doing on our first Utopia tour in 35 years with Todd Rundgren!! That tour starts on November 1st, 2011 in Orlando, Florida and promises to be a great time!
John Siegler and Kevin Ellman will be with me this Thursday and on the Utopia tour when it starts on November 1st. we will have John Siegler on bass and Kevin Ellman on drums as part of the Utopia Brothers doing "The Freak Parade" and "the Utopia theme", so Utopia fans, don't miss this!!
My other band, the Peaceniks, is working on our third album and we'll be rocking hard this Thursday night playing new songs and old! With Barry Gruber on bass and vocals, Patti Rothberg on acoustic guitar and vocals, Jim Satten on lead guitar and Mark Greenberg on drums we will be rocking!
Having Mercedes Hall singing on the bill will also be a great treat! Her singing is superb and thrilling, all at the same time. She's won some jazz awards for her great albums and she's a living legend.
Mary C can blow the ceiling off of any room and I just saw her last week as she wowed the crowd at another local club. Mary C does R & B and rock like you've never heard it.
Mary C is the daughter of Mercedes Hall and when they're together in a room anything can happen!
Stevie Holland had a magnificent run of her one woman show about Cole Porter and his wife, called "Love, Linda" about Cole. She also has had a number of hit jazz albums released and I'm proud to be having her on the bill with me.
It's $15 cash at the door. Give more if you can. No reservations needed. Doors open at 7:30 pm. I'm glad to be celebrating with a great night of music. It's also a benefit for my family and I as I continue to fight the good fight against the "Big C".
Music is healing and healing is music, so come to the concert and let me heal you as I get healed.

Peace,
Moogy Klingman

MOOGY'S BIRTHDAY BASH!

Thursday Sept. 8th, 8 to 11 pm

at the Triad Theater
158 West 72nd Street between Broadway & Columbus
in Manhattan on the 2nd floor
www.Triadnyc.com

This is a Birthday Celebration and Benefit
for the Klingman family
Tickets are only $15, less if you must, more if you can
No reservations needed
bring cash only on the night of the show
with
The Utopia Brothers (featuring Moogy Klingman, John Seigler, Kevin Ellman, and Julie Eigenberg)

The Peaceniks featuring
Moogy Klingman & Barry Gruber,
w/ Jim Satten, Mark Greenberg and Patti Rothberg
Moogy has also gotten a huge write-up in Keyboard magazine, see below - It just came out last week!

with special guest stars:
Mercedes Hall,
Mary C
Stevie Holland
http://www.stevieholland.com/music.html
and special guest - Ian Lloyd of "Stories" singing his #1 hit, "Louie, Louie"!
 
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Our second new gig is on Saturday, September 17th at the Record Collector, in Bordentown, New Jersey
Doors Open at 7:00PM
Moogy's Peaceniks/Utopia Brothers
do a 90 minute show at 7:30 pm
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Vinnie Lopez and Steel Mill
(Bruce Springsteen's original drummer playing on his first album)
Vinnie and Steel Mill will do a 90 minute set on 9 pm.
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The Record Collector is at
358 Farnsworth Avenue
Bordentown, NJ 08505
www.the-record-collector.com
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Barry & Patti of the Peaceniks singing "Friends" at the Utopia concert

   
 
 

What people are saying about the Peaceniks!!
 
American Idol's Sanjaya - "The Peaceniks are all really awesome and really talented!"
 
"What a beautiful job that is! Moogy Klingman! Barry Gruber! The Peaceniks! What a great sound that is!"
....Joey Renolds - WOR's radio jock after the Peaceniks did a song live on his show -August 2009
 
<<Hi Moogy -  I was so glad I had the opportunity to see The Peaceniks show at BB Kings in New York City. It was such a great show.  You have a passionate band who had a great blend of harmonies and really sang and played well together.  The level of musicianship that was on the stage was very impressive.  I think everyone should give the Peaceniks a listen.  You truly portrayed what your band's name says.  Peace.
.  Look forward to coming out and seeing the Peaceniks again!     ........Laura>>
 
<<It was a fun show! The Peaceniks sounded great!  I really enjoyed the show!!! .........Kenee L.>>
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<< Thanks Moogy, the concert was fantastic. More Peaceniks! you know, that was really good tonite. ...........Carol B.>> 
   
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. 

BARRY GRUBER is the co-founder of the Peaceniks, along with Moogy Klingman.
 
       Barry is a guitarist, singer-songwriter and Peace activist. His former band, Krazy Lyin’ released a CD “If the Moon Could Sing”, and performed all over Seattle, including Seattle Peace Concerts.
In his career, Barry has performed in New York , including the C-Note, CBGB’s, Elaine’s, Trudy Heller’s, the Bitter End, and the Bottom Line.
       As president of Band Together Records, Barry has also been the Producer or Executive Producer for several CD’s, including PF Sloan (author of Eve of Destruction and Secret Agent Man), Peace Troubadour James Twyman, Kimberly Bass, Afire, and jazz pianist David Arnay.
      Barry also released a compilation CD called “Band Together for Peace” which features 17 independent artists singing songs of Peace, including “We Believe”, a children’s peace song which was recognized with a certificate of achievement from the Mayor of Los Angeles.
      Barry is also the co-Director of Universal Peace Initiative, an organization that puts on events commemorating the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, turning a day of horror into a re-affirmation of life. Pete Seeger, Peter Yarrow (of Peter Paul and Mary), Odetta, Richie Havens, and others have performed at these events.
      Barry has studied jazz guitar with the legendary John Abercrombie.

Hi Folks,
 
         The audience response from our BB King's gig on Sept. 9th, 2009 was great. People dug my band, the Peaceniks and they also liked the way we backed up American Idol's Sanjaya. It was a big nite. The Peaceniks opened the show with 8 songs and then we did 20 more songs backing up Sanjaya! And Sanjaya covered the great American songbook of rock, jazz, blues and R & B. It was a three hour show with three sets of different material.
 
          All power to the peaceful,
 
Moogy
 
Here are some emails I received in the days after the Peaceniks/Sanjaya show on 9/09/9
 -from both friends & fans.
 
From Laura C,
 
<<Dear Moogy
 
      I was so glad I had the opportunity to see The Peaceniks show at BB Kings in New York City. It was such a great show.  You have a passionate band who had a great blend of harmonies and really sang and played well together.  The level of musicianship that was on the stage was very impressive.  I think everyone should give the Peaceniks a listen.  You truly portrayed what your band's name says.  Peace.
 
     It was also really great seeing you play for Sanjaya.  You guys made the show as good as it was.  Look forward to coming out and seeing the Peaceniks again!
 
Laura>>
 
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From Kenee L,
 
<<It was a fun show! The Peaceniks sounded great! 
I really enjoyed the show - both Sanjaya and the enhanced Peaceniks!
Sanjaya was a very personable and engaging performer - and who knew he could sing the blues!!!

Kenee>>
 
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From Carol B,
 
<< Thanks Moogy 
 The concert was fantastic.More Peaceniks!                                                                                             
 you know , that was really good tonight
 I really thought you came through for whats his name tonight..honestly, you showed that you can play   anything  ..michael jackson, elton john,  prince, it was totally enjoyable.  wow -great performance!>>
 
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From Adam D,  
 
 <<   NICE SHOW! -
        Hey Moogy, Adam here. Wanted to let you know you guys did a great job last night. I was there through your set and into about 3 of Sanjaya's songs. Unfortunately, I had to cut out early being I wasn't feeling well & I had a job in the super am/morning, 
        Anyway, keep up the good work---                  
 
Peace & Love,
 
Adam>>
 
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from Richard F,
 
<<Hey Moog,
 
     Had a great time.  Had to leave after the intermission, but caught your set and his whole 1st. set. Your set was fun and the band sounded great.  You're right; you guys did a terrific job of backing him up!
Good work!!
 
Talk to you soon,
 
R-F>>
 
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 Beth Emerson writes:
 
<< You sounded great!!!!   good luck with the peacenicks... love the postcard... very cool.
 He (Sanjaya) was.....totally..... surprised me... and i changed my mind.    as free spirited and 'youthful" as
 he still is he is an 'old soul'.... .       you looked great without the jacket....xob>
 
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From Victor S,
 
<<I'm a person of the world against war!*   Fun show on Wed. >>
 
Moogy notes *our opening songs was "The People of the World against War!"
 
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From Mary C,
 
<<Hey moogy,
    Good show last night...I took a few photos- I'll upload and send to u.>>

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