The Sagebrush Bohemians

The Sagebrush Bohemians are a Denver-based collective that plays blues, country, folk, roots, originals and covers. We play in a laid-back style with minimal amplification for human-sized rooms such as brewpubs, coffeehouses and backyards. Yet we've taken the club stage to rock out for 200 people, so apparently we're always ready to abandon our scruples for free drinks.

We play blues from the 1920s to the 1960s, barroom country from the '40s and '50s, our folk songs are post-war and our originals derive from the twisted lives we've led. 

The Sagebrush Bohemians' founder, Carson, sings and plays guitar. He writes his own material and covers iconic songs from Lonnie Johnson to Hank Williams. Joe Cesare and Johnny K alternately play harmonica for the collective. We have a rotating cast of bass players all steeped in Americana. We occasionally feature the singing and uke playing of Eleanor Nash of Eleanor Nash and The Ramblers, Denver's hottest new act. (You can't tell Eleanor's soulful originals from her covers of Carrie Underwood or Miranda Lambert; her songs are that good.) 

We like to interact with our audience to have a good time. As a wise man once observed of our sound: "It's good drinking music." 

Check out a handful of studio tracks from our six CDs, Dodgin' Judgment Day, You're Still on My Mind, Wild Mountain Calling, 21st Century Blues, Let's Smooth It, and the latest, Positive Traction. Each CD is chock full of original material along with a few classic covers.  

We feature a number of Colorado's best musicians on these CDs, including Eleanor Nash on vocals and uke, Nic Clark on harp, Bob Pellegrino on slide and guitar, Damon Wood on guitar, Bobbo Shaffer and Gary Sloan on acoustic upright bass, John Butler on electric bass,  Stef Kull on piano and organ, Brian Theriault on fiddle, Ed Contreras on drums and percussion, Chadzilla Johnson on drums, Jeff Miguel on saxophone. Marc Bilker performs a spoken word intro to a historical song. Brian Hunter of Swallow Hill and Mousetrap Studios fame, has beautifully engineered these works and co-produced several CD projects.

We'd love to sell you a copy of these titles ($10 each) and we'd love to play these songs for you live.  

Here's to getting back together in 2023!