Bogs Visionary Orchestra’s music can be described simplest as Weird folk. Their sound and look convey the childlike wonder of outsider art, Psychedelic folk and depression era Americana.

Although he had never made music before the peculiar sounds and voices he heard on Harry Smith’s Anthology of American Folk Music awakened a desire, it gave him a confidence to explore musical impulses for the first time in his life. Green for earth, blue for sky and red for fire, each recording intensified his desire and made him eager to experience the outcome of even his most primitive efforts. That night he dreamt he was standing before an enormous hall. From its doors flowed a multitude of odd people, each playing an instrument to the result of a strange and unaffected sound. An oldfangled airship passed overhead. It read, “Welcome Bogs Visionary Orchestra to the Great Hall!” After breakfast he rummaged through his belongings, walked down the street to St. George Pawn Shop and swapped his fathers vintage coins for a used banjo. On the way home he contemplated the name of his future band. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.