Two nights of The Bogey Boys

Bogey Boys are back in town for two gigs in Beggy's on 19th and 20th December following the huge success of their three comeback gigs in the Navan area this summer. Swan Lane was the setting for an epic night in May when the band attracted a huge crowd to their first gig home since they played Claremont Stadium in 1982. Two more memorable gigs followed at Tara na Rí and Rock D' Lough, Gormalough. Lead guitarist, Jimmy Smyth, from the renowned Smyth family of Blackwater Heights, Navan, is widely regarded as the best in Ireland and once turned down Phil Lynott's offer to join Thin Lizzy. Jimmy was musical director for Van Morrison in 2002 and plays guitar on Gilbert O'Sullivan's British tours. Jimmy's brother, Tony, is drummer and also plays with local bands Deep Six and The McGarry Brothers, while bass player Doish Nagle is renowned for playing and toured alongside Phil Lynott, in Lynott's solo tours, and also with Grand Slam, the band that replaced Thin Lizzy in 1984. Beggy's is the place to be on the 19th and 20th December for The Bogey Boys with support from the amazing Donal Kirk and introducing a brand new talent in Ruby Smyth. Donal Kirk is one of the most repected musicians on the Dublin rock scene with his own band, the Donal Kirk Band, featuring Jimmy Smyth, Paul Byrne and the drummer from The Corrs, Jason Duffy. Omeath-born Donal first came to prominence as an outstanding lead vocalist with top Dublin blues band, The Business in 1990. The Waterboys' Mike Scott often shows up at his gigs in Dublin and frquently joins him on stage. The Business at one stage featured ex-Thin Lizzy drummer, Brian Downey, who went on to form The Swamp with Pat Courtney, John Costello and Donal in the early '90s. Ruby Smyth will no doubt feel at home when she plays her first gig in Navan as she opens for her dad, Jimmy, and his legendary band The Bogey Boys. Ruby spent many of her earlier years visiting her many relations in Navan and is "thrilled" to be playing her first gig in the town. Ruby has made a big impression already in her two gigs recently, opening for Frances Black at The Mermaid Theatre in Bray and at Shay Healy's comeback gig in The Sugar Club in Dublin. Her own composition 'Red Velvet' is an impressive debut and can be found on You Tube. Both of her parents have obviously had a huge influence on Ruby's interest in music with her mother, Jenny Newman, lead vocalist with Toy with Rhythm in the '80s and a ba