“Both Bob and Elam keep their performances tied to the songs with grandstanding happily absent, and sound like they've spent the last 15 years playing their way out of back alley brawls.”

— Dave Gallaher Host of Talkin' the Blues on WLRH

Elam McKnight & Bob Bogdal

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Elam McKnight & Bob Bogdal  —  Electronic Press Kit  —  “Pojo’s Place”

Elam McKnight & Bob Bogdal
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“Pojo’s Place”
Lead Single  —  April 17, 2026 From the forthcoming Elam McKnight & Bob Bogdal album
Release Information
Artist Elam McKnight & Bob Bogdal
Single “Pojo’s Place”
Release Date April 17, 2026
Genre West Tennessee Blues / Southern Soul / Americana
Recorded At The Switchyard Studio, Nashville, TN
Mixed By Clifton Broadbridge
The Story

Some places never really close. They just wait for someone to bring them back.

Pojo’s Place was a juke joint outside Atwood, in Carroll County, Tennessee — a roadhouse built on sweat, Saturday nights, and the kind of blues that doesn’t come from a studio. For years it served as a tour stop on the Southern circuit, the kind of venue where artists like Johnnie Taylor, J. Blackfoot, Little Milton, and Bobby Rush would roll through and pack the house. You could walk in on any given night and see an artist you’d only ever heard on the radio. The music was loud, the crowd was louder, and the walls absorbed something the modern world has largely forgotten how to make.

That world — the juke joint, the beer joint, the Saturday night sanctuary — is disappearing. “Pojo’s Place” is a direct act of remembrance.

“Pojo’s Place pays homage to a culture of the juke joint, one that is disappearing. You could call them juke joints or beer joints — and what I like to say about our band is that we play what I would call West Tennessee beer joint music. That’s where all your blues, rock, rockabilly, country — all that collides together beautifully here in this part of the South.”

— Elam McKnight
About the Artists

Elam McKnight

Elam McKnight is a veteran West Tennessee artist firmly grounded in the music of his region. He plays what he calls “West Tennessee beer joint music” — a sound that resists easy categorization because it was never meant to fit neatly into one box. Blues, rock, rockabilly, country: in West Tennessee these genres don’t take turns, they collide, and that collision is the sound McKnight has carried his entire career.

He has toured nationally and internationally and worked alongside some of the most respected names in the blues world. His 2011 album Zombie Nation — produced at The Switchyard Studio in Nashville with Grammy-winning producer Tom Hambridge and engineer Michael Saint-Leon — received worldwide critical acclaim and earned radio airplay both nationally and internationally through Desert Highway Records in Los Angeles.

After more than a decade focusing on family, McKnight returns with a renewed creative energy and subject matter as close to him as the region he loves itself, West Tennessee.

Bob Bogdal

Originally from Syracuse, New York, harmonica player and co-writer Bob Bogdal has called Nashville home for over 20 years, establishing himself as one of the city’s most versatile roots and blues musicians. His harmonica work is felt in every breath “Pojo’s Place” takes — raw, lived-in, and deeply rooted in the Southern soul tradition.

Bogdal and McKnight first connected in 2008, performing together at SXSW in Austin. Their chemistry was immediate. The two went on to collaborate with Michael Saint-Leon at The Switchyard Studio in Nashville, working under Grammy-winning producer Tom Hambridge on what would become Zombie Nation — released through Desert Highway Records in 2011 to worldwide critical acclaim and international radio play.

After years of raising families and continuing their respective musical work, McKnight and Bogdal have reunited with the same instincts and a deeper story to tell. “Pojo’s Place” is the first chapter.

Production Notes

“Pojo’s Place” was recorded at The Switchyard Studio in Nashville, Tennessee — the same studio where McKnight and Bogdal forged their partnership on Zombie Nation. The single was mixed near Elam McKnight’s hometown by Clifton Broadbridge, keeping the song’s roots anchored to the West Tennessee ground it came from.

The result is a track that sounds like a specific place, a specific time, and a specific truth — and somehow sounds completely alive in 2026.

Artist History at a Glance
2003–2007 Elam McKnight releases 3 studio albums, all charting #1 on the Roots Music Report, and tours America and Europe. Bob Bogdal works with various artists (including Richard Johnston), tours extensively in America and Europe, and releases his solo album Beneath the Kudzu.
2008 McKnight and Bogdal meet and perform together at SXSW, Austin, TX.
2011 Zombie Nation released via Desert Highway Records (Los Angeles) — worldwide critical acclaim, national and international radio airplay.
2011–2025 Extensive touring; both artists continue music while prioritizing family.
2026 Reunion album in progress — “Pojo’s Place” leads as first single, April 17.
Contact & Links
Management / Press Frank Beaty, Beaty 4 International — beaty4.com/contact-us
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