PREACHERS SON is fronted by Kíla bass player Brian Hogan, the real life son of a preacher man. During Brian’s childhood his father Larry Hogan spent his life singing and preaching the message of the Gospel, and wouldn't let Brian listen to AC/DC. Instead, Brian started listening to Black Sabbath, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Bowie, Neil Young and grew his hair long. (Larry Hogan's album “Simple Song of Love” produced by Bill Whelan made number 1 in 1974). Brian was handed a bass at the age of 12, got drafted into his dad's Christian band and spent summers touring Europe. The seed was sown and a minstrel's life it was to be, intertwined with sojourns of animation and illustration for, amongst others, Disney and Murrakami Wolff (credits include the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Duck Tails and Tailspin).
After a decade of playing bass in the folk/trad world, Brian took the bull by the horns and launched his solo project Preachers Son, a heady brew of grit-glam, blues tinged, swamp-rock inspired by his childhood heroes. Since then Brian has collaborated with a wonderful array of musical guests, but 2014 now sees Brian joined by drummer Geoff French (The Brilliant Things) and guitarist Mark Walsh (The Cold 100).
