The BoDeans

The Milwaukee-bred band BoDeans have been making music for nearly 40 years now. Initially comprised of “blue-collar kids straight out of the heartland,” the band stormed out of the gates and released a number of singles would garner rock radio airplay. But it was “Closer To Free,” first released in 1993 on the band’s Go Slow Down album, which would bring their music to a wider audience when it was later adopted as the theme song for the television show Party of Five. There’s a laid-back easygoing feel that threads through the group’s catalog, but as the title of their live album Amped Across America suggests, they’re definitely a rock ’n’ roll band. They perform tonight at 8 at the Kent Stage. Consult the Kent Stage website for ticket prices.