The Blue Dogs
With the May, 2006 release of their new Live at Workplay Theatre CD, the Ch… Read Full Bio ↴With the May, 2006 release of their new Live at Workplay Theatre CD, the Charleston, SC-based Blue Dogs enter into a new phase of their neverending quest to reach out and touch people with their unique blend of country, roots, bluegrass and Americana music. Produced by Doug Derryberry, Live at Workplay Theatre was recorded in January, 2005, at the Birmingham, Alabama concert venue. The Blue Dogs lineup on the new CD includes Hank Futch (upright electric bass, acoustic guitar and vocals), Bobby Houck (acoustic guitar, harmonica and vocals), Greg Walker (drums and percussion) and David Stewart (electric guitar and vocals). Recorded before a very lively audience, the new CD features in-concert versions of songs from such previous albums as Halos and Good Buys, Letters from Round O, Music for Dog People and the bands self-titled debut, as well several previously unreleased songs. Many of the Blue Dogs most-requested songs are present, including Cosmic Cowboy, Bill Bill, Half of My Mistakes (co-written by Bobby Houck and Radney Foster) and Make Your Mama Proud, plus the bands unique take on the gospel song, Children, Go Where I Send Thee, Arthur Smiths Conversation with a Mule and Lyle Lovetts L.A. County. This show at the Workplay Theatre fell on the night after the President's second inauguration, for which we had been invited by the RIAA to play a huge "after-inauguration party" at a club in Washington, explains the Blue Dogs Bobby Houck on the new CDs genesis. So, we hired a crew to get our equipment from DC to Birmingham and the band flew. With such a huge gig on the line (and a live recording going down the next day), and given that we werent able to get much sleep, I feel that it's an amazing document of the fact that when we were touring hard (much of the last 10 years), we were like someone in training...you could get in the zone and pull off an emotional show, even without much rest and regardless of how the band felt individually. You can tell by the crowd on the live CD that they were very, very enthusiastic, and I'm sure that helped pull us through, he continues. Some of our longtime fans think this is the best actual document of what this band sounds like from night to night. We've put out good studio records, and have three other live records which have been well received, but I have to concur that this CD represents well what the band has been able to conjure up over the past 8 years or so, with just the four of us - just drums, bass, acoustic and electric guitar and three voices; no backup musicians and no drum machines; just a great room, a great crew, a wonderful audience, and four sleep-deprived Dogs. The Blue Dogs last CD, Halos and Good Buys, was produced by Don Gehman and released in early 2004, garnering excellent critical reviews and extensive airplay, particularly on the Texas music charts. The road-seasoned band effectively straddles the line between loose rock swagger and radio-friendly hooks, said Billboard magazine in its review. An earlier CD, Letters from Round O, was produced by Cracker front-man-turned-producer David Lowery and generated radio response from Modern Rock, Triple A and Americana radio, as well as glowing reviews in The New York Times and The Washington Post, among others. The band was founded in the late 80s by South Carolina natives Bobby Houck and Hank Futch, who have played together in one incarnation or another for almost 20 years, but it wasnt until the release of their debut self-titled album in 1996 that the band committed to making music full-time. Through the years, the Blue Dogs have achieved consistent rave reviews from the press, numerous national tours, support at several radio formats and a host of album and DVD releases. Despite the Blue Dogs musical diversity, which has made them difficult to classify, the band has developed a solid, national fan base. Having started as a bluegrass/country/folk-rock trio, and then with the advent of a full band, the Blue Dogs found themselves with echoes of bluegrass, jam band rock, commercial roots pop/rock, and Americana. somewhere to the right of Americana and left of mainstream Nashville. For more information on the Blue Dogs, please visit the band online at www.bluedogs.com . To purchase merchadise or CDs please visit: www.bluedogs.com .
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The Blue Dogs Lyrics


All of My Heroes All of my heroes Are lettin me down I know every song…
Always as We Know It Promises Promises, broken in two The meaning of long term ai…
BABY'S COMING HOME Sunrise in Richmond With a smile that ain't me own Mornin co…
BILL BILL Well I was the youngest of thirteen children We lived in…
Birds Birds, they're walking all around Birds, they're making litt…
Bitter End Since were feeling so anaesthetised In our comfort zone Remi…
Brand New Face I stare out my window I wonder if you know The sound…
Brick House She's a brick-house Mighty might just lettin' it all hang o…
Bringing Mary Home I was driving down the highway, on a dark and…
Carolina Heartache Well I said goodbye to mother And I packed away my…
Carry Your Heart All the things I've done in time Were justified the day…
Cold Sheets of Rain I've seen the lightning flashin' I've heard the thunder roar…
Cornbread Your shining lips remind me of a mountain stream Your cool…



Cosmic Cowboy Chorus: Hang my hat on a crescent moon Way up there in…
Cousin Homer's Anything Goes Dance Hall Well I had a mini-battle with my baby last night So…
Creatures in My House Well, I've got creatures, living in my house y'all Very mes…
Drifting Too Far from Shore Out on the perilous deep, where danger silently creeps, an…
Every Day One of the first things I never learned Caught it again toda…
Flyin' I take a look around and decide I don't like…
Forever You In midnight In the midnight sky I call for you Call for…
Four Winds Chorus: Blow ye four winds Softly calling Bring her my way a…
Half of My Mistakes Half of my mistakes I made stone cold sober Half of…
Hello Mary Lou Hello Mary Lou, Good-bye heart, Sweet Mary Lou I'm so in lov…
Hobo I've been walking down this railroad I've been laying on the…
Homegrown Tomatoes There's nothin' in the world that I like better than Bacon,…
Hope She Falls In Love So you think you've found the one that fits you You…
I'd Give Anything I'd give anything If I could hold you I'd give anything If y…
I'm Just Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail "I'm not in your town to stay" Said a lady old…
If I Had a Boat And if I had a boat I'd go out on the…
Instant Armadillo When I wake up this morning Tell ya what I'm going…
Isabelle A barefoot mona lisa she's got diesel in her hair She…
Janie & Me Pair of sandals on the dashboard Nothing on the radio Both o…
Janie and Me Pair of sandals on the dashboard Nothing on the radio Both…
Lazy Man It's not that I don't love you, you know how…
Long Gone Well you tell me I'm way out of touch So I…
Make a Your Mama Proud I don't have a ph.d I'm a simple man but if…
Make Your Mama Proud I don't have a PhD, I'm a simple man but…
Maria With waving dark hair and brown eyes She stares you into…
Midnight Highway They got a new freeway in my town That just goes…
Mighty Dark to Travel To me she was a little angel Sent down to me…
Morning Sky You and I were lovers all along We had a good…
Mr. Rain I must've been crazy out of my mind I must've been…
My Forever You In midnight In the midnight sky I call for you Call for…
Never Been to Spain Well I never been to Spain But I kinda like the…
On the Road Again Well, I went out with that girl Wanna know the reason…
Pay the Man You gonna find, some old day For the things you got,…
Rain King When I think of heaven (Deliver me in a black-winged…
Rainbows Over My Blues Where do you go, when you go? You move to the…
River Material A pothole ate my motion And let me lay there for…
Sailin' Shoes Lady in a turban, cocaine tree Does a dance so rhythmically …
She Belongs To Me She got everything she needs, she's an artist, she don't…
Simple Complication This is the first time Also the worst time For me to…
Sister well you're waiting for me sister and I don't have to…
Skyline Dream Had a dream That I was flyin' through the skyline of…
Sweet Heaven When I Die Well my daddy was a hard working man And he rambled…
THE WAY BACK In the back of my pick-up, out under the stars Me…
Walls Come Down Well it always seems to happen when I least expect…
Walter Well the first time, That I ever saw her I picked her…
What I Want I want my own reputation I can't believe that I don't I…
What's Wrong With Love Songs [Chorus] It's the greatest feeling in the whole wide world …
World Turns a Revolution Joseph Lee lost his job today The man's got so much…
Wrong Love at the Right Time I came home early to a goodbye note With the diamond…
Your Sweet Love Sometimes when the night builds walls around me I find myse…


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