Lost Dogs
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The Lost Dogs have been called a country music supergroup, but they consider themselves to be roots and alternative music group. They began in 1991 as a one-time collaboration between four very different vocalists and songwriters from four different bands at the behest of their label at that time. Terry Scott Taylor (Daniel Amos, the Swirling Eddies), Gene Eugene (Adam Again), Derri Daugherty (The Choir), and Michael Roe (The 77s), have over the last decade released five eclectic albums of traditional American music (country, folk, blues, rock) with a decidedly modern feel. The Lost Dogs' concert performances are filled with between-song jokes and one liners between the band members (usually poking fun at each other).
Each Lost Dogs album includes at least one or two cover songs. Songs covered by the Lost Dogs include Bob Dylan's "Lord, Protect My Child", Leonard Cohen's "If It Be Your Will", The Beatles' "I'm A Loser" and Steven Foster's "Hard Times, Come Again No More".
In 1999, shortly after release of their Gift Horse album, Gene Eugene passed away in his sleep at The Green Room, his recording studio in Huntington Beach, California.
Although the loss of Eugene is noticeable, the remaining three Lost Dogs members continue to tour and record new albums. In 2004, the band got together with longtime friend, Steve Hindalong to produce a special album for their summer tour. The result was entitled MUTT, and included new acoustic versions of ten songs originally written and recorded for each band members regular rock bands.
Discography
- Scenic Routes, 1992 album
- Little Red Riding Hood, 1993 album
- The Green Room Serenade, Part One, 1996 album
- Gift Horse, 1999 album
- Real Men Cry, 2001 album
- The Green Room Serenade, Part Tour, 2002 live-album
- Making God Smile: A Tribute to Beach Boy Brian Wilson Various Artists, 2002 album
- Nazarene Crying Towel, 2003 album
- The Lost Dogs...Via Chicago..., 2003 DVD (plus bonus CD)
- Mutt, 2004 album