 The DOG in the early times |
Hair of the Dog was formed in 1991 by Odai Johnson, Wes Pascoe, and Neville Stewart. We originally just intended to have a straight ahead Irish band, but a few things happened along the way. The first of these was David Perales. | One Pub Town 
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The DOG would like to pay
tribute to our primary influence over the years.  |
The "doggy boys" at this point were playing folk music. David brought with him his classical and jazz background, and refused to be referred to as a "fiddler" rather than a violinist. (He paid too much for the lessons, he said.) | The band made its debut at the 1991 North Texas Irish Festival in Dallas. The DOG brought crowds to standing ovations after running a simple set of reels into the Overture from the Barber of Seville in a nine minute medley they call My Wild Irish Rossini. |
 In 1993, the Lads managed to get themselves into a recording studio, and with the lubrication of several cases of Guinness, made their first recording: Bark of the Covenant. |
Recorded in 1992, and newly reissued, "Bark" contains many of the DOG's most beloved melodies,including: Brigham's 14 (Take Her In Your Arms); Breathalyzed, Bishop and the Choirboy, and other irreverent songs;My Wild Irish Rossini; and a SHOWDOWN between Georges Bizet and Aaron Copeland |
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| Over the next couple of years, the DOG became a regional hit, playing all over the Southwest, never quite sobering up long enough to tour, and preferring to do most gigs in an area that didn't require too long a drive home to Austin. |  |
Odai and Wes now began to come up with ideas for original songs. Most involved drinking as the primary theme. The DOG had degenerated to a common pub band. (Some would say extremely common.) |
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After several years of hanging 'round dingy pubs and other disreputable establishments, the lads found themselves in an even more uncomfortable place: the recording studio. |
 David in a subdued moment. |
"The fine people who were paying
for the project insisted that we limit our consumption to four cans of Guinness Pub
Draught per day each. We generally spill more than that, so we were anxious to see the
project complete." "We finished the session in less than a week!" |
 These days, the DOG generally shows up as a trio, featurng David, Wes and Neville. Odai has found a new home in a very nice rehab center in Seattle. The other lushes that have played with us over the years still join us from time to time when their probation officers permit. |
 The DOG plays weekly at FADO Irish Pub, in Austin's Fashionable Warehouse District. |
 Odai (the wistful one), David (the shy one), and Wes (the little one) |
 Neville doing the tribal thing |
| rev:28 November, 1997 Email: h_o_t_dog@yahoo.com © copyright 1997 Wes Pascoe |
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