Stray Dog

[nofi]

anyone remember these guys. saw them in a large club in 1974. not a very good show as i remember but they sound good here. snuffy went on to write music for several tv shows including Roseann.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArUfyJyxY90&list=RDMMArUfyJyxY90

[uwe]

Very Yank of its time (in a good way) - reminds me of Cactus, Nitzinger and - very much - Trapeze, the latter probably no coincidence as Texas was their happy hunting ground when they couldn't get arrested anywhere else.

Just ordered the CD - had that one missing in my CD collection. Danke Nofi1

[FrankieTbird]

Everyone realizes this is a ZZ Top cover, right?  Just checkin'.   

[uwe]

My knowledge of ZZ Top pre-Deguello is meek save for the obvious early hits. No, I didn't realize that it was a ZZ Top number - in that case, Stray Dog were certainly better produced thann early ZZ Top. ZZ Top - another connection to Trapeze, they played together in Texas a lot in the early 70ies.

[FrankieTbird]

Yes, this song appeared on the 2nd ZZ Top album - Rio Grande Mud.  It's a Billy Gibbons original.

[gearHed289]

Funny, the day I see this post (Monday) I got the new issue of Prog magazine which has an article on Manticore Records (owned by ELP and their manager) to which these guys were signed. Some good old rock!

[uwe]

Ah, another PROG subscriber, I saw the same article and had the same connection.  The Chris Squire commemorative issue. 

[lowend1]

Got the album on vinyl right here...

[Hörnisse]

I have both Stray Dog albums on vinyl.