Workdogs

The Workdogs includes Rob Kennedy (bass, vocals) and Scott Jarvis (drums), who’ve provided the backbeat for Fifty percent Japan, Velvet Monkeys, and a great many other bands over time (Jarvis also produced and engineered the Beastie Boys’ Pollywog Stew EP and served as their tour supervisor when they installed with Madonna’s 1985 Such as a Virgin tour). The only real Workdogs’ constant is normally transformation as they’ve controlled under a different lineup for some every discharge and/or live show. Jon Spencer (Pussy Galore, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion) and Jerry Teel (Honeymoon vacation Killers, Stainless Cranks) have used the duo frequently, however, that they might almost meet the criteria as permanent associates. A number of other NY and New Jersey-based indie rock and roll and avant-jazz performers have joined up with in throughout their profession to back again them through to guitar, saxophone, as well as other musical instruments. The Workdogs’ debut one, “Crazy $,” premiered in 1986 for the band’s very own King Pet Biscuit label and highlighted Rudi Protrudi (the Fuzztones) and Tag Dagley (Great Sheriff). Their debut full-length, the bluesy Roberta, was released by Okra a year or two afterwards. In 1990, they released another 45, “Haunted Home of Like” (Vital Music), offering Connection Bergland and Malcolm Riviera (Gumball, Velvet Monkeys), and teamed up with Ohio’s Gibson Brothers for the 18-wheeler hoedown Punk Rock and roll Drivin’ Song of the Weapon. 1992 brought forth “Electric powered Mutt,” an individual on In debt offering Spencer and Teel. In 1993, they released self-described “blues opera,” Workdogs in Hell, offering Moe Tucker, Lydia Lunchtime, Jad Good, J.G. “Foetus” Thirlwell, Gibson sibling Jeffrey Evans, and underground filmmaker Richard Kern (subsequently, Kennedy and Jarvis performed in Tucker’s street band). Another year, they registered with Sympathy for the Record Sector for “A Tribute to Sonny Boy Williamson” with Spencer and Marcellus Hall (Railroad Jerk). Sympathy reissued Roberta (plus reward monitor) in 1994, implemented the next season by the amazingly accessible Aged (in comparison to prior efforts, at the very least). The record monitor “Robert Kennedy Blues” was also released as an individual that season. One Night Just!, a live-in-the-studio discharge offering Spencer and Teel, strike the roads in 1996. From then on flurry of activity, the Workdogs continued recording hiatus, taking on a residency as home band at Utmost Fisch in NEW YORK where, for quite some time, they would meet up with on the 1st Sunday of every month to jam with a number of guitarists (over 24 different players in 2 yrs).