Dog Party
Encyclopedia
Dog Party is a 1994 album
by fusion
/ jazz
guitarist
Scott Henderson
. It is a departure from his prior jazz fusion
style releases, as he is exploring blues
and blues-rock
on this album.
The album features mostly vocal tunes, mixed with some instrumentals. Most of the titles and lyrics are related to dogs, usually in a metaphoric way.
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by fusion
Fusion (music)
A fusion genre is music that combines two or more styles. For example, rock and roll originally developed as a fusion of blues, gospel and country music. The main characteristics of fusion genres are variations in tempo, rhythm, i a sometimes the use of long musical "journeys" that can be divided...
/ jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
guitarist
Guitarist
A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
Scott Henderson
Scott Henderson
Scott Henderson is a fusion and blues guitarist best known for his work with the band Tribal Tech.-Early days:Born in West Palm Beach, Florida, Henderson began playing guitar at an early age...
. It is a departure from his prior jazz fusion
Jazz fusion
Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...
style releases, as he is exploring blues
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
and blues-rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
on this album.
The album features mostly vocal tunes, mixed with some instrumentals. Most of the titles and lyrics are related to dogs, usually in a metaphoric way.
Track listing
All tracks by Scott HendersonScott Henderson
Scott Henderson is a fusion and blues guitarist best known for his work with the band Tribal Tech.-Early days:Born in West Palm Beach, Florida, Henderson began playing guitar at an early age...
- "Hole Diggin´" – 4:19
- "Fence Climbin´" Blues – 6:54
- "Dog Party" – 6:42
- "Same As You" – 5:09
- "Milk Bone" – 5:40
- "Hell Bent Pup" – 5:20
- "Hound Dog" – 4:03
- "Dog Walk" – 5:09
- "Smelly Ol´" Dog Blues – 7:55
- "Too Many Guitars" – 4:38
Personnel
- Scott HendersonScott HendersonScott Henderson is a fusion and blues guitarist best known for his work with the band Tribal Tech.-Early days:Born in West Palm Beach, Florida, Henderson began playing guitar at an early age...
- Guitars - Kirk CovingtonKirk CovingtonKirk Covington is a drummer best known for his work with the jazz fusion group Tribal Tech. Born in Midland, Texas, he attended the highly regarded University of North Texas College of Music where he met bassist Gary Willis, with whom he later joined Tribal Tech...
- Drums and vocals - Richard Ruse - Bass
- Pat O`Brian - Harmonica
- Scott KinseyScott KinseyScott Kinsey is a keyboardist best known for his work with the jazz fusion group Tribal Tech and for his contributions to soundtracks for major motion pictures, notably Ocean's Eleven and Ocean's Twelve...
- Keyboards - Stan MartinStan MartinStan Martin was an Australian rules footballer who played with University in the Victorian Football League. A bayonet instructor during World War I, he played in the Services game in London, but was later killed in action.-Sources:...
- Trumpet - Mike Whitman - Sax
- Erin McGuire - Vocals on "Same As You"
- Linda "Zig" Zegarelli - Harmonica on "Same As You"
- Willie Scoggins - Guitar Solo on "Too Many Guitars"
- Steve Trovato - Guitar Solo on "Too Many Guitars"
- Keith WyattKeith WyattKeith Wyatt is a Los Angeles-based guitarist, educator performer, teacher, writer, and developer of music curriculum and educational media. Since 1996, Wyatt has toured and recorded with renowned LA-based “American Music” group The Blasters and is featured on 4-11-44...
- Guitar Solo on "Too Many Guitars" - T.J. Helmerich - Guitar Solo on "Too Many Guitars"