Five Yard Dog: News

We will not be booking any more gigs until late summer. Our guitar player, Dave Asmussen, is having back surgery and will require a somewhat lengthy recovery period. We wish Dave a full and speedy return to health. Hopefully, you will miss us during this hiatus.

Michael

Thanks to all who came out yesterday to support the SCV Blues Festival and the Tom Bolewski family. Not only were we very surprised to be included in the event, we were surprised at the positive response to our humble little trio. However, we received a thorough (and deserved) tongue-lashing for not having a CD available as of yet. We'll try to rectify that. ;-)

Michael

I am happy to announce that Five Yard Dog finally has a new guitar player. Wendell and I will be joining forces with Dave Asmussen, the guitarist who was founder and leader of The Moxie Blues Band. Our good friend Alan Wright has graciously filled the guitar chair for the past ten months, but has a commitment to the band that bears his name and was on loan, so to speak. We are grateful for all that Alan contributed to the success of 5YDG. As you can see from our calendar page, beginning on May 21 we have scheduled a few selected gigs for the upcoming months. Dave is also my songwriting partner.

Michael

Some folks have asked if Five Yard Dog and The Alan Wright Band is the same band with two different names. No they are not, but it is unavoidable that they would have a similar sound due to sharing the same vocalists, bassist, guitarist, and drummer. Because of this dilemma, I've decided to temporarily shut down Five Yard Dog after our last scheduled gig in December. Think of this as a hiatus. This official website will remain active, as will our myspace account. Sometime in the future I plan to regroup with different players.

It's really a shame because Alan and Wendell are such awesome musicians and we play so well together. This is a difficult decision since my own personal ambitions to lead a band will be put on the back burner for awhile. All is not lost as I will continue to be the bass player and 2nd vocalist for The Alan Wright Band. In the meantime, not to worry. Five Yard Dog will live again. Stay tuned.

Michael

For now we have just a few pictures in the gallery. Special thanks to my fellow bassist, Bayard Webb, for graciously allowing us to use a picture of his dog, Drake. Drake was rescued from an animal shelter in October of 2007 and has been living the good life in Reno NV ever since.

Michael

If you have trouble listening to our songs on this site, some of these same tunes can be heard on the Five Yard Dog myspace page at www.myspace.com/fiveyarddog.

Michael