Happenings

We posted some blacks from Yard Dog over on Facebook. Just for the heck of it.

From November 17 through January 3 we'll be hosting a show of original collages and limited-edition prints by Austin's Bob Schneider.  

November 17, 2015 - January 3, 2016
Opening Reception
Saturday, November 21
7 - 9 pm

And here's a nice little documentary about Bob.

Yard Dog artists and insanely talented gentlemen Jon Langford & Jim Sherraden recently teamed up in the Hatch Show Print letterpress studio in Nashville. The limited-edition monoprint they created, "Girl From The North Country," will be debuted there tonight, and if you're in Nashville you should go say hello for us and check it out. 

For more information about the monoprint and the show at Hatch Show Print, click here. 

Artist/musician Kepi Ghoulie will be making an afternoon appearance at Yard Dog, showing some art and making some music. Please come down & check it out!

Sunday, September 27, 2015
2 pm - 4 pm

Where does one start when they have been playing music for more than half their life? For Kepi Ghoulie, it is on the stage (or floor) of the venue of wherever he is playing today/tonight! Daily, setting the goal of playing the "best show of my life", California singer-songwriter-artist Kepi Ghoulie (Groovie Ghoulies and more), rarely has a problem meeting that goal... from a coffee house to a festival ground, from the Arctic Circle to Japan to Australia, Kepi always meets his goal, and often exceeds the expectations of those in the audience as well! 

"The Highwayman" (having just played his 50th and final state, ALASKA!!!), the "Rock n Roll Shark" (aptly named for not being able to sit still for very long), travels the world playing upwards of 200 shows annually, from solo and acoustic, to clubs and festivals with his own band, to International music events playing bass or drums with members of bands as diverse as the Slackers, Bouncing Souls, 7 Seconds, and more!!!

He has opened for such Icons as Chuck Berry, Jonathan Richman, David Lindley, Lee Rocker, David Johansen, and so many more it is now getting hard to keep track, and Kepi likes it that way! There is no time for nostalgia when you have a show to do! let's make new memories! Let's have new adventures! 

His music has garnered multiple awards in Northern California (Bammies, Sammies Hall of Fame)...It has been featured in multiple films, TV shows, Sporting Events, you name it! 

In addition, his fun, animated art work is a hit all over the world! He has painted hundreds of fun and colorful creatures, with a book out in Europe, gallery shows and art tours, creating "Bright and simple art for a dark and complicated world"

Where will he tour next? We will let the Universe decide that! He has played upon boats circling the New York harbor, mini golfs, the steps of the State Capitol, even for nursing students in India! flown to Norway for a single show! London for a weekend, or your venue... wherever the adventure is, there is Kepi, ready to put on the best show of his life! Join him!

FLYING WILD: A flock of felted feathers. 

Iowans Brad and Sundie Ruppert, masters of found object assemblages, have recently been incorporating hat felt, from Greeley Hat Works in Colorado, into their work. A show of new work, opening October 17, 2015, finds them focusing on birds. Below are details of a couple of pieces expected to be in the show.

Please join us at the Opening Reception on October 17, 7 - 9 PM.

**And don't miss Jon & Steve at the Continental Club, Saturday, September 5 at 10PM**

We'll be celebrating our 20th anniversary on Friday, September 4 with art & music by Jon Langford & Steve Wynn. Jon has been a part of our family since early '96 and is familiar to anyone who's followed us over the years.

Steve Wynn is new to us. Sort of. He's played many of our March Parties, either with his bands Steve Wynn & the Miracle 3 or Baseball Project, but this will be the first time we've shown his art. Actually, it will be his first art show anywhere. He's done some painting over the years and one of his paintings was used as the cover for the Dream Syndicate's album "Ghost Stories."

Steve will have a new album, available only from him, titled "solo! electric!". The front cover is a hand drawn self-portrait of sorts but the inside panel of the digipack is left intentionally blank so that he can draw a new Instant Alternate Cover. He'll be drawing instant album covers for anyone who buys the cd. There will also be some available for purchase online.

Steve and Jon will each have paintings in the show and will perform a few songs as well.

Bob Schneider is a pretty damn big recording artist, but did you know that he's quite an accomplished and dedicated visual artist? No, you didn't. Well, he is. We started showing his art this summer and we'll be hosting a solo art show for him, opening November 21. In the meantime, we've got a few of his pieces up and you should check them out. Here.

Here's Jon performing his song, The Country Is Young, at an art show in Spain.

We've been playing with the new Google Photos (it's fantastic!).

Jane Lee Hooker

Jane Lee Hooker

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Drivin N Cryin

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Rosie Flores

WILL JOHNSON