Dog Walk
I see them every day when I’m on my way with my bike in my neighbourhood. ‘Herrchen mit Hund’ (german) - someone walking their dog. And while I pass them I frequently whistle or sing the song ‘Dog Walk’ from my last album ‘Tell Me’.
The song was written by Scott Henderson (Tribal Tech, Chick Corea, Joe Zawinul) and is off of his award-winning Blues album ‘Dog Party’. All I heard about the initial idea of this fantastic album was an annual party that he organised for his dog. All the dogs from his friends were invited but the friends only dropped off their dogs and the rest was up to Scott to handle like a circus director. The song titles are just spot on: ‘Hole Diggin’’, ‘Fence Climbin’ Blues’, ‘Smelly Ol’ Dog Blues’ and more hilarious titles.
I recorded my version back in 2006 with Winnie Bucher on bass and Reto Kuster on drums.
Back when I was studying at Musicians Institute Hollywood CA in 1990-1991 Scott Henderson taught his magic in open counselling and that room was always packed and you could literally see the steam coming out of that door. Great memories and great times!
If you know more details about Scott’s dog party, I’d love to hear them in my Substack chat or in the comments.