Legends In Their Own Minds, the Second Album from Seattle’s Sundogs

Oh, yeah, there is something about good old fashioned Rock music without pretension. That is exactly what you get with Seattle-based Sundogs’ new album, Legends in Their Own Minds. Twelve solid classic Rock tunes released in March as an audio and video album.

Musically the Sundogs touch on blues, jazz and pop rock of the late 70’s and 80’s reminding you of a time when groups like Steely Dan and Tom Petty ruled the Billboard charts. This is Rock for a smoky bar circa 1985 between 10 and midnight on a Saturday with a cold mug of beer. This is Rock out the back of a car with big speakers and a pick up football game. The opening track, Fallen Hero, is an ode to the late Tom Petty

Sundogs is Stan Snow, Songwriter and Producer on Vocals and Guitars, and Jed Moffitt: Songwriter, Co-Producer, also on lead vocals and Keyboards. Snow and Moffitt’s diverse writing styles approach their songwriting from different angles. They typically alternate vocal tracks throughout the album broadening the album’s gritty texture. Moffitt’s Alive Tonight is the epitome of the classic Rock ballad channeling a hint of Randy Newman accompanied by Snow’s blistering Rock guitar chops.

 

Their approach is simple. “Sundogs music is inspired by the days of Classic Rock and Jazz Fusion. It is written to satisfy the music fan within. If it sounds good to us, and we like listening to it over and over again, then that is the driving force behind whatever we decide to release. We are doing it for the pure joy of it, and because of that, the music and the videos are authentic.”

The musicianship, production and engineering on the entire album are exceptional. The album is both presented in audio and visual form with video footage shot in the studio using a green screen and put together post recording along with the collection of songs mixed for the album. Snow and Moffitt’s primary goal in music is to satisfy the music fan within.   “If it sounds good to us and it’s something that we like listening to over and over, that is the driving force in how we write, arrange, produce and record. We are doing it for the pure joy of it”.

Stan Snow and Jed Moffitt lived a storied music career. Growing up in Fremont, California, they honed their songwriting, production and musicianship, releasing their second album – “Legends In Their Own Minds” – produced at Magellan Creek Studios in Seattle, WA. Stan Snow’s guitar playing has been influenced by Robben Ford, Larry Carlton, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Pat Metheny, Steve Morse, Lee Ritenour, Steve Howe, Carlos Santana, Chuck Berry, BB King and Eric Clapton. Jed Moffitt’s keyboard playing has been influenced by Bill Evans, Bruce Hornsby, Keith Jarrett, McCoy Tyner, Oscar Peterson, Lyle Mays, Bud Powell, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Benmont Tench and Roy Bittan.

Johnny is the  stand out on the album, a natural classic Rock bad boy tale of woe. The Sundogs’ own “I fought the Law and the Law Won”:

Johnny, you’re lookin’ for trouble
Dumber than a bag of hammers, you got a heart made of lead
You drive down to the local church
All riled up, you’re gonna blow it up instead

There’s something, twisted in your head
You think you’re preachin’ righteousness, but that ain’t what you’ve been fed
Burnin’ down a house of faith
You’ve been seriously misled

 For those of you who grew up scouring the back of LPs for their liner notes take heed.Liner notes, lyrics, credits, videos and tracks are all posted on their website
http://sundogsmusic.com. No pretense here. Just good old fashioned Rock and Roll, and that’s a good thing.

Stream “Legends In Their Own Minds” via their website

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