Pine Dogs at Sportsmen's Tavern January 27

The Pine Dogs will perform the first of several reunion/get-back-together shows at 5 p.m. Sunday, January 27, at the Sportsmen's Tavern on Amherst Street near Grant Street in Buffalo, with no cover charge.
The Pine Dogs, simply put, are the best roots rock/Americana band Buffalo has ever been home of, and their late 1980s-1990s run proved them to be one of those bands that should have made it and is still a musical tragedy that they didn't. The Pine Dogs blended country rock, roots rock, traditional country, 1960s rock, R&B and whatever else they chose, led by singer, songwriter and guitarist Jim Whitford. The Pine Dogs were also made up of singer Gretchen Schulz, guitarist/singer Don Vincent, bassist/occasional singer Tom Fischer and drummer/singer Jim Celeste.
The Pine Dogs have always been big in the Dunne-Hosey Estates' hit parade and lives; Val was their road manager and photographer (her photos make up the art work of the "Mighty Engines of Love" CD cover, among others), I have interviewed and reviewed the band (and later other bands the members were in) since virtually their start, and Val and I now live next door to Whitford. The esteem with which these musicians are held is somewhat amazing and deserved.
The Pine Dogs will also perform at TriMania at the Tri-Main Center March 29, so why not catch both performances, starting with this free one Sunday?