The follow up to their debut CD "Somewhere South of the Clef" is due for release in March 2005. The band delves further into their rock roots while delivering a mix of hard driving road songs and soulful ballads by members Bruce FitzSimmons, Franklin Jenkins, Jon Scarantino, and Kevin Glassel. Shadowdogs, one of San Diego's hottest, hybrid bands first effort received rave reviews from print, TV, and radio. Songs aired by KPRI FM102 and appearances on KUSI and KSWB TV supported high praise from the San Diego Union Tribune, North County Times and Troubadour Magazine. When not playing benefits such as the Tsunami Orphans Relief Concert with Nickel Creek at Tom Giblin's Irish pub in Carlsbad, raising over $28,000, they were backing music luminaries such as Eagles' songwriter Jack Tempchin at the Bob Burton Center and will open next month for the Mark Jackson Band's Record Release party at Acoustic Expressions in North Park at 7:00 PM , Saturday, March 5th. Special guests live and in the studio have included pedal steel virtuoso Rick Schmidt, guitarist Jerry McCann, bluegrass session ace Dennis Caplinger & percussionist Ray Alicea. Shadowdogs debuted live in San Diego, when they opened for Jack at the 2003 Adams Avenue Street Fair in front of over 1,000 appreciative new fans. Many of the songs performed that night such as "Rolling Away", "Amanda", "Open Road", and "Desert City" appear on their new release and this promises to be a significant sophomore effort by a band that is considered by many, even better live than on record. "HALFWAY TO SOMEDAY" will not disappoint as they took that energy into Golden Track Studios with Engineer Steve Wetherbee to capture their unique sound and here it is. Available in stores and online.
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