"ruck sack full of church"

2009: YEAR OF THE WHALE

It's official. Spread the news. Expect a full-length on White Whale Records sometime in the new year.

Love,

The Wild Dogs.

"the fancy that i'm on has been going on too long"

Another Bear Claw junkie caught in the act. It's totally consumed her life and now she's robbing liquor stores and stealing from her parents, siblings and friends.

Here's a christmas present from the Wild Dogs, a brand new track we'll be opening the show on the 27th with. Download it here. It's called "Born to Lose." Merry xxxmas.

"Born to Lose"

Love,

The Wild Dogs.

"it's hard to see the ground from the withering heights"

It seems I've finally run out of road. Back home in Edmonton and ready to face another year. 2008 treated me well more or less but put a good pair of rings around my eyes.

On January 27th at Edmonton's Velvet Underground/Starlite Room I'm playing two country sets with the Whiskey Dogs, an acoustic Dr. Jekyll to the Wild Dogs' Mr. Hyde. We're going to play some Merle songs, some stuff by Gram and the Burritos I'm sure, maybe some Appalachian shit or something.

Then on Friday, February 13th the Wild Dogs will play their first loud Edmonton show in over two months. It's good to be home.

January 27th

EAMON McGRATH & THE WHISKEY DOGS

w/ special guests

@ The Velvet Underground

February 13th

THE WILD DOGS

@ The Likwid Lounge

Love, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, Whatever.

The Wild Dogs.

"curse the corpses call in the futurists"

Well that was another round of Toronto. A good dose this time although molly wasn't behaving too well for me if you know what I mean. And we all know how hard it is to have fun without her...

So now it's off to Windsor for a show at the Phog Lounge, and then two nights in the Windy City. Still living on Ichiban and Chunky soup. One more week left in this torrential downpour of touring that 2008 has been and then it's off to a new year.

Made friends with White Whale Records. Look for some good news in 2009.








Love,
The Wild Dogs.

"be prepared to bleed"

When you get bored on the road, you make fun of your band.

"lovers just can't be drunks together"

Toronto is crazy as usual. I hopped on a bill last night at the Annex Wreck Room and it was awesome. Opened for this band with tombstones and strippers onstage. 40 Thieves killed it. Edmonton came out in droves.

I have an apology to make to the City Streets, about the Bear Claw recipe: honey on the rim is always the first choice. Most bars don't have the capability though so you use the shitty sugar substitute.








Love,
The Wild Dogs.

"if the sky falls mark my words we'll catch mockingbirds"

So much for drying out. In Toronto right now, play at the Silver Dollar tomorrow night with my pals Chris Mullen and Jeremy Finkelstein. I've seen lots of Edmonton ex-pats on the street and hopefully they're all coming to the show.


Tour update with the Thieves: Calgary has a lynch mob out for me now, Regina has a wicked guy named Henry from the band Geronimo, Winnipeg's Sub City Dwellers showed us a wicked weekend and we drove straight across the shield, dodging moose and icy roads for about 23 hours. Thanks for driving the whole way, Caleb. The shows have been good, we played to big crowds in Calgary and Regina and Mr. O'Hanlon is my new hero, he made us a great round of Bear Claws, my new favourite drink. See you in a week or so, wish us luck at the border.




BEAR CLAW:

1 ounce Kahlua
1 ounce Bailey's
1/2 ounce rye
fill with Coke
sugar on the rim, on the rocks.






Love,
The Wild Dogs.

"i've seen the needle take another man"

Here's to another twenty days on the road, and drying out.

Love,

The Wild Dogs.

"i stopped to love you each and every day"

I'm playing tomorrow night at the Velvet Underground, my first acoustic show in a long time. Two sets, starting around 10:00pm. Should be enough time to come after the Ramshackle Day Parade. It would be nice to see everyone before I take off again.

Love,

The Wild Dogs.

"i'm such a bad worker my father would be ashamed"

EAMON McGRATH - DEAD EMPIRE EP

01 I Am the Deer

02 Heartland Passways

03 Dead Empire

04 Grand Avenue

05 Heaven Run Me Down

Download here.