In 1992, the frontmen of four bands, Terry Taylor (Daniel Amos), Mike Roe (The 77’s), Derri Daugherty (The Choir), and Gene Eugene (Adam Again) joined together to form the supergroup, The Lost Dogs. The new supergroup band was a departure in style from each of the individual bands exploring americana and folk music reaching into the root influences of each of the original members.

Here’s a clip of the band at Cornerstone Festival in 1994 playing “Bullet Train” on the Main Stage, a little shaky and such, but pretty rare material as there’s not much out there from the first few years the Lost Dogs played at Cornerstone:

I don’t know if the band members planned on The Lost Dogs being just a “one-off” type of project but as it turns out, The Lost Dogs has essentially outlasted each of the band members’ individual projects (though The 77’s and The Choir do still produce albums and perform infrequently.) The Lost Dogs have been a regular fixture at Cornerstone, performing nearly every year since 1992, anchoring a midnight slot on the Gallery stage. Gene Eugene has since passed on, with Steve Hindalong joining the band as a drummer, but the band continues.

In 2008, The Lost Dogs traveled from Chicago to Los Angeles along the old Route 66, recording the whole experience on video and writing new songs along the way. Last year at Cornerstone, they gave the audience a preview of the project in concert and this year the album should be available at the festival. I’m looking forward to hearing the material about “The Mother Road” from these long-standing veterans of Cornerstone Festival.