Salty Dog was a hard-rock band formed in late 1986 in Los Angeles by Jimmi Bleacher, Scott Lane, Michael Hannon and Khurt Maier. The band released its first and only major-label record in 1990, titled "Every Dog Has Its Day," composed of all original songs except for a cover of Willie Dixon

Willie Dixon

William James "Willie" Dixon was an American blues musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger and record producer. A Grammy Award winner who was proficient on both the Upright bass and the guitar, as well as his own singing voice, Dixon is arguably best known as one of the most prolific songwriters...

's Spoonful

Spoonful

"Spoonful" is a blues standard written by Willie Dixon and first recorded in 1960 by Howlin' Wolf. It is loosely based on "A Spoonful Blues", a song recorded in 1929 by Charley Patton , itself related to "All I Want Is A Spoonful" by Papa Charlie Jackson and "Cocaine Blues" by Luke Jordan...

. Guitarist Pete Reveen is the son of the magician

Magic (illusion)

Magic is a performing art that entertains audiences by staging tricks or creating illusions of seemingly impossible or supernatural feats using natural means...

 Peter Reveen

Peter Reveen

Peter J. Reveen is a stage hypnotist and illusionist who performs mainly in Canada, and particularly Atlantic Canada. Originally from Australia, he first came to North America in January 1961, landing in Honolulu, Hawaii...

. The band, like many other hard-rock/metal bands in the early 1990s, were lost in the shuffle when the grunge-rock movement hit in late 1991 and swept the nation in 1992.

Members

• Jimmi Bleacher - vocals, guitar and harmonica
• Pete Reveen- guitar and background vocals
• Michael Hannon - bass and background vocals
• Khurt Maier - drums and percussion

Album

Salty Dog released only one album titled Every Dog Has Its Day which was released in 1990 by Geffen

Geffen Records

Geffen Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operated as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-Beginnings:...

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1. "Come Along"
2. "Cat's Got Nine"
3. "Ring My Bell"
4. "Where The Sun Don't Shine"
5. "Spoonful
   Spoonful
   "Spoonful" is a blues standard written by Willie Dixon and first recorded in 1960 by Howlin' Wolf. It is loosely based on "A Spoonful Blues", a song recorded in 1929 by Charley Patton , itself related to "All I Want Is A Spoonful" by Papa Charlie Jackson and "Cocaine Blues" by Luke Jordan...
   
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6. "Just Like A Woman"
7. "Sim Sala Bim"
8. "Keep Me Down"
9. "Heave Hard (She Comes Easy)"
10. "Lonesome Fool"
11. "Slow Daze"
12. "Sacrifice Me"
13. "Nothin' But A Dream"

Rumours have it that Salty Dog were to have a video aired on MTV for the single "Come Along", until their A & R representative at Geffen Records (whom they had a dispute with) told the network that if they were to air the song he would withhold the next Guns N' Roses video. The video never aired and the band were dropped from Geffen shortly thereafter.

American Dog

Michael Hannon currently plays bass and is the lead singer of Hard rock

Hard rock

Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...

 band American Dog.

American Dog is made up of Michael Hannon (bass and vocal), Steve Theado (guitar) and Michael Harris (drums).

Pete Reveen now plays in the Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...

-based classic rock tribute band Three Blind Mice.