In the early 2000s, when guitarist and vocalist Kris Gloer was playing small jam-band shows with his group Hound Dog at venues such as Fuzzy’s Place, the Highlander, Blind Willie’s and Blues Harbor, he wasn’t sure if they’d ever transcend the local blues scene.
“We never got a ton of traction beyond just our little home crowd in Marietta and Atlanta,” he remembers.
