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hilst Mike and his bandmates have been time to be in this business and even more so me that’s my inspiration, that’s what inspires
in the music industry for a very long time, The for the people that are on the business side, me. Every one of these different bands are
Winery Dogs is a fairly new band. Mike says you know you’ve got record company people, made up of great musicians and each and
that one thing that is a gamble is being in a instrument makers, those are the people that every time we write or play live on stage that
band in 2016. “It's tough times to be a new are really struggling. So yeah, luckily we’ve inspires me. Each of these different bands are
band and yeah, The Winery Dogs is a new been around for a while and our names kind of stylistically different too so I can try different
band but we’re a band made up of bands that help break a new band.” things. I mean for each one of these bands I
have been around for 30+ years so thank God The fact that Mike, Richie and Billy have have a different drum set-up so that inspires
for that! I can’t imagine how hard it would be all played in so many bands definitely con- me. So that’s what inspires me now, it’s being
to start completely from scratch in 2016. I tributes to the group’s 'supergroup' title. “My in all of these different bands, after being in
mean, you have assets like the Internet and biggest inspiration is the people I work with one band for 25 years I needed something
YouTube and Twitter and Facebook, social and that’s why at this point in my career I’m in fresh and new to give me that inspiration.”
media is a great asset to be able to promote so many bands,” Mike tells us. “The Winery
your band, but record sales and concert ticket Dogs is my main band but I have five other he Winery Dogs released 'Oblivion',
sales are all at an all time low so it’s a tough bands right now that I’m also juggling, and to Ttheir first single from 'Hot Streak', back

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