Live preview: The Winery Dogs
The Winery Dogs include past and present members of Dream Theater, Mr Big and Poison. The band’s self-titled debut was released in 2013.

Richie Kotzen looks forward to returning to the UK with a new album, Hot Streak.
It was a really fun night for a great cause. All of the musicians hung out like brothers. And Tony is recovering at a good rate, so I’m told.
We’re five weeks in and a big chunk of the record is included. We do Oblivion, Captain Love, Hot Streak, and I go out alone with an acoustic guitar for Fire.
The sleek and funky Think It Over is also included, hopefully?
I play that on the electric piano and it shows a whole other side of us.
**How much of the show is improvised? **
Where we really cut loose is during those cool solo sections. In the old days we’d have played a song like Elevate just like the record, but now there’s a lot of flexibility.
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What do you know about the support act, Inglorious?
Their singer [Nathan James] and I have a mutual friend who brought them to my attention. The guy’s a fantastic vocalist and I’m looking forward to checking them out.
Two albums in, is the question of whether The Winery Dogs are a band or a project asked less?
[Laughs] That’s more of a question for Mike Portnoy. But I’ve heard him say numerous times that out of all the many things he does, Winery Dogs is his priority.

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