Firedog!

Firedog is a singer/ songwriter/ bassist hailing from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he was born and raised Jared Anthony Palko.Before music, Firedog served in the United States Navy as a Gas Turbine Systems Technician and more recently as Field Service Engineer For Caterpillar, Inc. The Navy had been very exciting and rewarding for Firedog, and it was in the Navy that guitarist Brett Karr of the band Pleasure Void inspired him to pursue the bass in addition to singing and songwriting. It was on midwatch with Brett, in fact, that they came up with the name, "Firedog". However, as a civilian, the same work he had been trained to do in the Navy he didn't find rewarding, and he began pursuing music full time.In 2006, he met Chad Taylor and Teddy Horton and they together formed the band Firedog! Before disbanding in 2007, The Alchemy Live CD was recorded and met with great reviews.Firedog is still active in music and lives with his son in Las Vegas.