Farmdog

Farmdog started out a long time ago as The Tourists. Back in the mid to late 90's, The Tourists roamed Idaho playing roots, rock, reggae for all who would listen. They were known as the Boise area's premier Grateful Dead cover band, but also played many other tasty covers by many other artists. The Tourist eventually segued into Farmdog, and with a revolving door of different players they continue to turn out good tunes. Thier main focus has transitioned from playing covers to focusing on original material. They still embrace thier roots by playing songs written by The Grateful Dead, Phish, and Widespread Panic. But you can't pigeon-hole them as a cover band anymore. They have some outstanding original material. In fact, Farmdog's original material is the draw of the band. They have intelligent song crafting with tradional backgrounds which makes their music fresh but somehow familiar.