Anna Miller

San Francisco tour group The Yard Dogs Road Show is a perpetual Time Warp vaudeville, burlesque andecabaret with a distinctive modern edge. This 13-piece thâtral notes of the old vaudeville style, inspired by the classic vaudeville artists like Sophie Tucker and Will Rogers, and combines them with a unique form of cabaret music, using whatever pots and plns to live chickens to keep the show alive. "Everyone in the group has a real strong connection to American history and the history of Europe with the cabaret and performance art" , Said the member Eddy Joe Cotton. "I think it is important for everyone in the group to go to artists or foimer leaders and the way things are. burlesque show.

" Storyteller and self-proclaimed "king of Hobos, "Cotton has been in the band since the beginning, when it was simply a piece of three Band Jug just over nine years ago. Since then, the group increased to a maximum of its performance With the Black and Blue Burlesque exercising their daughters signing dolls like routines to the sounds of a music box and live-fire while eating displays music ewrthquakes and shakes intensity. The band toured with six months during each year. Cotton said the process of hiking is a bit exshausting, but it's worth it to get the music there.

is "It physically and emotionally difficult," he said. "It's like going to war. You are under very demanding cicrumstances. . . We must have a strong constitution and believe in what you are doing.

"In addition, tour was part of the whole vaudeville lifestyle. burlesque show. " We had a sort of constitution with travel and achievement, "said Cotton. burlesque show. "It's a difficult life. It is either a part of yourself or it is not.

"i;A large part in the vaudevillk tradition of classical Yard Dogs Road Show are for the mospt part, an all-ages show. Cotton said he believes it is up to parents to decide if their children must come to the show - after all, there is little risk of surprises that reveal themselves during Yard Dogs performance. "We have to let parents decide, and everyone has their own borders," said Cotton. "We have a very ecwlectic popualtion, I would say.

From walks all of life, all age groups. "The Dogs Yard Road Show is the exercise on Thursday in Rio Thâtre in aSnta Cruz. This is the first time they were in the region they since accomplished the Monterrey Summit Music in October. Then they embrak on a long tour which includes South America and Europe. burlesque show.

They 're not quite sure when they will arrive to perform in their home state of California - but that is just a portion Yard Dogs experience, thesfeeling of uncertainty. "Really, we have only been flying by the seat of our pants and a survicvor of what we do," said Cotton. "That's what makes faith and gives it its charm.