The Winery Dogs
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The Winery Dogs’ Richie Kotzen and Billy Sheehan talk improv, adrenaline, and the importance of balancing godly chops with songs
By Joe Bosso published
Yeah, they know they're good. But Sheehan and Kotzen's new Dogs album, III, makes the case for knowing where and when to unleash the fretboard pyro, and when to reference Motown

How Billy Sheehan learned to slap
By Nick Wells published
“I could never figure out where those notes were coming from. Then I’d go see Victor Wooten and just give up!”

Justin Hawkins: “What?! Split harmonics on the bass?”
By Nick Wells published
The Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins reacts to the fast and furious licks of Billy Sheehan and Richie Kotzen of rock supergroup The Winery Dogs

Richie Kotzen, Mike Portnoy and Billy Sheehan revive The Winery Dogs with energetic new single, Xanadu
By Matt Owen published
The lick-heavy lead single is the first to be lifted from the supergroup's first studio album in 8 years, III

The Winery Dogs are working on a new album
By Jackson Maxwell published
The follow-up to 2015's Hot Streak is currently being hashed out by the trio in Los Angeles

Watch Richie Kotzen test drive the Fender Tone Master Twin Reverb amp
By Richard Bienstock published
“I could lift this up and swing it over my head if I wanted to,” he says

Watch the Winery Dogs Rip Through “Oblivion” Onstage in Denver
By Richard Bienstock published
The trio, featuring Richie Kotzen, Billy Sheehan and Mike Portnoy, is in the midst of their first U.S. tour in three years.

The Winery Dogs Announce New U.S. Tour Dates
By Richard Bienstock published
The band will hit the road on the Who Let the Dogs Out trek in May.
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