Black Dog

BLACK DOG

Some bands are built from chemistry. Black Dog is built from legacy.

Rooted deep in the grooves of New Orleans, Black Dog brings together four musicians whose collective résumé reads like a love letter to the Crescent City. Reggie Scanlan — founding bassist of the Radiators and a man who cut his teeth alongside Professor Longhair and James Booker — anchors the low end with the kind of authority that only comes from decades on the bandstand. Alongside him, Eddie Christmas, Jon Ridnell, and Jason Mingledorf round out a lineup that crackles with the energy of players who have spent their careers living inside New Orleans music.

Expect the full spectrum of what makes this city's sound so irresistible: swamp rock, funk, R&B, and blues colliding in a room that was practically built for it. The Maple Leaf has been the home of moments like this for over…