The first time I heard this song was on one of those give away CDs that every music magazine in the UK seems to have mounted to the cover nowadays. That it appeared on a CD dedicated to songs played on Bob Dylan's Radio Show made it even more intriguing. That the one song led me to another and another is one of the things I love about music and the places you find it.
After hearing Hot Dog I discovered I already had a few Detroit Cobras littered about my iTunes. Ya Ya Ya was even my ring tone for a while. But now I went scouring the Internet for more of their stuff. And everything I found was just a joy. And because they weren't a huge band all their stuff hadn't been uploaded so I had to buy the stuff. And it took some work. The music store I used to go to did have a label with their name on it, but the space where the CD was supposed to be was empty.
It took a bit of work but I tracked them down. And it's great driving music because the kids love it too. Everyone song is a hit. There is something about this simplistic garage meets blues rock and roll that the kids really get into. And they don't notice the sexual innuendo in Hot Dog.
Detroit Cobras happily sit next to the Modern lovers and the Ramones as great alternative, dare I say, car driving family rock and roll singalongs. Also brilliant to dance to when the kids are in bed and you're on your second bottle of red.
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