Salty Dog – Every Dog Has Its Day (1990)
If there has a been a hard rock CD that desperately needs to be reissued, Salty Dog’s Every Dog Has Its Day would have to be it. With such classics like “Come Along”, “Ring My Bell” and “Where The Sun Don’t Shine” this is a CD that still needs to be heard by all rock fans.
Amazingly, “Come Along” still gets airplay from my local rock station even today. This is an amazing feat for a relatively unknown band. After this kick ass single from Salty Dog, one might be quick to discount this band as another AC/DC clone, but if you dig deeper into this CD, you are going to hear the influences of other massive hard rock bands like Led Zeppelin, and Aerosmith.
Pete Reveen’s guitar work on this CD is excellent, and Jimmi Bleacher’s vocals are perfect 
for this style of rock. Both of these guys are musicians that I would like to hear perform again. Both Reveen and Bleacher have been missing from the rock world far too long. Reveen’s bluesy licks get better every time I listen to this CD.
Overall Every Dog Has Its Day has lots of excellent rock to feast your ears on. Even the slower tunes “Just Like A Woman” and “Sacrifice Me” are great on this disc.
I am a sucker for this old school bluesy hard rock, and I know a lot of you are too. If you are a fan of this genre, you need to seek this disc out. This CD was originally released by Geffen Records, but has sadly been out of print for years. You can sometimes find copies of it through Ebay, and Amazon.com. Grab this if you can find it! You won’t be disappointed!
Rating: 
Out of 10
Track Listing:
- Come Along
- Cat’s Got Nine
- Ring My Bell
- Where The Sun Don’t Shine
- Spoonful
- Just Like A Woman
- Sim Sala Bim
- Keep Me Down
- Heave Hard (She Comes Easy)
- Lonesome Fool
- Slow Daze
- Sacrifice Me
- Nothin’ But A Dream
Salty Dog is:
Jimmi Bleacher -lead vocals, acoustic guitar
Pete Reveen – lead and rhythm guitar
Michael Hannon – bass
Khurt Maier – drums
I absolutely loved this album in the late 80′s and mid 90′s and just recently found my old cassette tape of this band in the back of a drawer. I’ve been playing it non-stop for the past three months now and just don’t ever seem to get tired of Bleacher’s piercing vocals. Still some of the most satisfying ass kicking around and, in my opinion, still compares favorably with older Zeppelin, a really visceral stomp. What a shame they didn’t flourish and produce more of this superb bluesy pure hard rock.
Michael Hannon has a band called American Dog they rock and Hilljack early American Dog
Yep, definitely a great record. come along used to get a fair amount of airplay on the local rock stations in my area, but that was really it. Bleacher kinda sounds at times like a strangled cat when he gets into his upper vocal range, but it still somehow works.
Unfortunately they didn’t get a chance because apparently Jimmi Bleacher came down with a severe case of LSD (Lead Singer Disease) and the band couldn’t take it anymore
Definitely one of the best and most underrated albums ever
According to Michael Hannon, this will be re-released soon. He said that at a recent American Dog show.
I couldn’t agree more. I’ve had this since it came out and it is one of the best unknown bands from my neck of the woods. K-SHE 95 played Come Along twice I think but nothing else from the album. Definitely needs to be remastered.
Oh my, this is one of those unknown gems. I like to think of them as “my” band, because nobody has heard of them. This is without a doubt in my top 20 list, and another one in a long line of “How did they not get big” bands……
Yep, This Dog definitely did not get its day!