"Not Quite Ourselves" Dog Talk
The Daily Ledger (Noblesville /
Hamilton County), February
16, 2000
by Betsy Reason
 The YES! page's new Sound Check feature presents the
band Dog Talk, an Indianapolis-based group. Dog Talk's
compact-disc realease party kicks off at 9pm Friday and
Saturday at Mickey's Irish Pub, 13644 N. Meridian St.,
Carmel, (317) 573-9746.
Sound Check interviewed the band's guitar player, Bill
Lancton.
Q1: Let's talk about the new cd, "Not Quite Ourselves."
How does it differ from your first two--"It Happens Every
Day" and "Twiddling the Tightrope"--which both feature
original music?
Lancton: Our new CD features our most requested cover
tunes. We ended up with some Bob Marley, Santana, Van
Morrison and Jimi Hendrix tunes--molded into the Dog Talk
style.
Q2: Why the name Dog Talk?
Lancton: Well, back in 1993, Michael Beck submitted a
tape of songs to Rock The Ripple and got accepted to the
showcase. One of the songs he had written was "Dog Talk",
and he thought that it had kind of a street sound, you
know, homemade instruments made from trash cans and such.
The guys in the band play a washboard, pizza pan, clackers,
a whistle, an antique children's toy, gourd shakers and
dozens more traditional and non- traditional instruments.
Q3: With homemade instruments, what kind of music do you
make?
Lancton: Hmmm--kind of Caribbean Latin Pop Jazz, with
some cajun and reggae thrown in.
Q4: Being together for seven years, you must have had
some memorable moments.
Lancton: Wow, we have had a ton of fun--and funny things
happen to us! Some very strange moments, too! One of the
most memorable was playing at Deer Creek Music Center
for 8,000 ready-to-party Boy Scouts. Someone on the stage
crew shot off a rocket that almost blew band members Jim
Litchfield and Cliff White off stage! Probably in addition
to all the readers' poll awards, we feel very honored
to have been picked to kick off last year's Indy Jazz
Fest.
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