''Mad Dog'' is the fourth solo studio album by the English

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, who was the bassist for

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at that time. It was his last solo studio album for six years, and the debut album by his band John Entwistle's Ox. ''Mad Dog'' didn't generate much interest, either in sales or among fans, in what sounded like and is often referred as to by fans as "the son of ''

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''". His next solo studio album '' Too Late the Hero'' (1981) would become his most successful whilst ''Mad Dog'' was his least successful solo album until the release of '' The Rock'' (1996). The song "Cell Number 7", (which is a close relation to the Who's " Long Live Rock") detailed the Who's then recent brush with Canadian justice in 1974 after a hotel wrecking spree in

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tour.

Critical reception

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said that the album "Is enjoyable in short bursts, but it also makes a good case for the conventional wisdom that even the best bass players are only so-so as band leaders.", AllMusic also said that "He can't seem to tell his good jokes from the ones that sink without a trace, he sets his best songs right beside numbers that would have been best left in the rehearsal space, and for a guy who was one-third of England's greatest power trio (plus vocalist), he doesn't always know what to do with a large band."

Track listing

Personnel

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, 8-string bass guitar,

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* Jimmy Ryan –

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– guitar, string arrangements * Robert A. Johnson – guitar (tracks, 2, 6, 7) *

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– piano *

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– piano * Mike Deacon – piano (2) * Nashville Katz –

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* John Mumford –

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Dick Parry Richard Parry (born 22 December 1942) is an English saxophonist. He has appeared as a session musician on various albums, most notably in solo parts on the Pink Floyd songs "Money", " Us and Them", " Shine On You Crazy Diamond" and " Wearing th ...

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baritone saxophone The baritone saxophone (sometimes abbreviated to "bari sax") is a member of the saxophone family of instruments, larger (and lower-pitched) than the tenor saxophone, but smaller (and higher-pitched) than the bass saxophone, bass. It is the lowe ...

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tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (whi ...

* Dave Caswell –

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Doreen Chanter Doreen Chanter is a British singer best known as a member of the Chanter Sisters, and for her work as a backing vocalist and session vocalist, primarily during the 1970s and 1980s. Chanter Sisters Chanter started as a member of a group called ...

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* Irene Chanter – backing vocals * Juanita "Honey" Franklin – backing vocals

References

External links

* 1975 albums John Entwistle albums Albums produced by John Entwistle Track Records albums {{1970s-rock-album-stub