Short Dogs Grow
Short Dogs Grow was an American alternative rock group, based in San Francisco, that released two albums on Rough Trade Records in 1987 and 1988. Fellow Bay Area group Samiam counted this band as a major early influence. Samiam guitarist Sergie Loobkoff said, "There was also a local band called Short Dogs Grow that we were really into. They had this great sound that was similar to early Soul Asylum." Short Dogs Grow included Tom Pitts, who went on to a notable career as a writer, mainly of dark crime fiction. Career Tom Pitts and Carmela Thompson formed Short Dogs Grow in 1985. Tom and Carmela were both working for Lightning Messenger service at the time. Carmela was the only female motorcycle messenger in San Francisco. They drew their band's name from the lyrics of the Tom Waits song “On the Nickel” from the 1980 album ''Heartattack and Vine''. The song's title refers to Fifth Street in Los Angeles, long known as a slum, and a "short dog" is a small bottle of cheap wine fa ...
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