Windmills and Giants: Hang Dog Expression debut LP
Hangdog Expression performing at South Bay Custom in El Segundo, where the band will celebrate its record release this Saturday. Photo by Dawn Von Flue As an outsider having come to know and enjoy this band well enough to share good laughs and cold beers in between sets over the years, I’ve absorbed sufficient perspective to determine that Hang Dog Expression is a total labor of love; but with considerably less emphasis on the labor than the love. By no means are they lazy or anything; in fact, their work ethic is of the finest caliber. Nor is it a “too cool for school/delusions of grandeur” type thing. It’s just that they kind of don’t really care, in a classy way, while caring very much. It’s more about doing it right, when the time is right. Their music’s their music, and it’s good. They play when they feel inclined enough to play, or when the moment manifests itself serendipitously. And it’s all for the music and any man, woman, or child who digs it. On one hand, aligning with their suave approach to being a band that’s more like a brotherhood of beer-drinking musicians –with Nichlaus Von Hulsebus (guitar, vocals), Neal Von Flue (banjo, musical saw, vocals), Brett Hall…
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