Ode to the Howling Dog

Tonight is the night.  The night when the Howling Dog Saloon opens for the summer season and the boys and I are going to rock it!!!!  Here is a good Alaskan factoid for everyone.  Back in the late 1970s during the pipeline era, they thought that it was a good idea to spray foam the outsides of buildings and paint it.  They soon realized sometime in the 80s that this probably wasn't the best idea and discontinued outside spray foam for the most part.  There are however some foam rebels still out there today.  I like to call it, Subarctic Stucco.

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The Howling Dog Saloon is the most northern rock and roll / biker bar on the continent and it ROCKS HARD!!!  It is my pleasure every year to be the guy with the Parks Highway Band that gets to open it up.  It is going to be crazy.  10pm-3am of pure Parks Highway band magic.  Mike Stackhouse, a local legend, will be opening the night tonight for us and tomorrow we have Johny Lungs and Ginger Black coming in!    

May 3rd and it is still snowing.  For the love of the sweet baby Jesus can spring start?  I don't live here in Fairbanks to enjoy the eight months of crappy weather.  It is for the four months of AMAZING weather which usually starts with the Dog opening.

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