December 12, 2012 5:00 am by: Paul Carrubba

Photo By Stevan Alcala
The lines between roots and rock have always been blurry at best. When you get right down to the meat and bone, rock 'n' roll is just amped-up hillbilly music. Austin quartet
These Mad Dogs of Glory proudly live in the frontier land between the two. They're rootsy as hell, with plenty of rock 'n' roll grit.
We here at KUT are big fans of These Mad Dogs of Glory. The band's sophomore EP (released this past summer),
Sweet Appalachia, ended up on two of our year-end, top-ten lists (Check out
Laurie Gallardo's and
David Brown's for more great stuff). They made the record at local it-producer
Erik Wofford's (who's worked with
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