outs ▁together ▁in ▁their ▁h omet own ▁of ▁Florence , ▁South ▁Carolina , ▁Hou ck ▁and ▁F utch ▁started ▁the ▁Blue ▁D ogs ▁as ▁an ▁ac oust ic ▁orient ed ▁act ▁root ed ▁in ▁bl u egr ass ▁and ▁country ▁covers . ▁Based ▁out ▁of ▁Char l eston , ▁South ▁Carolina ▁after ▁college ▁the ▁du o ▁performed ▁live ▁every ▁opportunity ▁they ▁had ▁hon ing ▁their ▁playing ▁ab ilities , ▁vocal ▁harm on izing ▁style , ▁and ▁song writing . ▁With ▁the ▁addition ▁of ▁drum mer ▁Greg ▁Walker ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 3 ▁the ▁band ▁shift ed ▁their ▁style ▁to ▁a ▁more ▁roots ▁rock , ▁country ▁rock ▁direction . ▁▁ 1 9 9 0 – 2 0 0 0 ▁The ▁Blue ▁D ogs ' ▁first ▁album ▁came ▁out ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 1 , ▁when ▁they ▁released ▁Music ▁For ▁Dog ▁People ▁on ▁their ▁Black ▁River ▁label . ▁That ▁album ▁was ▁followed ▁by ▁ 1 9 9 3 ' s ▁Soul ▁Dog fo od ▁and ▁ 1 9 9 5 ' s ▁Live ▁at ▁the ▁D ock ▁Street ▁Theater , ▁both ▁of ▁which ▁are ▁also ▁on ▁the ▁Black ▁River ▁label . ▁While ▁those ▁three ▁releases ▁contained ▁cover ▁songs , ▁the ▁Blue ▁D ogs ' ▁fourth ▁album , ▁The ▁Blue ▁D ogs , ▁( which ▁was ▁produced ▁by ▁John ▁Al ag ia ▁and ▁came ▁out ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 7 ), ▁marked ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁that ▁one ▁of ▁their ▁albums ▁contained ▁all ▁original ▁material . ▁ 1 9 9 8 ▁saw ▁the ▁addition