Dream of the Serpent Dog 
The CD:
Dream of the Serpent Dog is the first collaborative effort by
three of the finest acoustic musicians in the Twin Cities area Bobby E., Clint Hoover, and
Jim Chenoweth along with percussionist Mac Santiago have written ten original compositions
featuring guitar, harmonica, and upright bass. Creating an intimate atmosphere, they
demonstrate tasteful musicianship, subtle interplay and distinctive writing skills. This
unique CD takes you on a genre-bending, eclectic journey of acoustic jazz styles.
The lineup:
Guitarist Bobby E. has been performing in the
Twin Cities area for over twenty years. His solo album "The Secret," released in
1994, garnered rave reviews locally and nationally as well as airplay from coast to coast.
Fingerstyle Guitar magazine calls him a "Fingerstyle hero." Dirty linen
describes him as a "flashy acoustic guitarist." Jim Meyer of the Minneapolis
Star and Tribune picked "The Secret" as one of the best local albums of 1994.
Bobby has performed with members of the Geardaddies and Son Volt, and has opened shows for
Paul Geremia, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Buckwheat Zydeco, Leroy Parnell, and John Michael
Montgomery. He plays steel string and classical guitar.
One of a select group of musicians to have mastered the
chromatic harmonica, Clint Hoover is called "an extraordinary player
of the harmonica" by the Minneapolis Star and Tribune, while the Twin Cities Reader
states: "One of the best... plays at a level rarely achieved..." A professional
for 17 years, Clint has provided music for movies, commercials, TV news themes, radio and
theater. He has appeared on recordings by Bill Hinkley and Judy Larson, Peter Mayer, Benny
Weinbeck and others. He has opened shows for artists ranging from The Dirty Dozen Brass
Band to Sugar Blue. Clint is a sought after harmonica instructor and has taught for years
at the West Bank School of Music and the Homestead Pickin' Parlor. In NYC he attended the
Parsons Jazz and Contemporary Music Program and studied with renowned harmonicist Robert
Bonfiglio. Clint is equally at home on the diatonic harmonica.
Jim Chenoweth has played the bass
professionally for nineteen years. He studied with world renowned bassist Anthony Cox and
has recorded or performed with the Twin Cities jazz notables Irv Williams, Debbie Duncan,
Phil Aaron, Benny Weinbeck, and Chris Lomheim. He was a featured artist in the West Bank
School of Music Jazz Composers Series 3 times. Jim is accomplished on both the upright and
electric bass.
Starting at the age of 17, percussionist Mac Santiago
has been playing professionally for over 20 years. Originally from California, Mac has
lived in Minnesota since 1982. In 1988, he won grand prize in the "Twin Cities Best
Drummer Contest," and the following year was voted "Best Latin
Percussionist" in the Minnesota Music Awards. Some of the artists Mac has performed
with include Jack McDuff, Doc Severinson, Little Anthony, Badfinger, Paul Bollenback, as
well as many local jazz greats.
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