Velvet Dogs

VELVET DOGS

Ed Atlas • Hal Perry • Kevin Murakami • Dennis Kennedy • Kevin Jonas

The Bellevue-based Velvet Dogs' inauspicious beginning dates back to 2009 when Ed Atlas played guitar so poorly that he got kicked out of a band he co-founded.

With a staggering blend of resolve and naiveté, he forged onward, scouring Craigslist and the bulletin board at the local Guitar Center in search of like-minded musicians. It was against this backdrop that a meeting with vocalist Hal Perry - who had been booted by a band as well – was inevitable.

The band that would eventually become the Velvet Dogs jammed for the first time during the spring of 2012. Later that year, a co-worker overheard Ed bemoaning the fact that he couldn’t find a bass player for his fledgling project. She told her husband and that’s how Kevin Murakami joined the debacle.

The Velvet Dogs…