About 9k9

                                 Hello all you fabulous peeps!! September Dogs - 9k9.                                                   Ken "Viper" Vanderpool gave us 9k9.  As a military and LEO canine handler, Viper looked at the name and saw (Sept)9 and (Dogs)k9.

And it stuck. Thanks Viper! We started as Mad Hadder Band back in 2011. We changed the name to September Dogs in 2018. We have some wonderful years together under our belts and we hope to carry on for many more to come!

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Lets start with John Chretien. One amazing drummer/percussionist! Background vocals too. Sometimes known as "Sexual Chocolate".( there is an audio recording of John and the moment he became S.C. on Reverb Nation- under "band banter" - check it out) We let him drive, choosing songs for us. He's been with us for 12-13 yrs, on and off. Sometimes life got in the way, and his family always comes first which we give him mad respect for. He's a keeper!

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Next, the one and only Craig Griffin.  Craig is the newest addition to the September Dogs family. Marine. Golf Pro. Man of many talents. He has such an amazing attitude, so much energy, We shall call him "Duracell". He has been playing different music for the last decade and he is sinking his teeth deep into our stuff. Let's watch him! I see crowd surfing in his future!! OH! Man of many Chucks.

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Moving on to Michael Rettig. Michael is our lead guitarist,  lead singer and he has the oftentimes difficult job of working the sound as well. But he handles it like an expert, learning most of what he knows from the legendary Joey Gerrie - R.I.P.  Michael is the calm, meticulous one, until he falls into some solo and then it's all about the guitarist! What? LOL 

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Finally, Cate. "Pipes". Cate Rettig, wife of Michael. She is the lead vocals, and covers 2nd guitar.  When she and Michael got together, he doubted she could sing, until he heard her. Now 19yrs later, still making music together! 

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We have a great time working together, there's laughter on stage, it's easy. There's a give and take that we all agree on. 

There is  also a Melissa Etheridge Tribute band, called Chrome Plated Heart. It was the guys idea - the music of M.E. is very intricate and so tasty. The bass lines are amazing, and most of the songs are bass driven. Unusual but one of the reasons the boys wanted to do it. Melissa is right in Cate's wheel house. This project is also a favorite of the band and sounds outstanding! 

There ya have it. We're all married. We all have kids, cats, dogs. We like good beer,tequila,  tacos and red curry. We all have day jobs, don't pretend to think we're going to be the next big thing. We play because we love it. The people we have met along the way, and the people we continue to meet, we cannot say enough about. You are the thing that makes it so much fun! Support your local music venues. Support your favorite local musicians. Get out and say hello. We really do love you all!