The Blue Dogs are coming to The Rialto! Since 1987, South Carolina’s The Blue Dogs have been pulling bits from bluegrass, country, and rhythm & blues to season its own roots rock stew, which produces a sound made of a strong vocal blend of band leaders Bobby Houck (acoustic guitar) and Hank Futch (upright bass) mixed with twangy guitars, pedal steel and percussion, for spontaneous shows that rock.