Love Dog is a continuing story of one man’s struggle to share a vision. Anchored by frontman and singer/songwriter Jason Witt, the music has been an ongoing adventure since 2003. The founding members are Jason Witt and Dain Silva. The band name evolved from Dain’s appreciation of Mother Love Bone and Temple of the Dog and Jason’s 90’s rock influence.

The duo burst onto the Colorado Springs, Colorado music seen by frequenting open mic nights. Some of their favorite haunts were the Ancient Mariner and Benny’s. With a mission to spread their music, they played just about anywhere they could. They once played in the lobby of King Supers grocery store for Halloween. Some of their frequent stops were Louie’s Pizza, The Tripple Nickel, and Kin Folks. During these adventures, they had a revolving door of musicians play in the band and where trying to stay above water in a scene dominated by thrash metal and blue grass. Along with the music, their crowd friendly shows helped them rise to the top.

The first EP, Changing for the Best, was released in 2004 and consisted of Jason sitting down with Vanessa White, who was a frequent guest musician with Love Dog, at her home studio and laying down some demos on an old Tascam Portastudio 414 MKII 4-Track Cassette Recorder. For unknown reasons, Dain didn't participate in this impromptu session.

In 2006, the first studio effort, Letters to Myself, was recorded at a local studio (E Double G Studios) in Colorado Springs. Although the studio typically worked with rap and R&B artists, they were excited to branch out. Letters to Myself started as an acoustic album and eventually morphed into a full-band effort. The title track, Letters to Myself,  was the first song that Jason and Dain wrote together.

After much success in the local area, around 2008, Dain left the duo to pursue other musical projects. The two have always remained close friends. From late 2008 to early 2009, Jason continued to play open mic’s and eventually teamed up with a young airman named Dan Wise.

Dan and Jason’s first studio effort was a single called Pleasure and Pain, recorded with sound engineer Greg Connava, at his local studio in March 2009.

Later on that year, working with the amazing Christina Corbitt, aka Sunshine, at Sunshine Studios in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Jason and Wise completed a new Love Dog album, Do You Wanna Go. From there, they met up with bass player Eric Headle. Although the drummer position remained a hot seat, Love Dog was becoming a legitimate full-fledged band for the first time.

In 2010, they continued to pick up steam in the local area and released a new EP named La Mala Muchacha. This EP was Love Dogs’ first full band studio effort, recorded in their practice space with the help of sound engineer J-Rugg. During this time, they briefly experimented with adding a dobro player, Kelly Walker. By this point, Love Dogs’ reputation was spreading around the region. Unfortunately, soon after the release of La Mala Muchacha, they were thrown another monkey wrench. Dan Wise's military obligations called him away for a tour of duty in Afghanistan.

Love Dog continued performing shows while they waited for Dan to return. Once he returned, the band kept defining its sound and attempted to update its image by changing its name to Jackwagon. Everyone knew them as Love Dog, though, and after a few shows, they decided to stick with the original name. They continued performing shows for a few more months, but unfortunately, personal life matters impacted several members, and eventually, everyone parted ways.

Jason still writes and records music under the Love Dog banner but has been working as a solo artist ever since. However, the ball is rolling once again with the new album release. Keep your eye out. You never know where you might see Love Dog next.