Biography
Alvin Snow (also known by his stage name Dyin' Dog) was a Louisiana blues singer and songwriter who briefly worked with guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Roland Sheehan in 1975, recording a series of demos together in the short-lived band Dyin' Dog and the Mongrels.
Much of Snow's life is shrouded in mystery; he disappeared without a trace in January 1976 following a series of personal tragedies which occurred in short succession. Despite the release of a promotional single in 1975, his music lingered in obscurity for decades after his last sighting.
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Sheehan rediscovered the demos around 2016, and showed them to The Residents shortly thereafter. The demos inspired the group's 2020 album, Metal, Meat & Bone, which featured covers of the Dyin' Dog songs as well as six newly written songs by The Residents, inspired by Snow.
The original demos were released on Psychofon Records in September 2019 as the limited edition vinyl box set The Residents Present Alvin Snow, aka Dyin' Dog. In July 2020 they were reissued as bonus tracks to Metal, Meat & Bone in all editions.
Biography text from Last.fm, available under CC BY-SA.