{"id":1747,"date":"2016-09-23T01:00:30","date_gmt":"2016-09-23T01:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/life\/arts-culture\/q-a-dr-dog-ready-to-rock-long-beach-as-part-of-music-tastes-good-lineup\/"},"modified":"2016-09-23T01:00:30","modified_gmt":"2016-09-23T01:00:30","slug":"q-a-dr-dog-ready-to-rock-long-beach-as-part-of-music-tastes-good-lineup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/art\/q-a-dr-dog-ready-to-rock-long-beach-as-part-of-music-tastes-good-lineup","title":{"rendered":"Q&A: Dr. Dog Ready to Rock Long Beach as Part of Music Tastes Good Lineup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u00a0\"DR.<\/p>\n

Scott McMicken stands, second from the left. Photo courtesy of Music Tastes Good.<\/em><\/p>\n

Music Tastes Good is slated to kick off a weekend of grooves, food and art in the middle of downtown Long Beach this weekend\u2014starting tomorrow.<\/p>\n

All the build-up and years of planning have come down to this very moment, bringing bands on a spectrum of rock to Long Beach, like the Pennsylvania-born Dr. Dog.<\/p>\n

Dr. Dog is scheduled to light up the \u201cLB Blvd. Stage\u201d this coming Saturday from 8:35 to 9:45PM<\/a>, just after Coachella fave Warpaint and just before the UK-born ska revival band The Specials.<\/p>\n

Dr. Dog has played a variety of venues, and is known to varying degrees throughout the country, also appearing on the Late Show with David Letterman<\/em>, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon<\/em>, Late Night with Conan O\u2019Brien<\/em> and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson<\/em>. They\u2019ve toured with The Cave Singers and label-mates Golden Boots.<\/p>\n

The Post<\/em> caught up with one of Dr. Dog\u2019s cofounders, Scott McMicken, who\u2019s currently based out of Tuscon, a week or so ago, discussing the specifics of a Long Beach festival of this magnitude, and what keeps them ticking, year after year.<\/p>\n

Editor’s note: This interview has been edited for content and clarity.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n