Previously I’ve mentioned that there is allegedly a dog in my hometown that plays an accordion.  And allegedly this dog plays to a crowd on Saturday nights.

And last weekend… I saw him.

And it was fantastic.

Went to dinner at Sierra Sky Ranch which is rustic, notoriously haunted, features the head of a moose mounted on the wall which over-sees the dining room, and where we spotted a Real Cowboy dressed in black cowboy gear complete with spurs.  SPURS, people.  Spurs at dinner. (Pretty sure this was a real person rather than a ghost of some sort but one never knows…) (Do ghosts wear spurs?) (I was sort of expecting a wild west sort of shoot-out but unfortunately for my imagination that didn’t happen.)

Anyway, this is also where a band plays every weekend and features… a dog who plays the accordion.

At first he didn’t cooperate.  See the cowboy (of the non-spur wearing variety) trying to get the little guy going? (I couldn’t resist capturing this on my camera-phone.)

Dog @ Sierra Sky Ranch

Then he got into it (the dog…well, the cowboy too).  He basically takes the rope that is connected to the accordion and pulls the rope with his teeth.  Then the band plays with the beat set by the dog.

No joke. See?

Dog and Accordion

So there we have it. Reason number 4,542,392 of why I love my hometown.