Pug Johnson

Get up close and personal inside with limited seating at the Bring Your Songs to The Table Up-Close & Personal Songwriter Show. Hear the songs as they were created and listen to the stories that inspired them.

Pug Johnson and The Hounds hail from the Golden Triangle region of Southeast Texas, and their sound reflects the blend of musical influences that have converged there. After connections formed in 2017, Johnson took it upon himself to assemble a band around the young songwriter in early 2018. The original lineup featured Chris Webb on drums, Zach Edd on bass, and Southpaw on guitar, mandolin, and banjo. The band began learning the songs Johnson had written since the dismantling of his first project, along with covers he had reimagined through his own arrangements. That same year, the band went into Four Eyes Studios in Beaumont, Texas, and recorded their first single, “Calling My Name,” under the guidance of producer and engineer Ryan Johnson. The following year, The Hounds revisited Four Eyes twice more to record “Johnny” and “Back to Austin.” In 2019, The Hounds also added drummer Chris Cropper and trombonist Andrew Rhoads to the lineup. In the shit show that was 2020, The Hounds were unable to be as active as anticipated and released only one single that October: “Coyote Ken Tucky and the Navajo Bucky and Their Perilous Journey Through Corsicana, TX in the Year of our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen.” This release gave listeners a glimpse into the humor that lives and breathes within the band while highlighting their varying musical influences.