Wall Dogs

written by:
Tim Stafford (Daniel House Music, BMI) & Thomm Jutz (Thomm Songs, SESAC admin.by Bluewater Music)
Tim Stafford guitar and lead and harmony vocals
Thomm Jutz guitar and harmony vocals

Sign painters from the golden age of advertising often worked on scaffolds, hanging off the sides of buildings and painting by hand before the days of vinyl lettering and computers. Their work is slowly fading over time and then “ghost signs” are integral parts of the small-
town American landscape. During the Depression, the mural division of the WPA Federal Art project surely employed many “Wall Dogs” to help create over 2500 murals, many of
which still adorn post offices and other public buildings across the U.S. This song is a tribute to them all as is the artwork that survives them