Equal parts jug band, pit orchestra, and plucky alt-folk ensemble, Dog Legs & Feet began winning hearts in 1997 with intimate live shows and engaging original songs. The band was born out of the Austin, Texas community theatre scene. Perhaps best known for setting Shakespeare's songs to modern music, they scored, worked backstage on, performed in, and even directed plays with numerous local outfits including the Rude Mechs, Zach Scott Theatre, and the University of Texas’ Shakespeare at Winedale program. DLF collaborated with Winedale to produce their 2003 album “Shakespeare’s Palpable Hits,” which collects more than a decade of music used in and around Shakespeare plays in the Austin area. Their live album, “Bottom (A Live Collection),” gives listeners a front-row seat to the band's theatrical, eclectic live show, full of wacky energy and improv-troupe charm. The music romps through folk, bluegrass, country, rock, jazz, pop, and -- yes -- Elizabethan drama, mixing together tight vocal harmonies, catchy melodies, funky basslines, howling harmonicas, the odd trumpet, clarinet, or accordion solo, and lyrics both new and very, very old.