After a quarter century since Cameron Crowe’s Almost Famous was released, it’s hard to not get pumped walking backstage, or in the case of Chapel Hill’s Local 506 venue, up the stairs of the building over to their green room which is lined with denim couches on the second floor.
Slinky and the Dogs is a local band, formed last summer to primarily perform covers but has begun dabbling in creating original work. What makes them unique, though, is four of the five band members are pursuing graduate degrees at UNC — three of whom are law students.