"Tails of the City" is a whimsical CD album by Murray Weinstock containing a dozen original songs that address pressing life issues from a dog's point of view, such as "Gimme That Bone", "Dog Day Afternoon", and "Dixie Dogs".

Murray Weinstock's latest album was recently featured on NPR's All Things Considered, and was a holiday favorite on Amazon.com.

Weinstock has been a fixture on the New York City music scene and his work includes collaborations with Manhattan Transfer, Esther Phillips, Richie Havens, Don Covay, Buddy Miles and Kenny Vance & the Planotones. His new CD grew out of a 15-year love affair with his late dachshund Sparky. "It came out of just hanging out with Sparky, trying to express musically what was going through his mind as he sniffed his way around Manhattan."

"Tails of the City" was featured in the New York Daily News, the San Francisco Chronicle and Billboard magazine. Collaborating on the CD are a variety of musical colleagues including New Orleans superstar Mac Rebbenack (aka Dr. John), multi-talented jazz vocalist Phoebe Snow, Soozie Tyrell of Bruce Springsteen's band, Johnny Farina of Santo & Johnny, NRBQ's Joey Spampinato, Barbara Harris of the '60s girl group The Toys, Rainbow's Joe Lynn Turner and former Lovin' Spoonful lead singer John Sebastian, with whom Weinstock sang and played keyboard on the theme song for the '70s TV show "Welcome Back, Kotter".

Weinstock claims to have "borrowed" the title for the CD from San Francisco author Armistead Maupin, whose "Tales of the City" was the basis for the Showtime miniseries of the same name. When Weinstock sent a copy of his CD to Maupin, the writer liked it so much he responded: "Your humane, free-wheeling, feel-good sound-along with the life-enhancing honesty of dogs themselves-has helped me survive the Republican Convention. I've been playing Tails of the City every morning, bouncing around the house with Sophie, my Australian shepherd mix, who identifies with your work completely. And thanks for paying tribute to my own work this way."

The CD can be purchased and downloaded from iTunes.com. You can also purchase it from Amazon.com (click here) and hear samples of the songs.