The band plays Irish traditional music with a mixture of different other genres, including rock, jazz, blues, bluegrass, swing, salsa, polka and even rap.
Other original members included Gino Lupari, Donal Murphy, Brian McGrath, and Cathal Hayden.
Their displeasure was centered around Doherty's pop/rock leanings, which overwhelmed the earlier pure Celtic undertones of the group.
[2] They met The Band in 1994, and recorded their album Doctor A's Secret Remedies (1995)[2] at Levon Helm's studio in Woodstock, New York, with musical guests Garth Hudson and Randy Ciarlante.
Rick Danko also joined Four Men and a Dog on a UK tour where they played some of The Band's classics.