In the late 1950s and early 60s, Clifford Gibson performed on the street in Gaslight Square, St. Louis, with his trained dog "Rough-house" that would dance on it's hind legs on a painted box while "Old Man" Gibson played. The dog responded to various commands and would solicit the onlookers between songs with a hat clenched between it's teeth and growl at them if they didn't put money in it.