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Old Blind Dogs on Skype
Old Blind Dogs have created a Skype account to enable scheduled web chats with friends and fans. oldblinddogs.co.uk finds out how you can become a friend...
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2Duos on BBC Radio Scotland
2Duos, the new project which includes Old Blind Dog Aaron Jones will appear on BBC Radio Scotland's Travelling Folk on Thursday 14th May 2009. oldblinddogs.co.uk finds out how you can listen in...
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Aaron Jones on BBC Radio's Reel Blend
Old Blind Dogs very own Aaron Jones is being interviewed on BBC Radio Scotland on Sunday 26th April for the programme Reel Blend. oldblinddogs.co.uk finds out more here...
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Scottish Warm Up Gigs Announced
Old Blind Dogs have announced plans for four Scottish concerts to warm up for their forthcoming tours of the USA and Canada. The boys will apear in Aberdeen, Pitlochry, Castle Douglas and Tornaveen Hall near Strathdon. oldblinddogs.co.uk finds out the details...
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New CD from Aaron
Old Blind Dog Aaron Jones recently released a new CD as part of a new project with German duo Deitsch and partner Claire Mann. oldblinddogs.co.uk finds out more about 2Duos...
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Old Blind Dogs - Vancouver
Saturday, July 04, 2009
Rogue Folk Club, 3214 West 10th Avenue -
Vancouver -
British Columbia -
Canada
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 Producer/promoter...Steve O'Bryan certainly deserves credit for bringing Scotland's excellent Old Blind Dogs to town for the sixth time.
While the name might conjure up an image of a worn-out geezers, Old Blind Dogs is a quintet of vital young lads with a wonderful, infectious, Celtic musicality: Jonny Hardie on fiddle, guitar and vocals; Jim Malcolm on lead vocals, guitar and harmonica; Rory Campbell on pipes, pennywhistles and vocals; Aaron Jones on five-string electric bass, bazouki and vocals; and Fraser Stone on hand percussion and drums.
All night long, OBD kept the Park Tower Pavilion pumped. The crowd cheered and danced along to the unique sound of traditional Scottish music (lots of jigs and reels) with a rock-funk fusion feel often pulsing through it by way of the excellent chops and musical cooperation of drummer Stone and bassist Jones.
Hardie's fiddle melody on his original, "The Buzzard," was very pretty, as was Campbell's slightly haunting low whistle on the same. OBD played a number of tunes from its latest CD, The Gab O Mey, including "A Wild Rumpus" at the end of the first set, which elicited lots of whistles, cheers and clapping in time every time the group changed up the beat.
OBD poignantly played a special request encore song, the robust "A Man's a Man For All That," for recently deceased local musician Danny West. The passion of the crowd, running high all night long, was exuberant at this point, and the five-part harmony a cappella closer, "Tatties and Herrin'," was just the crowd-pleasing closer we all needed to roll home in high spirits.
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