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OBD Return from USA - Fraser All Clear
Old Blind Dogs recently returned from a tour of the USA. oldblinddogs.co.uk finds out how the tour went, who won the guitar, how much was raised AND gets a health update on drummer Fraser Stone who was not able to make the tour due to illness...
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Old Blind Dogs Complete New CD!
Old Blind Dogs are delighted to announce that they have recently finished recording their eleventh offical album! Due to be released on Nashville's Compass Records in autumn 2010, the twelve track CD is the first Dogs recording to feature piper Ali Hutton who joined in autumn 2008. oldblinddogs.co.uk finds out more including the CD title...
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Old Blind Dogs Touring USA
Old Blind Dogs are currently on a tour of the West coast of the USA. The tour will see the Dogs perform shows in Arizona, California, New Mexico, Wyoming and Colorado. oldblinddogs.co.uk finds out exactly where the boys are performing...
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Donation to Haiti Earthquake Appeal
Saddened by the recent events in Haiti, Old Blind Dog, Aaron Jones and partner Claire Mann were moved to donate the fee from a recent concert to the Disasters Emergency Committee Haiti Earthquake Appeal...
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Merry Christmas from Old Blind Dogs!
Old Blind Dogs would like to wish all our family, friends and fans a very Happy Christmas...
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Old Blind Dogs - Linlithgow Festival
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Linlithgow Academy Theatre, Braehead Road, EH49 6EH -
Linlithgow -
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 Fiddler and guitarist Johnny Hardie is the only remaining original member of Old Blind Dogs, but the process of change has been gradual, and the band have largely retained their musical philosophy. Their initial focus on material from the North-east has broadened, including tunes from Brittany and Galicia, but the fusion of traditional Scottish music with undercurrents from world music, reggae, jazz and rock remains central.
Fraser Stone’s hand percussion on the West African djembe lies at the heart of the band’s sound, and when combined with Aaron Jones’s electric bass, it provided a flexible but propulsive rhythmic momentum for Hardie’s virtuoso fiddling and the equally compelling pipe and whistle playing of Rory Campbell. The high-octane instrumental sets included the appropriately named The Wild Rumpus and a rock-out on Rory Campbell’s Soup of the Day alongside more conventional material. They alternated with songs from the Scots tradition, superbly sung by Jim Malcolm, with all but Stone chipping in on the harmony vocals that are one of this band’s trademarks.
Malcolm has settled into the role since replacing Ian Benzie as lead vocalist, and his guitar and harmonica playing added a further dimension to the band’s instrumental resources. Songs included the boisterous Tramps and Hawkers and Kincardine Lads, the dark and brooding The Ballad of Young Edward, and Burns’ A Man’s a Man for A’ That, taken at a lively clip with an insouciant rhythmic swagger that felt more Caribbean than Ayrshire in its inspiration.
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