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New CD from Litha
Old Blind Dog Aaron Jones has just finished a new CD with his band Litha (formerly known as 2Duos). The CD, released in time for Christmas, is titled Dancing of the Light. oldblinddogs.co.uk finds out more about Litha…
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Dogs prepare for USA Tour September/October 2011
Old Blind Dogs fly on Thursday 15th September 2011 to begin their Autumn 2011 Tour of the USA which will run until October 9th. oldblinddogs.co.uk finds out where the boys will tour and who will replace Jonny Hardie for the trip...
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Lucky Pups Tie The Knot!
Well 2011 has been a very exciting year for one lucky pair of pups. There were wedding bells in the kennel with all the Old Blind Dogs in attendance. oldblinddogs.co.uk investigates...
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OBD at the West End Festival, Glasgow
Old Blind Dogs will perform at Glasgow's West End Festival at the Oran Mor on Friday 17th June. oldblinddogs.co.uk finds out more...
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OBD Return from USA Tour
Old Blind Dogs have just returned from a twenty concert tour of the USA. oldblinddogs.co.uk finds out how the tour went and reveals the winner of our tour guitar raffle...
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Old Blind Dogs (with Cara) - Barsinghausen, Germany
Friday, August 10, 2012
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Barsinghausen -
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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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