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BLIND DOGS IN 2011
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BLIND DOGS IN 2011 |
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Tucson Berger Performing Arts Center . 520-622-2823 $20; $18 seniors
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Phoenix Irish Cultural Center. 602-258-0109 $20; $18 seniors
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Prescott Sat Oct 8 Trinity Presbyterian Church cost: adults-$20 in advance / $23 at the door / 14-18 years-$5 / under 14 FREE (cash or checks only) advance tickets at Celtic Crossings Pub in the Gateway Mall Info: 928-771-1218 web site: www.rgmbooking.com |
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forming in the early 1990's, Old Blind Dogs have stood on the cutting
edge of Scotlands roots revival. The band has developed its own trademark
style with an energetic mix of songs and tunes. Dynamic percussion, polished
vocals, soaring fiddle and stirring pipes fuel the delicately-phrased
melodies and traditional songs. "The Old Blind Dogs play with a compelling energy and intoxicating rhythm," says The Scotsman, "as players and audience seem to share a wild ecstasy of emotion." Sixteen years is a long time in the life of any band and most who reach that milestone are content to rest on the tried and true formulas that have worked in the past. Not so for Scotlands Old Blind Dogs whose newly released Four on the Floor takes them bravely in many new directions. The Dogs, one of Scotlands most highly touted traditional
folk bands, are not known for shying Together, in varying line-ups along with past members Buzzby McMillan (bass, bouzouki, vocals), Davy Cattanach (percussion, vocals), Fraser Fifield (saxophone, small pipes), Paul Jennings (percussion), Rory Campbell (Border pipes, whistles, vocals) and singer/guitarists Ian Benzie and Jim Malcolm, the Dogs have released ten albums and have won numerous awards including the prestigious title of Folk Band of the Year at the 2004 and 2007 Scots Trad Music Awards. Their latest album 'Four On The Floor' also picked up the IAP 'Best Celtic CD' Award. A Scots neo-traditional super group, with a bracingly modern musical attack. (Montreal Gazette) "The skill, talent and verve with which they played, belied their laddishness and the crowd responded with thunderous applause. Folk is the new rock and roll." (Evening News) The Old Blind Dogs play with a compelling energy and intoxicating rhythm, players and audience seem to share a wild ecstasy of emotion. (The Scotsman) "Old Blind Dogs have mastered the tricky art of innovating within a musical tradition while faithfully revealing its essence." (Acoustic Guitar) "Old Blind Dogs bring freshness and colour
to acoustic music steeped in centuries of Scottish folklore and history."
(The Los Angeles Times) |
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from change. A strong, shared musical vision has allowed the group to
ride out inevitable line-up changes to the extent that the only original
member still with the band is Jonny Hardie (fiddle, guitar and vocals).
The Dogs popularity has never dimmed though and the current foursome of
Hardie, Aaron Jones (bouzouki, guitar, vocals), Ali Hutton (Border pipes,
whistles, vocals) and Fraser Stone (drums, percussion) have proven more
than capable of carrying on the tradition of the band that the Montreal
Gazette called ...a Scots neo-traditional supergroup with a bracingly
modern musical attack.
