Old Blind Dogs - Fit?

(May 2001) 12 tracks: Awa’ Whigs Awa’, Black-Haired Lad, Come A’ Ye Kincardine Lads, Country Girl, Cuilfhionn, Is There For Honest Poverty?, Much Better Now, Reres Hill, Sky City, Tatties and Herrin’, The Rejected Suitor, Tramps and Hawkers.

Old Blind Dogs have become one of the most in demand traditional groups performing today. Accolades have included comparisons to legendary Celtic acts the Bothy Band and the Battlefield Band. This, their second release on Green Linnet, is a dynamic blend of six instrumental and six vocal tracks, including Robert Burns' Is There for Honest Poverty and the pub anthem Tatties and Herrin.

Jim Malcolm's vocal work establishes him as one of the finest interpreters of Scottish song recording today. Rory Campbell’s pipes and Jonny Hardie’s fiddle mix with the modern rhythm section of bassist Buzzby McMillan and Paul Jennings on percussion to create an exciting neo-traditionalist sound.

Together Old Blind Dogs take Celtic music to a fresh new level while retaining a tradition steeped in centuries of Scottish folklore and history.

Old Blind Dogs are Rory Campbell, Jonny Hardie, Paul Jennings, Jim Malcolm and Buzzby McMillan, playing border pipes, bouzouki, conga, djembe, fiddle, guitar, harmonica, mandolin and whistles.

"Fit? delivers some of the finest traditional playing of the year." (Q Magazine UK)