Old Blind Dogs - Four On The Floor

Scottish Folk Band Of The Year 2007 - Old Blind Dogs - Scots Trad Music Awards.

(September 2007) Terror Time * Harris Dance * Star O' The Bar * Breton * Beinn A'Cheathaich * Jigs * Braw Sailin' * Goats * Cairn O' Mount * Bedlam Boys * Branle * Bonnie Earl.

The band take old and new songs and tunes and stamp them with their energetic flair.

Jonny Hardie (fiddle, guitar, vocals), Aaron Jones (bass, bouzouki, guitar, vocals), Rory Campbell (pipes, whistles, vocals), and Fraser Stone (drums, percussion).

Fifteen 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 Scotland's Old Blind Dogs whose album Four On The Floor takes them bravely in many new directions.

Old Blind Dogs, one of Scotland's most highly touted traditional folk bands, are not known for shying away 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. The Dogs' popularity has never dimmed though and the current foursome have proven more than capable of carrying on the tradition of the band.

The tracks on Four On The Floor run the gamut from contemporary songs such as Ewan McColl's Terror Time and Davie Robertson's Star O' The Bar, to tunes from Brittany and Galicia, to tunes found, as many a favorite Dogs tune has been, in 'dusty old books'.

"The Old Blind Dogs play with a compelling energy and intoxicating rhythm, as players and audience seem to share a wild ecstasy of emotion." (The Scotsman)