Thirty-Five Years on the Road
Scotland’s tradition, played like it’s brand new.
Old Blind Dogs came together in Aberdeen in the early 1990s, when four musicians from very different backgrounds set out to build a full-time touring band around the songs and tunes of Scotland’s North East. The plan worked: the band has spent more than three decades carrying that music around the world, and has become one of the most in-demand live acts in Scottish traditional music.
Today’s lineup is led by founding fiddler and singer Jonny Hardie, with Aaron Jones on cittern, guitar and vocals, Donald Hay on percussion and vocals, and pipes and whistles up front. Their sound pairs old ballads and dance tunes with contemporary energy, rich harmonies and serious musicianship — the reason they’ve been named Folk Band of the Year at the Scots Trad Music Awards and inducted into its Hall of Fame.
The 35th Anniversary Tour celebrates their new album Toast, and on Saturday, February 20 it lands on Main Street in West Bend. Make a night of it with a Scottish dinner next door at Brazenhead Pub before the show.