Old Blind Dogs Play Live

Recorded in 2004 at concerts all over the USA, this live CD is the ninth release from Scottish band Old Blind Dogs, featuring fiddler Jonny Hardie, singer/guitarist/harmonica player Jim Malcolm, Rory Campbell on pipes and low whistle, percussionist Fraser Stone and newest member Aaron Jones (whose excellent duo debut with Claire Mann, Secret Orders, was previously reviewed here) on bouzouki, guitar and bass. The quality of the recording is inconsistent at times, but the music is top-notch; highlights include ‘Wisest Fool’, a Malcolm original about the rise and fall of the royal house of Stuart, and a rollicking pipe tune by Campbell called ‘Soup Of The Day’.