Old Blind Dogs

Thorngate Halls, Gosport, Hants
6.4.96

1. The Broken Pledge / Claggy's Dilemma / Hamilton's Jig
2. The Twa Corbies
3. Malcolm Ferguson / Finbar Saunders
4. Jean o' Bethelnie (Glenlogie)
5. Boondock Skank
6. The Pills of White Mercury
7. Bedlam Boys
8. The Wee Wee German Lairdie *
9. The Cruel Sister
10. Lord MacDonald's March to the Battle of Harlaw
11. The Bonnie Earl o' Moray
12. The Salmon Leap / Rip the Calico / Jenny Tied the Bonnet Tight / Crooks of the Kingdom
13. McPherson's Rant / The Winging
14. Linden Rise / To the Beggin'

R/T 74mins

Ian F Benzie - Guitar, Vocals
Buzzby McMillan - Cittern, Bass, Low Whistle, Percussion
Jonny Hardie - Fiddle, Mandolin, Percussion on *
Davy Cattanach - Percussion on *


Part of the Gosport Easter Festival. The opener was Tony McManus, then OBD and headliners were Iron Horse. I have already posted the Iron Horse set some time ago (Old Blind Dogs & Tony joined them for the encore). This is what most consider to be the classic OBD line up. At the time (in fact, any time) it would be hard to imagine a better bill. Let me know if a re-seed of Iron Horse is needed, or indeed Tony's set.



Lineage: Sony ECM-717 > Sony Walkman Pro
Transfer: Master Cassette > Yamaha KX-330 > ADC > Optical > DIO2496 > Soundforge (edits)

Recording note: Ian's vocal is slightly low for part of Twa Corbies; the engineer suddenly realises and fixes it quite quickly.