Black Dogs: The Blues Band

Well, weve had a sudden turn of events of late, and sadly our drummer(john)had to make the  unfortunate decision to leave the band. Its all a bit of a shock to us, but we understand john’s reasons and i can fully appreciate them after talking to him the other day.

So were now having to go on the look out for a new adition to the band. However in the meantime, since we arent that busy at the moment, its an idea opportunity to work on more original music, and look at some more possible covers for our blues 3 piece.

Its non stop rock n  roll! Anyways, be back soon to fill you in on the latest news asap!

Welcome to a new post on the site. Hope you all had a good time over the festive period and a drunken rock n roll new year!

The black dog blues band is currently being persistently held up by the current weather conditions, and unable to get together and plan for the next steps for the band. However i do feel that this year has to be the one to get us noticed! Or so i would hope!

Our drummer i sadly snowed in under very bad conditions in the more northerly part of our county, whereas the rest of the band are still struggling as well. All we can do is practise and hope that when we get back together we wont have lost that black dog magic!

Thats my first post of the new year anyways, hope there will be many more to come!

Bye for now!

Well, we have been very busy all of us with work, as its that time of the year again. So not much time for gettin together and having a good old jam. Also whats else is quite saddening is the amount of pubs and bars in the area that are closing, or just stopping live music?! Whats that all about?!!

So anyways, just thought i would write a few words to wish every one a safe and happy christmas, and a fab new year. We will be back to it by then, with more original songs in the pipeline too. Hopefully, next year will have more in store for us, and a bit more recognition for the blues is greatly needed! I hope this message goes to several venues in the area that ‘ dont like the blues’

Never mind, keep popping on and leave your comments. Until next time, in the words or Ray Charles and BB king… Let the Good times Roll!

as promised, finally a picture of it!

Ive been hunting high and low for a reasonably priced fender telecaster. However, i cant really find one, so i have been looking at other models of guitars that are relatively cheap, and look good, and sound good too. Found one online the other day, of a make and model id never really heard of before, its a  Black Knight 180q (will post a picture of it on soon) and i finally had it delivered the other day. I took one look at it in amazement at the build quality.  It has a lush blue crushed velevet/wave appearance on the top, with a dark mahogony back. Plus gold effect fittings and tuning pegs. Looked the bees knees! Loks alot like a PRS!

Anyways, got it plugged in last night for a strum, and to my relief,  it also sounds as good as it looks! Worked out a few buzzes here and there on the fret board, lifted the bridge slightly and changed the strings. It also has a higher action the my strat, so its also ideal for bottleneck work without hitting frets and the neck!

As i said before,  i will post a picture of it on soon, however until then you will just have to believe what ive written!

Just another catch up post for you. Back soon!

Well, its been a while since i added a new post to the site, so thought id better say something for you avid readers!

The guys from the band (ian, mark, and john) have swapped a few cd’s with each other for new material to plunge into, so we are currently working on that…Well myself and Mark are, however John the lucky person, is currently in Turkey lapping up the sunshine and probably the odd small drink! hehe Hope your having a good time John!

So thats where we are at the moment, still waiting to get emails back from various venues across the region, and awaiting phone calls. I myself have been working on maybe adding some zz top(suggested by john) to the set, and figuring out if the songs I have suggested would be workable in a 3 piece band. I am also writing some new material, and were hoping if we can get 6 original songs together, there maybe a cd in the pipeline! Fingers crossed folks!!

Anyway, thats all to report for now im sorry to say, but please keep your comments coming in, and ill be back to give you more news soon!..I hope! Ttfn   

Ian.

Finally, we have the demo cd’s finished, 6 songs from our recording session onto disc. The songs are-

Days of old, Work Gang, Help the Poor, Houston Angel, Sweet home Chicago, and Put it right back. Each of the songs are covers, but obviously given a slight twist due to the fact were just a 3 piece band. Thats the clever part lol

Got a few discs out  around Darlington so were just waiting now……..

Just added a couple of songs from our recording session to the myspace website. So take a listen and let us know what you think?

Secondly, thanks for the positive messages we have received via both sites and also in person! Means alot to us!