THE SILVER DOGS ARE:
Alan Partington
Bass Player
Richard Curran
Violin, Mandolin
Becky Haslam
Lead Vocals
Andrew Turner
Keyboards, Acoustic Guitar & Backing Vocals
Neil Aspinall
Drums
Darren Dean
Lead Guitarist
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Silver Dogs are a six piece ambient folk rock band based in the North West of England
Band History
Reformed in 2009, Silver Dogs was created in 2002 by Andrew Turner and original bassist, Lindsay Davies, as a folk influenced band with a difference. The aim was to draw on a variety of musical styles and influences to create an original and individual sound.
This led to the recruitment of an eclectic group of top quality musicians with a common aim – take traditional and contemporary folk songs and morph them into a distinctive Silver Dogs sound that was commercial but unlike previous English folk rock bands.
Influences
Although the band experimented at various times with elements of prog rock, jazz, funk and even acoustic punk(!), the classic Silver Dogs sound has gravitated towards ambient rock, grounded in twin leads of guitar and violin, rooted in a solid rhythm section, cemented by keyboards and fronted by powerful female vocals.
Silver Dogs Live
The band’s live set is built around treatments of traditional songs and the darker stories and legends, plus a number of more contemporary offerings from writers such as Sandy Denny, Lal Waterson and Antje Duvekot (the US singer/songwriter who gifted the band the powerful and controversial song, Poisonjester’s Mask).
Since reforming, the band have been rehearsing and recording with a view to playing a series of theatre-based gigs in 2010. With most of the classic line-up once again onboard, it promises to be an exciting year for the band and audiences alike.