Pete Bolton’s Whiskey
Dogs play authentic, early Americana. Their material includes the crazy,
wild repertoire of the jug bands, the catchy melodies and tight
instrumentals of the string bands and the beautiful, haunting old-time
mountain ballads. Pete Bolton fronts the band with his powerful, soulful
vocals and plays clawhammer banjo, guitar, kazoo and harmonica. Pete,
until recently, toured extensively with his own Americana family band The
Alley Cats and has also worked solo playing acoustic blues and American
roots for nearly twenty years. He is joined in the Whisky Dogs by Brian
Swinton, well known and much respected on the local acoustic circuit
playing wild and bluesy mandolin, shuffling, funky fiddle and low vocal
harmonies, whoops and hollers! Driving it all along and keeping it
together is Janey, slapping, plucking and bowing the bull-fiddle (double
bass) who was until recently also part of The Alley Cats.
Listen to Pete Bolton's Whiskey Dogs below:
Lonesome Train..................... click
here to listen
Alabama Waltz....................... click
here to listen
Tear It Down............................ click
here to listen
Gigs:
Saturday 27th
March Elloughton
Village Hall 8pm (doors
7.30pm) www.msmm.org.uk/ham.html
Saturday 22nd May
Cherry Burton
Arts 8pm
(doors 7.30pm)
Sat/Sun 29th/30th May "Half Past the
Weekend" 11am - 2pm
Princes Dock St., Hull
Monday 31st May
Bridlington Arts Festival from
11am
Fri/Sat/Sun 18-20 June Beverley
Festival
Various venues
www.beverleyfestival.com
Wednesday 30th June "Half Past
the Weekend" 4.30pm-7.30pm
Princes Dock St. Hull
Wednesday 11th Aug "Half
Past the Weekend" 4.30pm-7.30pm
as The Pete Bolton Band
Fri/Sat 27-28th Aug
Driffield Folk Festival
Saturday 23rd October Musicport
The Spa, Bridlington
www.musicportfestival.com