September 28, 2011

In April we began recording our latest, as yet untitled CD.  Hair of the Dog was so busy performing this past summer and early fall that there wasn’t a lot of time to spend at Blue Sky Music Studios.  Yes, it’s still ok to call a music CD an album.  According to my dictionary, album means “a collection of recordings on a long-playing record, cassette or a compact disc, that are issued as a single item.”  Producer Scott Apicelli is doing another magnificent job and the band expects to be finished with the recording process very soon.  The new album will feature all of our latest songs as well as a few surprises. We’re hoping for a winter release.

In the mean time, we’ve issued two HD quality videos on our YouTube channel. One of the videos is a track from our forthcoming album called “Papa John’s Tree".  The other is an interesting and entertaining Hair of the Dog documentary, or, “Dogumentary".  The performances were captured at The Parting Glass in Saratoga Springs, NY on March 12th, 2011 and at Revolution Hall in Troy, NY on March 17th, 2011.  The interviews were taped at The Parting Glass the following month.  Kudos once again to editor Scott Apicelli and also to videographer Mick Richards.  Mick’s a real pro.  He’s spent many years operating sideline video cameras for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the NFL.

We are making a few changes to our web site. If you bookmarked our web site at the animated introduction page you will notice that it is gone. Although that was the popular format for band websites a few years ago, the novelty wore off and people preferred to bypass an audio/video intro. Perhaps the problem was sneaking a look at the web site at work and suddenly your computer started playing the refrain from Mary Mac. Anyhow, if you have been bookmarking the animated audio/video intro you will now enter at the home page and your bookmark is good. On the other hand, if you had already bypassed the animated introduction then you will want to re-set your bookmark to this link: www.hair-of-the-dog.com/index.html .

Our next Ireland trip will definitely be in early 2013.  Just how early, we’re not sure.  We usually bring you in February because that’s when we can get you the best rate.  But some of our fans and friends have indicated that they’d prefer to see Ireland in April when there’s less chance of travel complications (it’s NEVER happened to us but there's always a greater possibility in February), a few more businesses are operating, temperatures are higher and the heather is in bloom.  The down side is of course, a higher cost for everybody.  Most likely $250 to $300 more.  For those of you thinking about vacationing with us in Ireland, when would you prefer to go?  February or April?  Please let us know either in person or via email.  Erin go bragh.

Rick and the Boys.

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