The Ballachulish Hellhounds

About Me

The Ballachulish Hellhounds were originally formed in the highlands of Scotland around 1988 by a collection of local musicians and stoner buddies. They played only 2 gigs and shortly after The Hellhounds went their separate ways, until a chance meeting between original founders Dochan MacMillan and Zander MacFarlane rekindled their passion for old timey music and cheap whisky. Thus the Hellhounds reformed as an acoustic bluegrass/country blues outfit, borrowing and stealing guest players along the way. The Hellhounds have been playing selected gigs around Scotland for the past 4yrs enthralling audiences with their free flowing, honest, entertaining, balls to the walls good-time mayhem! The Hellhounds, on your trail! 2007 saw The Hellhounds playing Glasgow's famous Free Candy Sessions, The North Country Ramble Festival in Cannich, Cottiers Theatre, Glasgow, The Wickerman Festival, Dumfries and Galloway, The Tartan Heart Fringe Festival, The Edinburgh Festival, Creiff and Barfly, Glasgow supporting The Hackensaw Boys. 2008 has seen The Hellhounds play Nice n Sleazys (electric), headline shows at Stripped Bare @ The Vale and The Free Candy Sessions in Glasgow. We have also played a live session on Sunny Govan Switchback Radio and took part in the inaugural Subway Sessions on Glasgows Underground. Coming up over the summer is a gig with Scottish Folk Hero's The Tannahill Weavers @ The Paisley Arts Centre on 27th June, The Tartan Heart Fringe Festival @ The Twa Tams, Perth, Belladrum Festival in August and a return to the Edinburgh Festival to confirm, its busy summer ahead! The Hellhounds can be contacted for gigs at [email protected] Give us a call, we wont bite...............well maybe! The songs on this myspace were recorded at The Free Candy Sessions, Glasgow in June 2007. We are currently recording a whole bunch of new tunes, available FREE to download soon!THE ELECTRIC HELLHOUNDS are a side project featuring a full rock show with Zander, Dochan and John Murphy hitting the drums. Watch out for more details as they come !!!

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Member Since: 1/3/2007
Band Website: myspace.com/thehellhoundsuk
Band Members: Dochan Mac Millan, Vocals, backing vocals, rythmn guitar, banjo, mandolin, dobro guitar, acoustic bass. Zander MacFarlane, Vocals, backing vocals, lead guitar, rythmn guitar. Ian Fraser Bass Guitar (Live) Sara Ann Cull, Vocals, Backing Vocals, Fiddle (Live) THE ELECTRIC HELLHOUNDS Zander MacFarlane (Guitar/vox) Dochan MacMillan (Bass/vox) John Murphy (Drums):
the ballachulish hellhounds http://dochanmac1.bebo.com/

Influences: Doc Watson, Bill Monroe, The Stanley Brothers, Earl Scruggs, Jimmie Rodgers, Dock Boggs, Jimmy Driftwood................the list is endless......! We dig playing and listening to old timey and bluegrass, thats it really!

Myspace Layouts at Pimp-My-Profile.com / Lightning in the desert

Sounds Like: Just us doing our thing....................! We just love the old timey/bluegrass songs, playing them and listening to them. Hellhound From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia"A hellhound is a demonic dog of Hell, found in mythology or in fiction. Hellhounds typically have features such as an unnaturally large size, a black fur color, glowing eyes, super strength or speed, ghostly or phantom characteristics, and sometimes even the ability to talk"
Record Label: Wolfs Paw
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Lovely time at The Vale, 31st May 08

Howdy all, I dont normally write these sorta things but here goes anyway, i just want to thank everybody involved with our gig at The Vale, Glasgow, Paul and Ian (Stripped Bare), the excellent sound l...
Posted by The Ballachulish Hellhounds on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:17:00 PST

Electric Hellhounds Review, Sleazys 5.4.08

Heres a review of our side project The Electric Hellhounds’ gig at Nice N Sleazys on Saturday.http://www. bluesbunny. com Loris, The Electric Hellhounds and The Coley Magic Experience live at N...
Posted by The Ballachulish Hellhounds on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 07:18:00 PST

Review Hellhounds/Hackensaw Boys Barfly Gig 27/9/07

The Hackensaw Boys and the Ballachulish Hellhounds live at Barfly - 27 September 2007 Bluesbunny awakes to find himself in the dark dungeon that is downstairs in Barfly. To further torture us, ...
Posted by The Ballachulish Hellhounds on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 08:37:00 PST

Bluesbunny review 1st August 2007

The Bluesbunny - Independent Music Reviews.. End_Module_381 --> .. Start_Module_548 --> Ballachulish Hellhounds at the Basement Sessions in Tennents Bar, Glasgow - 1 August 2007 It must be ...
Posted by The Ballachulish Hellhounds on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 05:13:00 PST

Wickerman/nessmp3.com

Howdy all, Just recovering from a top weekend playing at this years Wickerman Festival. A big thanks to all the folk who made the effort to come and watch us. We hit the stage at 3pm on t...
Posted by The Ballachulish Hellhounds on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 05:12:00 PST

No2 in Nessmp3 Bluegrass Chart, whoop whoop!

The Ballachulish Hellhounds have entered the Nessmp3.com Bluegrass chart at no2 with Hustling Gamblers, closely followed by Rolling in My Sweet Babys Arms at no7, cool! Thanks to everyone who listene...
Posted by The Ballachulish Hellhounds on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 08:34:00 PST

Woof! The Hellhounds hit the air waves on Sunny Govan 103.5 Fm

This weeks has been quite a week, on thursday we have been confirmed for The Wickerman Festival 2007 playing a set on the friday afternoon in what i can only describe as our spiritual home, The Beer T...
Posted by The Ballachulish Hellhounds on Thu, 24 May 2007 09:55:00 PST