The State Theatre will be going to the dogs this weekend.

The Scottish folk group Old Blind Dogs will perform at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the State Theatre, located at 130 W. College Ave.

Old Blind Dogs is a four-piece traditional Scottish folk group. All four members are from Scotland, and the group is currently promoting its soon to be released album, said Jonny Hardie, the group's guitarist, fiddler and sometimes vocalist.

The other three members of the group are Aaron Jones, the group's main vocalist and side player of the bouzouki and guitar; Rory Campbell on pipes and whistles; and Fraser Stone, the percussionist.

Old Blind Dogs is unique compared to other folk groups because of its use of percussion, Joe Apfelbaum, State Theatre programming manager, said.

"[Old Blind Dogs has] the traditional Celtic folk sound, but not everyone uses percussion," Apfelbaum said.

Hardie, who is the only original member of Old Blind Dogs since its inception in 1990, jokingly referred to himself as "the old guy now" of the group. Previously, Old Blind Dogs played as a five-piece, but the group is back to being four-piece, as it had been for the six years before the group added a fifth member, Hardie said.

The lineup of Old Blind Dogs has constantly changed through the years, but the current version of the group has been around for a year now. Since all members of the group are from Scotland, Old Blind Dogs is unique for more than just the fact that it employs percussion in its songs.

The songs that Old Blind Dogs play are upbeat and have a lot of energy, but they are not necessarily happy, Hardie said.

"Most of the songs are about battles and death and other happy occurrences," Hardie said.

One may wonder how this group that plays catchy songs about the darker side of nature could come up with such a silly name.

"The name comes from a song that we used to sing many years ago," Hardie said. " 'The old blind dogs have stolen the sausages.' "