Yard Of Ale formed originally in 1972 and had ten successful years on the pub and club circuit, winning the TV Times "Pub Entertainers of the Year" award, doing well on ITV's "New Faces" and appearing on many television and radio shows including STV's "Thingummyjig" and BBC Scotland's "Scottish Radio Orchestra Roadshow". During this time they also supported, amongst others, Matt McGinn, Hamish Imlach, and Billy Connolly and enjoyed an extended run at the Edinburgh Festival with the legendary Tim Hardin.

Thereafter they went their separate ways........Alistair performing solo on the club cabaret circuit, Colin forming and playing with North Sea Gas folk group and Ian Lawson, the band's original guitarist, leading a successful rock band.

In 1992 the group reformed for a project in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with Bill Hill in which they performed acoustic music spanning 30 years........Skiffle, Folk, Protest, Calypso, Country and Contemporary.

"One of the hits of this year's festival" - Danny Kyle, BBC Radio Scotland.

Since then the band have been in great demand for concerts, folk festivals, corporate functions, pub and club gigs all over Scotland and when on tour in Ireland.

Peter joined the band when Ian retired in 1998. Having spent many years as a singer/guitarist playing solo on the folk and country scenes, Peter's experience has added yet another dimension to the band.