Coal Porters

This is Sid Griffin's (formerly of the Long Ryders) excellent bluegrass band.

“Sid Griffin and the Coal Porters, a proper band with albums and tours and a fiddle.” The Guardian, Laura Barton’s Back Page column, Friday July 18, 2008

The Coal Porters are an exciting and dynamic bluegrass combo with a DYNAMITE LIVE ACT featuring Carly Frey – fine fiddle and vocals; Dick Smith - ace banjo and vocals; Sid Griffin - vocals, mandolin, harmonica and autoharp; Andrew Stafford, doghouse bass & lawsuits; Neil Robert Herd guitar, sporran and vocals.

 

www.sidgriffin.com

 

www.sidgriffin.com/pages/cporters/cporters.htm

 

 

Check out this vid of them performing Final Wild Son:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGGqcaigNEY&feature=related

 

And their take on the Undertones' Teenage Kicks:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIfRHpx9xvA&feature=related

 

More background on Sid Griffin and the Coal Porters here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_Porters