The Coal Porters
| The Coal Porters | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Genres | Bluegrass |
| Labels | Prima Records |
| Associated acts | The Long Ryders |
| Website | www |
| Members |
Sid Griffin Neil Herd Kerenza Peacock Andrew Stafford Paul Fitzgerald |
| Past members | Carly Frey John Breese Dick Smith Paul Sandy Gemma White Matt Woolvett Pat McGarvey Bob Stone Andy Steele Rob Childs Will Morrison Kevin Morris Dave Morgan Ian Gibbons Graham Chesters John Bennett Ian Thomas Toby Petrie Chris Buessem Andy Kaulkin Billy Block |
The Coal Porters are a British-American bluegrass band headquartered in London and led by Sid Griffin (mandolin, autoharp, harmonica and vocals) and Neil Robert Herd (guitar and vocals). The other members are Kerenza Peacock (fiddle, vocals), Paul Fitzgerald (banjo, vocals) and Andrew Stafford (bass, vocals). Griffin formed the group in Los Angeles in 1989 and then reorganized the band after moving to London.
Sid Griffin was a founding member of The Long Ryders and is the author of Shelter From The Storm: Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Years; Million Dollar Bash: Bob Dylan, The Band and The Basement Tapes; co-author of Bluegrass Guitar: Know the Players, Play the Music; and Gram Parsons – A Music Biography. He has contributed reviews and feature articles to Mojo, Q, The Guardian and appears every six weeks on BBC Radio 2 to discuss cultural changes on the Mark Radcliffe-Stuart Maconie Show.
Neil Robert Herd, in addition to his career as a musician, has performed as a comedian, and finished second to Stewart Lee as the Best New Stand-Up Comedian at the Hackney Comedy Awards Festival in 1992. He has also promoted many British comedy, film and music festivals.
Kerenza Peacock has played fiddle with Adele on her recorded hits and also performed with Seasick Steve and Paul Weller.
Andrew Stafford plays bass and adds vocals.
Paul Fitzgerald is something of a banjo legend in his native Kent.
Nine full-length albums and two EPs are credited to the Coal Porters. Their latest release, No. 6, appeared in September 2016 on the Prima label, distributed in the UK by Proper and in the USA by Burnside. Producer John Wood, best known for his work with Fairport Convention, John Martyn, Cat Stevens, Sandy Denny, Nick Drake, the Incredible String Band, Pink Floyd, Nico and Squeeze, was at the controls at Strongroom Studios in London, with Simon Filiali co-credited for engineering. Wood mixed the release and Andy Miles and Simon Heyworth mastered the project at the Super Audio Mastering facility in Devon, UK.
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