The Coal Porters are an exciting and dynamic
bluegrass combo with a DYNAMITE LIVE ACT featuring (from left to
right): Hana Loftus - fiddle
and vocals; Dick Smith - turbo banjo and vocals;
Sid Griffinvocals,
mandolin, harmonica and autoharp; Paul
Sandydoghouse
bass & Spurs chants; Neil
Robert Herdguitar,
sporran and vocals.
Meet the Coal Porters:
>>>> *NEW* Coal Porters
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Coal Porters MP3 files - 3 new
uploads; Final Wild Son, Mr Guthrie
and A Light From The Mountains - Broadcast live
on the Tom Robinson show, BBC 6 music, on 18th Feb 2008.
The Coal Porters released their first ever single in March 2005,
the A-side is a fine ballad Morning Song
and the two other tunes were Dylan's Idiot
Wind and an unreleased live version of Nick Lowe's What's
So Funny About Peace, Love & Understanding. When asked
what he thought of the Coal Porters' version Mr. Lowe wittily replied,
"surely the poor man died before I wrote it".
The January 2005 issue of UnCut
magazine featured the Coal Porters' version of Bob Dylan's immortal
"Idiot Wind" on the cover-mount CD. Fiddler Gemma White
is wearing an ill-fitting wig in the accompanying photograph (seen
below).
The new Coal Porters CD How
Dark This Earth Will Shine is available
now in shops, or bymail
order(£10). Click for track
listing.
The Coal Porters were thrilled to play in Sid's
hometown of Louisville, Kentucky
at the 2004 International Bluegrass
Music Association's World of Bluegrass festival
in October 2004, one of only thirteen new bands to have been invited
out of the several hundred who applied for a slot.
The Coal Porters have future upcoming live
dates playing their bluegrass styled new music as well as their
takes of songs by Dylan, Chris Hillman and Gram Parsons. Their album
How Dark This Earth Will Shine is remains a modern classic in the
genre.
The Coal Porters - Flint Bum, KY October
2004
Listen
to Columbus Stockade BluesandLittle Cabin
Home On The Hill- Recorded live at The
Loft, Scotland - July 28, 2004
Coal Porters sheepishly celebrating Neil Bob's
42nd birthday at CrackerFest - Oct 2004
