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Fresh from his involvement on the Roger Daltry / Wilko Johnson hit album ‘Going Back Home’ Steve West Weston added his harmonica to the track ‘’Steamtrain Blues’. The brass section comprised two of the country’s finest players in Graeme Turner ( Steve Marriott, Robert Plant, The Equals amongst many more ) and Lee Badau from ‘The James Hunter Six’.
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Album of the Week - Marlow FM (UK) Album of the Week - Coastline FM (Spain) Presented preview awards 2013 Top 10 acoustic charts Top 20 folk charts
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Gary Porter: Stone Chucker
by Bruce Lindsay
Back in 2012 Porter, a sextet from the county of Essex, just north of London, produced the highly enjoyable Can't Keep Still (Cornerblock Records). Two years later, band leader Gary Porter has released his follow-up, Stone Chucker. Boosting the line-up to a Spinal Tap sized 11, including guests, Porter has also upped the enjoyment quotient. His old-school mix of blues, R&B, jazz and soul bursts joyfully out of the speakers. Drummer Phil Mount and keyboardist Dave Melling also ...
read moreGary Porter: Can't Keep Still
by Bruce Lindsay
"Oh Mr. Porter, what can I do? I wanted to go to Birmingham and they've taken me on to Crewe." So went the refrain of an old Music Hall tune. Porter, a sextet from Essex in the south of England, doesn't take its name from that great old song, nor is it named for an equally old alcoholic beverage. The band is named, more pragmatically, after its leader: singer and guitarist Gary Porter. It's a workmanlike, practical, band name. The ...
read more'Brilliant' - Sue Marchant - Big Night In (BBC Radio Cambridge)
'Truly a unique voice'- Salley Naden- BBC radio Lancashire-An audience with Porter show .
'Exellent blues vocals- Rory Stanbridge- Fatea magazine
Frank Sinatra
vocals
Rod Stewart
vocals
Benny Goodman
clarinet
Buddy Guy
guitar, electric
Madeleine Peyroux
vocals
Mel Torme
vocals
Charlie Watts
drums
Dr. John
piano
Jackson Browne
guitar
