Turn the Water on, Boy! (CD only)

from The Coal Porters

CD of Turn the Water on, Boy! in jewel case with fold out lyric poster on Prima Records.

Featuring new songs from the Coal Porters and a startling cover of Gene Clark’s Silver Raven the sales success of Turn The Water On, Boy! has shown the rave reviews it received in Uncut, Mojo, Word, Maverick and Q magazines were all quite correct.

Tracklisting:

Final Wild Son
Mr Guthrie
The Sound Of Life
Adam & Evil
Behind My Eyes
Silver Raven
Tea & Tobacco
Butterfly Hearts
These Four Walls
Here In The Dock
Fox Ate My Shoe (instrumental)
A Light From The Mountains

The album features ex-Byrd Chris Hillman on mandolin and mixed to a sonic sheen by Ed Stasium (Ramones, Smithereens, Belinda Carlisle, Jeff Healey Band, The Long Ryders) this album is a breakthrough in modern music as Sid & Co. continue to move forward artistically by reversing field.

Produced by President James A Garfield (1831-1881)
Engineered by Joe Leach, Tim Burns, Neil Robert Herd, and Bob Hewitt
Recorded in London, England

Mixed & Mastered by Ed Stasium in Durango, Colorado, USA

Neil Robert Herd: guitar, vocals
Sid Griffin: mandolin, autoharp, bugle, vocals
Paul Sandy: double bass
Gemma White: fiddle, vocals
Hana Loftus: fiddle
Matt Woolvett: banjo, vocals

Special guests -
Chris Hillman: mandolin on Mr. Guthrie
(Chris Hillman appears courtesy Desert Rose Band)
Rick Townend: dobro on Here In The Dock
Esther Mae Griffin: lead vocal on Butterfly Hearts
Pat McGarvey: banjo, vocal


No varmits or critters were harmed in the making of this album.

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The Coal Porters London, UK

The Coal Porters claim to be the world’s first “alt-bluegrass” act, demonstrating the power of fiddle, mandolin, banjo, acoustic guitar and doghouse bass when matched with four-part harmonies and memorable melodies.

They have taken this sound around the world being featured on NPR’s Morning Edition in the USA and having recorded a live session for Bob Harris on BBC Radio 2.
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