How Dark This Earth Will Shine

by The Coal Porters

Overview

The Coal Porters started life as a country-accented rock band in the manner of Sid Griffin's best-known project, the Long Ryders, but with time Griffin revamped the group into an acoustic band with strong bluegrass leanings, and How Dark This Earth Will Shine is the first Coal Porters studio set to document this change in direction. How Dark This Earth Will Shine reveals Griffin is still a fine and evocative songwriter, as "Fair Play, Virginia" and "Maybe I'll Cry Tomorrow" prove, and he's singing well on these sessions. Griffin's bandmates are also solid musicians, and while this material lacks the energy of the group's live sets (particularly as documented on the album The Chris Hillman Tribute Concerts), How Dark This Earth Will Shine is an enjoyable set that proves Sid Griffin still has plenty of good music left in him. ~ Mark Deming

Product Details

Release Date:	11/02/2004
Label:	Prima Records (Uk)
UPC:	0793962000170
Rank:	225376

Tracks

2. Fair Play, Virginia
3. Yonder Over Canaan
4. Morning Song
5. June Apple Breakdown
6. No Tongue Can Tell
7. Leaves on the Trees
8. Maybe I'll Cry Tomorrow
9. Idiot Wind
10. Teenage Kicks/Old Joe Clark
13. Polly
15. New Cut Road

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Coal Porters   Primary Artist
Pat McGarvey   Banjo,Vocals
Peter Case   Guitar,Vocals
Amy Rigby   Vocals
Sid Griffin   Vocals,Autoharp,Mandolin
Rory McFarlane   Double Bass
Cedric Thorose   Dobro,Vocals
Ivor Ottley   Fiddle
Paul Sandy   Double Bass
Gemma White   Fiddle,Vocals
Neil Robert Herd   Guitar,Vocals

Technical Credits

Neil Robert Herd   Group Member,Engineer,Wardrobe
Bob Dylan   Composer
Pat McGarvey   Composer,Engineer,Group Member
John Fogerty   Composer
Ron Warshow   Mixing
Sean O'Neill   Composer
Neil Young   Composer
Guy Clark   Composer
Sid Griffin   Mixing,Composer,Group Member
The Coal Porters   Arranger,Producer
Traditional   Composer
Nick Lowe   Composer
Sean McDonnell   Photography
John O'Neill   Composer
Neil Herd   Composer
Paul Sandy   Composer,Group Member
David Giltrap   Design,Artwork
Gemma White   Composer,Group Member
Jerome Schmitt   Mastering