The tragic fires in Los Angeles caused me to reflect on all the City Of Angels has given to the world and none of those many gifts were more precious than the music which came out of the ultimate immigrant city.
Therefore this Sid Podcast celebrates the music of Los Angeles via usual suspects like the Beach Boys but also via Sids own generation of musicians artistic contributions.
After lengthy delays caused by ace engineer Kevin Stokes moving hemispheres and the time zone challenges which come with such a change there is finally, finally, finally a new Sid Podcast and this one picks up where the last one left off as it is a new collection of Byrds rarities. Listen up, dig in, and groove to the sounds which not only made the 1960s but still reverberate today!
The 37th Sid Griffin Podcast is ready to be heard and enjoyed. No holiday theme this year as Sid has done in past podcasts but…get ready for a surprise…he HAS done an entire show devoted to his fave act, The Byrds.
No hits, of course, but outtakes, demos, and rare tracks not even the most devoted Byrd fan has heard. We are talking tunes even the late great Johnny Rogan never heard. So grab your 12-string Rickenbacker and get ready for Roger, Gene, Crosby, Hillman, Gram, and Clarence to make music like only they could!
After a nine month absence 😳 the Sid Griffin/Calling All Coal Porters podcast returns!
This podcast explores the original versions of songs the Long Ryders played as encores so you’ll hear an extremely rare Byrds track, the Flamin’ Groovies, Texas R&B greats Ray Sharpe and Big Sambo, a crazy Danny & Dusty track, Public Image, and so much more!
The lastest and greatest Sid Podcast features both classic and obscure acts who left great, great music on the cutting room floor.
You will hear tunes which lesser known musical acts would kill for which for some inexplicable reason were not released till years or even decades later!
Featuring little heard tracks from The Byrds, The Velvet Underground, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Nappy Brown, Tom Tumbleweed, Magic Sam, Simon & Garfunkel, Buffalo Springfield, The Kinks, The Thirteenth Floor Elevators, Otis Spann, Aretha Franklin and Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys.
The new Sid Podcast takes a new path, this being the first time a podcast has been devoted to only one subject.
When Bob Neuwirth died recently he left a lot of great art be it his paintings, his cultural commentary, or his music.
We explore the latter in this new podcast, and I hope I did my late friend proud.
The latest and possibly greatest Sid Podcast is unique to the podcast genre.
Every song on the podcast was recorded by a person who wore a wig or at least a toupee. Not a single song on this new podcast was recorded by a person who performed in their God-given hair.
So get ready for some great music, some cultural surprises, and some cool stories on this dandruff free podcast from Sid Griffin.
Friends, the summer Sid podcast sizzles with super sounds you can soulfully sway to by the seaside while spinning sea shells. And if you can say that you will LOVE this super summer spectacular with starts off with The Beach Boys (who else?) and musically visits the New Jersey shore, Detroit, San Francisco, Italy, France, Spain, Jamaica, and one big surprise before heading home to The Big Apple.
Do tune in? And bring some sun lotion and a cool drink!
Our first podcast to focus on a single artist it was a quixotic, bittersweet program to produce but with the help of five…yes, five…Special Guest Stars it is clearly the jewel in the crown, the flagship of the several dozen podcasts we three have recorded over the past six years.
At this point most listeners to this podcast will know Tom Stevens died in late January.
Known to many as the bass player of the Long Ryders since Christmas 1983 Tom was of course a brilliant lead singer, songwriter, bass player, cellist, guitar player, arranger, harmony singer, as well as a wonderfully cool and calm, pretty much unflappable band member.
He was also a deeply devoted family man, proud Indiana resident, and a lover of sports who enjoyed many long lasting friendships with folks around the world. He was in many fine bands during his lifetime and had a totally underrated solo career as well. Long term Long Ryders listeners will remember him as the Long Ryders’ archivist, the guy behind the recent box set reissues on Cherry Red Records so many of you have enjoyed.
This show features five Long Ryders songs written and sung by Tom, five brilliant solo Tom Stevens songs from his post-Long Ryders career, a song sung in tribute to Tom and a Neil Young cover which Tom sang live onstage it really is something we at Sid Griffin Dot Com are proud to have been part of.
If you did not know it already by the end of one hour’s listening you will certainly then know how multi-talented Tom Stevens was and how it was so easy to work alongside him and enjoy his warm company.
And now there were three. No musician who worked with him will ever forget Thomas Howard Stevens. I suppose the situation of the Long Ryders is somewhat akin to that of the Stevens family. We will all carry on as best we can, knowing he is looking out for us from above, a protective and guiding hand to show us the true way forward.
Farewell, old friend, enjoy your eternal rest, say hi to your folks for us, and remind the Angel Band you play cello as well.
Here is the first Christmas themed podcast since December 2016. There were so many available in previous years it seemed foolish to record one but this pandemic year Sid changed his mind.
Featuring songs from California to Sweden, from Japan to Italy, this hour truly captures the holiday spirit!
Sid Griffin takes us on a virtual and musical trip around the world, so you folks can stay safe and stay home!
Stopping in to visit L.A., Italy, France, Sweden, Russia, New Zealand and Australia and all the way back to sunny L.A. again.
In Sid's second coronavirus podcast of the year you can hear songs from The Third Mind, Mina, Ennio Morricone, Françoise Hardy, Billy Bremner, Sonic Death, Tami Neilson, Princess Chelsea, The Babe Rainbow, Alex Lahey and Carlos Guitarlos.
You also get to hear Sid struggle with pronunciations in Italian, French, Swedish, and Russian and surely there is entertainment value in that!
The new Sid Podcast is here, a call all Coal Porters coronavirus special.
As no recording studio was available for Sid, Sonja, and their award winning engineer Kevin Stokes the methodology was different this time around.
Sid picked the songs according to regions hit particularly hard by coronavirus. Hence Italy, Spain, NYC, Japan, etc. Then Our Hero contacted friends in those very regions and they sent him a list of possible choices which best reflected their nation. Two of these were picked and they were then assembled in a format and in a order which Sid deems best to raise the spirits of the housebound, to get Mom and even Dad dancing, to put a smile on the face of any neighbour within earshot.
Without further introduction, here is what Our Hero refers to as “the best, most important podcast I, Sonja, and Kevin Stokes have done so far”.
The 27th Sid Podcast is up and ready for your listening pleasure! Free as always, this is not another Christmas show but a podcast planned around and featuring the downtown sounds of songs the Long Ryders covered onstage or on record. And believe us, there is something for everyone in this program!
This show features tracks from Doug Sahm, The Velvet Underground, Gram Parsons & Emmylou Harris, The Buffalo Springfield, Magic Sam, The Byrds, NRBQ and many more.
Its summer in the city (even here in the UK at last) and here comes Sid Griffin with a brand new episode of his podcast, the perfect soundtrack to the season.
In this show Sid plays tracks from The Beach Boys, Michael Leviton, The Refreshments,The Crossfires, Otis Williams, Jimmy Reed, Three Dog Night, The Ramones, The Byrds, The Long Ryders and he also pays his respects to Roky Erickson and Gary Stewart.
Sid waxes lyrical about Psychedelic Country Soul, the brand new album from The Long Ryders. He plays some songs from it, some songs related to it and some songs from along the road. The theme of this Sid Griffin podcast is 'The Sound'...
In this show you will get to hear music from The Bangles, Dan Stuart, Russ Tolman, Yoko Ono, Roland White, Benny Anderssons Orkester, The Refreshments, Billy Bremner, Tom Heyman and last, but not least, The Long Ryders!
Spend an hour riffin with Sid Griffin this December with a brand new, Christmas themed, merry musical episode of the Sid Griffin Podcast.
With a ho ho ho theme this show features tracks with a festive theme including songs from Ron Holden, Fat Daddy, Freddie King, El Vez, Benny Anderssons orkester, The Band, Greg Trooper, JD McPherson, REM, Traveller, Bill Monroe and, last but not least, The Long Ryders!
Here is the 23rd and latest Sid Griffin podcast, the listening port of call for the hip and those that wanna be hip.
This podcast focuses on the late Aretha Franklin, the demise of Sid’s acoustic band The Coal Porters and has a few surprises other than music from them thar hepcats so tune in and turn on!
The first Sid Griffin podcast of 2018 arrives on your computer.
Featuring songs by Sam Cooke, Tupac, Buddy Holly, John Lennon, Patsy Cline, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley & the Wailers, Johnny Ace and Chuck Willis the theme is posthumous hits. And it all ends with an exciting group from Liverpool.
Listen on the Sid Griffin website or listen and subscribe via iTunes so you will never miss an episode.
More riffin from Sid Griffin as he is joined by Sonja at an all new undisclosed location for this months musical West Coast themed podcast.
This show features songs from The Flamin Groovies, Tom Petty, Chris Hillman, David Crosby, Hot Tuna, John Fahey, Brigid Kaelin, Bill Monroe, Bob Dylan and more...
The High Summer Sid Griffin podcast has a summer theme and features The Four Freshmen, surf music legends The Gamblers, The Beach Boys, Sid’s late pal Gene Clark, Jake Xerxes Fussell, Sid’s quite alive pal Dan Stuart (once of Green On Red), a tribute to the late Greg Allman, a Springsteen summer tune, funk from Eddie Bo, Clarence White in The New Kentucky Colonels, newcomers I’m From Barcelona and England’s eccentric lady songsmith Lorraine Bowen.