Sid Griffin - Rolling Thunder Review
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biography
Sid Griffin - Rolling Thunder Review
biography
Kentuckian Sid Griffin is a man who wears many hats
Known to many as the leader of Los Angeles alt-country founders The Long Ryders and writer of the hit song Looking For Lewis And Clark, he is currently the leader of acclaimed acoustic bluegrass band The Coal Porters. In addition he is an author, journalist and broadcaster of some note.
As a broadcaster Sid was the resident musicologist on The Mark Radcliffe Evening Show on BBC Radio 2 and has also appeared on BBC One and GMTV as a pundit and commentator on popular culture.
With a degree in journalism Sid has written for the New Musical Express, Mojo Magazine The Guardian, Melody Maker, Sounds, The Los Angeles Times, Cashbox, Billboard, Record Mirror, Record Weekly and Variety.
Rolling Thunder Review
An Evening of Spoken Word and Music with Sid Griffin
In fall 1975 and spring 1976 Bob Dylan led a travelling retinue of musicians around America on the two legs of the Rolling Thunder tour. Along for the ride were Joan Baez, Roger McGuinn, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, David Blue, Kinky Friedman, T-Bone Burnett, Allen Ginsberg, Sam Sheppard, Mick Ronson and dozens more musicians, friends, family and hangers-on. The circus was documented in the film "Renaldo and Clara", the live album "Hard Rain" and a TV concert special of the same name, while in between the two legs of the tour Dylan released the classic Desire album. It is this period of heightened creativity and personal drama that Dylan authority, author and musician Sid Griffin, examines in "Shelter From The Storm".
Sid will primarily talk about Dylan`s career at this stage, Rolling Thunder review, Renaldo and Clara, Desire LP, Hard Rain TV special and the Hard Rain Live LP.
Sid will musically illustrate his talk by performing Dylan songs from this exact time in his career.
For more information on Sid, visit www.sidgriffin.com