17 Ways (A tribute to Tom Stevens)
In late January the Long Ryders family lost Tom Stevens, our bassist since Christmas 1983. Tom was unique, a warm spirit, and a brilliant musician. Here is bandmate Sid Griffin’s tribute to Tom Stevens....
Tom Stevens
Tom Stevens, 1956-2021. The most minor of the many notable entries on his obituary would easily be “Sid Griffin’s dear pal” but it’s the one which means the most to me. ‘Bye, Tom, see...
Colours (Donovan)
Here is a celebration of the changing of the guard in Washington DC. Using Donovan’s Colours as a template I sing of one bad apple (one bad orange?) flying away and a good man...
Rhythms Magazine Interview
Sid spoke to Brian Wise at Rhythms Music Magazine in Australia about whats been going down for The Long Ryders and what may be coming up. Check out this months Rhythms Music Magazine or...
Call All Coal Porters – Show 30
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...
Getting to know Sid Griffin…
Gorilla Entertainment sat Sid Griffin down whilst he was doing interviews for upcoming DVD documentaries on Van Halen, Ringo Starr, and Bob Marley recently and got a quick ten minutes with him. Sid comes...
Battle Cry of Freedom
In support of the incoming Biden-Harris administration I would like to sing this famous song from the Sixties. The 1860s! I don’t know if we need a return to American Greatness but I would...
Full Circle (Gene Clark)
During lockdown I’ve been performing solo and in duets with Dr. Rhiannon Owen of the NHS, sometimes having overdubs performed by musical mates. On this version of the late Gene Clark’s classic composition Full...
