Bandcamp Juneteenth fundraiser
On Friday, June 18th Bandcamp will be donating 100% of their share of any sales to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, a racial justice organization with a long history of effectively enacting change through...
No More Chains
Continuing our series of Sid So Low here is the ex-Long Ryder doing a song by his old ‘alt-bluegrass’ band, the Coal Porters. The original full band version appears on the Prima Records release,...
Call All Coal Porters – Show 31
A Tribute to Tom Stevens Sonja, the office Gal Friday, and engineer Kevin Stokes were not quite ready for another Sid Podcast when we first heard about Tom but we all immediately realized his...
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...
