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Send us details of your event online at www.basingstokeobserver Thursday January 14th - Wednesday January 20th, 2010 21 Entertainment&Leisure To advertise in this section telephone 01256 694125 CHARITY EVENTS WORKSHOPS TALKS SPORTS ARTS THEATRE MUSIC OUTDOOR EVENTS CINEMA RESTAURANTS FAMILY EVENTS To place a free event listing email the details to whatsonbasingstokeobse Meet The Coal Porters... the worlds first alt bluegrass act THE COAL Porters story begins when native Kentuckian writer/author/broadcast and ex- Long Ryder Sid Griffin, moved to London in the 1990s and hooked up with Scottish stand up come- dian Neil Robert Herd (sound engineer on Wasp, Best Live Action Short Film winner at the 2004 Academy Awards.) The duo started out playing elec- tric, but quickly tired of hauling around amps and drums. As a result of a crazy dare, The Coal Porters decided to play acoustic bluegrass versions of their material at a charity concert in London. This drove the crowd wild, demanding multiple encores. The Coal Porters found their true calling and said goodbye to their electric set forever. In 2006, Griffin and Herd were blessed to find banjoist Dick Smith, a picker from Cornwall as extraordinary as his name is ordinary. Almost immedi- ately afterwards, they picked up Canadian fiddle virtuoso Carly Frey and Londons noted local attorney Music MUSIC by Oliver Gray odeon and doghouse bassist Andrew Stafford. With this impressive lineup, the Coal Porters were ready to take on the world. Durango, primed for release in January 2010, is by far the best album of the bands career and one of the choice musical highlights of the year. This highly anticipated follow-up to 2007s Turn the Water On, Boy! is a clear country mile step forward, evoking the sounds of a bluegrass Clash, or a Bill Monroe for the 21st century. Lets Say Goodbye (Like We Said Hello) kicks things off in classic Sid Griffin Looking For Lewis & Clark style. Next, the album features their favorite preacher testifyin, before the Coal Porters kick in to a typical anthemic Griffin shout-out No More Chains, a celebration of the free- doms of Griffins native USA. Banjo-man Smith lets loose on his own driving instrumen- tal,Roadkill Breakdown, which features the great Tim OBrien on mandolin. Lookin For A Soft Place To Fall is an original, a nod to the warm glory of the Lovin Spoonful. This time, its Sid Griffin on mandolin playing a duet with Carly, a Gram and Emmylou for the 21st century. Closing Time Genius has, without question, the best opening four lines of any song in popular music. It never fails to draw a laugh from a Coal Porters audience. Written by our Scotsman Neil Robert Herd, it tells of, ahem, drinking as usual. Sail Away, Ladies! is a traditional number featuring the silver throated tones of Vancouvers Carly Frey as she simultaneously fiddles up a storm. Also heard on this track is leg- endary Producer Stasium singing the low harmony and banjoist Dick Smith on the jaw harp. There you have it folks. Three-quar- ters of an hour of musical merriment recorded in the USA by five musi- cians from four different parts of the planet who come together as incred- ibly powerful fusion of talent, the worlds first alt-bluegrass act, The Coal Porters. The Coal Prters and support will be at the Railway Inn, Winchester with tickets available from Ticketweb. Thatll Be The Day at the Anvil theatre THATLL Be The Day returns to The Anvil on Saturday 30 January, a popular show featuring back to back classic gold hits from the 50s through to the 90s mixed with all new feel-good comedy routines. Over the years that it has toured there have been 30 previous cast members, over 1,000 songs, over 40 comedy routines and over 3,500 performances. 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