The Long Ryders are touring in May and our old pal Sid Griffin tells us what to expect and looks back here at …

… Herman’s Hermits and the Dave Clark Five playing on a steamboat.

… his first live performance aged 16 in a glam-rock red dress at a barbecue in Kentucky (fee a colossal $100) playing Paul Revere, Kinks and Byrds covers.

… seeing Big Joe Turner with the Lee Allen Orchestra (11-piece horn section!).

… the Everly Brothers’ first reunion.

… a barely known Carole King onstage in The City in 1968.

… his local bluegrass sessions at the Landseer Arms in Archway (“very Greenwich Village 1961”).

… and the benefits of touring when you’re older – “the pressure’s off”.

Details and tickets here:

https://www.thelongryders.com/The-Long-Ryders-Tour-Dates.html

https://www.sidgriffin.com/

@SidCPsGriffin

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