Music
Discography
- Porkbelly Futures; CD “Way Past Midnight” 2004
- Porkbelly Futures, CD “Porkbelly Futures” 2008
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Paul Quarrington, CD “Four Songs” Limited Edition 2008
- Paul Quarrington, CD “The Songs” June 8, 2010
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Porkbelly Futures, CD release date Fall 2010
Porkbelly Futures
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Porkbelly Futures takes, writers, rockers, classical musicians and does the only logical thing. It creates a sort of jazzy blues band with a country twang. The band reunite the singer/song-writing team of Paul Quarrington and Martin Worthy, whose 1980 album produced by John Capek and engineered by Daniel Lanois yielded the #1 hit single “Baby and the Blues.” Quarrington is one of Canada’s best-known literary figures, having won awards for his novels, TV scripts, screenplays and songwriting.
Completing the exciting new Porkbelly Futures band are some of Canada’s busiest musicians. Stuart Laughton substituted his classical trumpet for guitar/harmonica, vocalist extraordinaire Rebecca Campbell is prominently featured and ace bassist Chas Elliott continues to do what he does best. The band’s self-titled second release is particularly special as it stars their late bandmate and one of the great keyboard players of our time, Richard Bell.
Quarrington Worthy
After re-meeting in 1973 through a mutual friend, Paul Quarrington and Martin Worthy sat down to co-write a few songs. Last week they did it again.
The feel for one another’s musical gifts was instant; they spent several weeks, after than first meeting, sequestered together writing lyrics, composing tunes and trying out new harmonies. It was the harmonies that gave them their first sniff at success.
Few musical teams have had the staying power that their friendship enabled. Nearly 30 years later they are still friends – living next door to each other in the east side of Toronto – and writing music.
At once a rare combination of animation and subtly, humour and insight, their earlier songs were picked up by a number of successful Canadian artists. Ron Jeffries released “How To Pick Up Girls” while Burton and Honeyman recorded two Quarrington Worthy compositions “Mary Gargill” and “Tryin’ Like The Devil”. They also recorded their own album that contained a 1980 number one single in Canada – “Baby and the Blues”.
Both Quarrington and Worthy are talented singer/songwriters. Proficient and versatile performers on a wide range of instruments – guitar, harmonica, keyboards, bass, drums, percussion and clarinet, they are also proficient composers whose penetrating and beautiful lyrics set to clearly elegant harmonies marked them a major creative force back in the ’70s and early ’80s.
Quarrington and Worthy made up the lion’s share of the? Continental Drift – the backing band for? Joe Hall.
Two albums were recorded with the drift, On The Avenue” (1979) and Rancho Banano” (1980).
They recorded “Top Ten Written All Over It” (1978) with Paul Quarrington’s brother – Tony Quarrington.
Quarrington Worthy” (1979) was the self-titled album that contained “Baby and the Blues” and a follow on single “Montego Bay.”
A final recording was made in 1980 in Los Angeles with John Capek producing. This project was never completed.
