Porkbelly Futures

Porkbelly returns to its roots by performing at The Black Swan Tavern on August 17. Located on the Danforth, The Black Swan was the first Toronto venue to regularly invite us to perform - and perform we did. Stuart got so carried away in a guitar solo once that he kicked over his tenor sax. The horn and its stand crashed off the stage onto the floor but he kept right on playing (!?). Porkbelly was pretty much a Chicago Blues-type band then, but when we started writing our own material, it didn't seem all that bluesy. This came as such a surprise that we stopped performing while we underwent a sort of identity crisis. It's still hard to describe what our music is, but some describe us as "A North Country Band Born in the Blues".