Pork Tornado

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Pork Tornado
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Background information
Genres Blues, country music, rock
Years active1997-2002
Labels Elektra Records
Past members Jon Fishman
Dan Archer
Joe Moore
Aaron Hersey
Phil Abair

Pork Tornado is a band co- founded in 1997 by Phish drummer Jon Fishman and record producer/engineer Dan Archer including Fishman (drums, vocals), Archer (guitars, vocals), Joe Moore (saxophone, vocals), Aaron Hersey (bass, vocals), and Phil Abair (keyboards, vocals). [1]

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The band played a number of rodeo swing, country-western and rock originals as well as a number of standard covers. The group was an occasional side project for Fishman until Phish's hiatus in 2000. By 2002, Pork Tornado was Fishman's main priority. The band released an album in October of that year titled Pork Tornado. [2] They then embarked on their largest tour of the United States shortly thereafter. [3] The tour was followed by a period of inactivity.

As of February 2013, Pork Tornado reunited, for at least one reunion show in South Burlington, Vermont. [3] [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "'Pork Tornado Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 2016-9-17
  2. ↑ "Album-Pork Tornado". Allmusic. Retrieved 2016-9-18
  3. 1 2 "Pork Tornado Concert Setlists". setlist.fm. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
  4. ↑ "Jon Fishman's Pork Tornado Returns". www.jambands.com. Retrieved 2016-09-18.


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