John Porter

John Porter () er ein engelsk musikar og plateprodusent.

Biografi
Medan han studerte i Newcastle møtte Porter songaren Bryan Ferry og var ein del av bandet hans The Gas Board. Det seinare bandet til Ferry, Roxy Music, hadde fått suksess tidleg i 1970-åra, men sleit med å finne bassistar. Ferry inviterte Porter med då dei skulle spele inn albumet For Your Pleasure i 1973. Han spelte ikkje på turneen deira for albumet, sidan John Gustafson tok over den rolla. porter var sidan plateprodusent for mange av dei seinare Roxy Music- og Bryan Ferry-albuma. 

Han har sidan vore produsent for The Smiths, Billy Bragg, The Blades, Microdisney, School of Fish, B.B. King, Los Lonely Boys, Buddy Guy, Ryan Adams, Missy Higgins og fleire andre band. 

I 1983 gifta Porter seg med den britiske modellen Linda Keith.

Utvald diskografi

1970-1989
 1973 These Foolish Things – Bryan Ferry
 1975 Sunny Side of the Street – Bryn Haworth
 1983 Fire Dances – Killing Joke
 1984 The Smiths – The Smiths 
 1984 Everybody is Fantastic – Microdisney
 1985 Hatful of Hollow – The Smiths (samlealbum, berre utvalde spor)
 1985 Meat Is Murder – The Smiths (berre «How Soon Is Now?»)
 1986 The Queen Is Dead – The Smiths (berre «Frankly Mr Shankly»)
 1986 Talking With the Taxman About Poetry – Billy Bragg
 1987 Eye of the Hurricane – The Alarm
 1987 Bingo Durango – Bingo Durango
 1987 Louder Than Bombs – The Smiths (samlealbum, berre utvalde spor)
 1987 The World Won't Listen – The Smiths (samlealbum, berre utvalde spor)
 1989 The Ocean Blue – The Ocean Blue (Drifting, Falling) (The Office of a Busy Man)
1990-1999
 1991 School of Fish – School of Fish
 1991 Damn Right, I've Got the Blues – Buddy Guy (Grammy-vinnar)
 1992 Drenched – Miracle Legion
 1992 Best of The Smiths Vol. 1 & 2 – The Smiths (samlealbum, berre utvalde spor)
 1993 Dancing the Blues – Taj Mahal (Grammynominert)
 1993 Feels Like Rain – Buddy Guy (Grammyvinnar)
 1994 Ain't Enough Comin' In – Otis Rush (Grammynominert)
 1994 Keb' Mo' – Keb' Mo'
 1994 Meet Me at Midnite – Maria Muldaur (Grammynominert)
 1994 Return to the Valley of the Go-Go's – The Go-Go's
 1994 Simpatico – Velocity Girl
 1995 Good Girl – The Go-Go's
 1995 Singels – The Smiths (samlealbum, berre utvalde spor)
 1995 Sweet and Tender Hooligan – The Smiths
 1996 Just Like You – Keb' Mo' (Grammyvinnar)
 1996 No Doy – moe.
 1996 This Can't Be Life – Wild Colonials (produsert i lag med Tony Berg)
 1996 Phantom Blues – Taj Mahal (Grammyvinnar)
 1997 Blues For the Lost Days – John Mayall
 1997 Deuces Wild – B.B. King (Grammynominert)
 1997 Señor Blues – Taj Mahal (Grammyvinnar)
 1998 Smile Like Yours – John Lee Hooker
 1998 Blues on the Bayou – B.B. King (Grammyvinnar)
 1998 Silver Tones: The Best of John Mayall – John Mayall
 1999 Moonburn – Jon Cleary and the Absolute Monster Gentlemen
 1999 Preaching to the Converted – Billy Bragg
 1999 Time to Burn – Jake Andrews
2000-2009
 2000 End of Bliss – Wonderland
 2000 Makin' Love is Good For You – B.B. King (Grammyvinnar)
 2000 Wish I Was in Heaven Sitting Down – R. L. Burnside (Grammynominert)
 2001 Dot Com Blues – Jimmy Smith (Grammynominert)
 2001 Double Dealin'  – Lucky Peterson (Grammynominert)
 2001 Down to Earth (Limited Edition) – Ozzy Osbourne
 2002 Dirty Sexy Nights in Paris – Audiovent
 2002 Jon Cleary and the Absolute Monster Gentlemen – Jon Cleary and the Absolute Monster Gentlemen
 2003 Los Lonely Boys – Los Lonely Boys (Grammyvinnar)
 2003 Love is Hell Pt. 1 & 2 – Ryan Adams (Grammynominerts)
 2003 Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues – Red, White, and Blues (Grammyvinnars)
 2003 Punch the Clock – Elvis Costello
 2004 Los Lonely Boys – Los Lonely Boys (Grammynominert)
 2004 Keep It Simple – Keb' Mo' (Grammyvinnar)
 2004 Pin Your Spin – Jon Cleary and the Absolute Monster Gentlemen
 2005 All That I Am – Carlos Santana
 2005 Live at the Filmore – Los Lonely Boys
 2005 Man Alive! – Stephen Stills
 2005 The Sound of White – Missy Higgins
 2006 Out of the Shadows – Phantom Blues Band
 2006 Sacred – Los Lonely Boys
 2006 Suitcase – Keb' Mo' (Grammynominert)
 2007 Painkiller – Tommy Castro
 2007 So Many Nights – The Cat Empire
 2007 Still Making History – Ana Popovic
2010-2019
 2011 Live at Chickie Wah Wah – Meschiya Lake and Tom McDermott
 2012 Blind Sighted Faith – The Dunwells

Roxy Music
Porter er oppført som deltakar på følgjande album av Roxy Music og Bryan Ferry:
 For Your Pleasure These Foolish Things 
 In Search of Eddie Riff (1974) 
 Another Time, Another Place 
 In Search of Eddie Riff (1975) 
 Let's Stick Together 
 In Your Mind 
 A Song For Europe In Search of Eddie Riff (2000)

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