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 av Bryan Ferry|These Foolish Things]]* – Bryan Ferry
* 1975 *[[Sunny Side of the Street av Bryn Haworth|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]] ([[Grammyprisen|Grammy]]-vinnar)
* 1992 *Drenched* – [[Miracle Legion]]
* 1992 *Best of The Smiths Vol. 1 & 2* – [[The Smiths]] (samlealbum, berre utvalde spor)
* 1993 *Dancing the Blues* – [[musikaren Taj Mahal|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|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)

==Kjelder==

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