Their music is a reflection of each member’s tastes and influences. Besides the obvious country and blues, there’s also calypso, reggae and folk music as well as songs such as ‘36 V8 Ford’, ‘Louisville, Otira’, ‘Karamea Cowboy’ and ‘West Coast Bound’, that positively drip with the imagery of where they’re from.
Front Porch Music
The Coalrangers’ albums were released on their own independent label Front Porch Music. Front Porch was the name of an acoustic group John Sanchez-Lloyd and Geoff Farmar had been part of as well as Sanchez-Lloyd’s one-time freelance design company Front Porch Graphics.
Geoff Farmar - vocals, bass guitar
Des Hetherington - vocals, guitar, pedal steel, lap steel
Ashley Sheppard - drums
John Sanchez-Lloyd - vocals, keyboards, harmonica, accordion
Mike Darby - drums
Wayne Beecroft - drums
Dean Hetherington - vocals, guitar
Allan Cattermole - drums