Porkbelly Futures is a Canadian musical group. Although originally formed as a Chicago blues band in homage to Paul Butterfield

Paul Butterfield

Paul Butterfield was an American blues vocalist and harmonica player, who founded the Paul Butterfield Blues Band in the early 1960s and performed at the original Woodstock Festival...

, they soon opened themselves to other influences and began creating original work in a roots/country/folk/r'n'b mode. They are unique in that many of the members originally found success in other fields: former lead singer Paul Quarrington

Paul Quarrington

Paul Lewis Quarrington was a Canadian novelist, playwright, screenwriter, filmmaker, musician and educator.-Background:...

 (1953-2010) was a writer and filmmaker; guitarist/harmonica player Stuart Laughton

Stuart Laughton

Stuart John Laughton is a Canadian musician, record company owner and new music advocate.In his youth, Laughton studied trumpet with Joseph Umbrico in Toronto and became one of the original members of the Canadian Brass in 1970 at the age of 19...

 is a classical trumpet player with an international reputation as is bass player Chas Elliott (Toronto Symphony). Vocalist Rebecca Campbell is a seminal member of the band, and now shares the duties of lead singer with Martin Worthy (drums/vocals/guitar). Guitarist Teddy Leonard now performs with the band full-time. Richard Bell

Richard Bell (Canadian musician)

Richard Bell was a Canadian musician best known as the pianist for Janis Joplin and her Full Tilt Boogie Band. He was also a keyboardist with The Band during the 1990s.-Early life and career:...

 played keyboards until his passing in 2001. Their first CD, "Way Past Midnight" released by Judy Collins

Judy Collins

Judith Marjorie "Judy" Collins is an American singer and songwriter, known for her eclectic tastes in the material she records ; and for her social activism. She is an alumna of the University of Colorado.-Musical career:Collins was born and raised in Seattle, Washington...

's Wildflower Records, spent six months on the American roots/blues charts. The band's second disc "Porkbelly Futures" was released in April 2008 on Cordova Bay Records

Cordova Bay Records

Cordova Bay Records is an independent Canadian record label founded by Michael Burke in 1998. The label currently has distribution through Fontana North / Universal Music Canada .-Artists:* Acres Of Lions* Bill Bourne* Bob Lanois* David Gogo* Krome...

. Their latest CD "The Crooked Road" released November 2010 is also on Cordova Bay Records.