Having listened again to Rick Fielding's new CD, which has a song about "Salty Dog" in it, which is different from the Mississippi John Hurt song I heard years ago about "Salty Dog," and, I think, the Taj Mahal version as well, I was wondering just what the heck that really refers to.

What/who's a salty dog? (besides, of course, a sort of odd mixed drink involving grapefruit juice and something alcoholic...)

WyoWoman