The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #52937   Message #833795
Posted By: Jeri
24-Nov-02 - 08:39 AM
Thread Name: Last Shanty Swap at China Sea-11/23 (Maine)
Subject: RE: Last Shanty Swap at China Sea-11/23 (Maine)
And it was SO good that no one had the energy to post when they got home!

It was another great night with enough wonderful singers to comfortably fill the back room. Barry DID show up with cheese, smoked salmon and crackers. SINSULL brought a bottle of 18 year old Lagavulin. I wasn't expecting to drink, but yum!

The thing that makes these shanty (and lots of other types of song) swaps at China Sea Marine Trading Co. different from other song swaps is...Capt Bunker's stories. The guy really ought to write a book! What was the name of that ship that had a cargo of dynamite and blew up and the name of the tug that saved her crew at the expense of her own? I'd really like to see if there's more information somewhere.