Nice to hear from you, Brett, and thanks for providing the most detailed remarks about my CD.

"Cowardly Act" by the way was inspired by a Dave Barry column about a cow sinking a Japanese trawler. Dave deserves at least half the blame for promoting this nautical legend.

"Wake Up Susiana" is a sea shanty parody of the Everley Brothers' "Wake Up Little Suzie" and I like to suggest in concert that their version was ripped off from the traditional song, but it ain't true. Roll & Go will NEVER record this one and I have to agree with the other members that once you hear it and enjoy the joke, you're less interested in hearing it again.

Here some more positive remarks from a respected singer of traditional sea songs, and someone who is also a composer of some fine new sea songs:

Rick Spencer, Program Coordinator, Project CHARLES W. MORGAN
Mystic Seaport Museum

"The new recording looks really good and sounds great as well. The simple arrangements really work well. I'm glad that you're continuing to press on with the music. It's important to keep the traditions alive and vital. It seems to me that you've always walked the right side of the line between honoring the tradition and being willing to experiment with it. Good work. Keep it up, and keep me posted on your work."

And if you would like to hear what these songs sound like, as I've mentioned above, you can access a MP3 sample of any of them from my personal website: Click here!

You can also order CD's from this same website.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble