As for myself I'll be looking forward to meeting Danny Spooner again at the Mystic Sea Music Festival in Connecticut. I'll mention this thread and hear what he has to say.

If I do venture to Melbourne in a year or two I'll be careful not to post a thread in advance, just quietly slip in, plant a few of my own scurrilous songs, and vanish away!

It's remoured that Danny is now singing "Yangtse River Shanty," based on a 1920's poem by Hamish Maclaren which I played a major part in rewriting and setting to music. My good friend Barry Finn worked up a different musical arrangement which sounds more like a traditional sea shanty. John Roberts recently recorded a version which sounds more like what Barry is singing than what I do but he provides appropriate credit to both of us. I'm looking forward to hearing what Danny does with this song and what he says about it.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble