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Thread #126347 Message #2911438
Posted By: John Minear
21-May-10 - 02:44 PM
Thread Name: From SF to Sydney - 1853 Shanties Sung?
Subject: RE: From SF to Sydney - 1853 Shanties Sung?
Perhaps it would have been more accurate for me to just say that the "Lloyd" version sure seems to have dominated the recordings of "South Australia", and that I, too, am surprised that there doesn't seem to be recordings using the "earlier" tunes, verses, etc. And I still like your "truck-driving" version as a nice variation on the "revival" melody. And I'm still working on getting the Clancy Bros. and Burl Ives to sit on the shelf long enough so I can hear these songs in a different way. I like both the Clancy's and Ives very much, but I now hear them in a different way as well.