Who would you cruise with?

Subject: Who would you cruise with?
From: GUEST,FloraG
Date: 09 Jul 15 - 03:08 AM

Some friends are off on a river cruise with Show of Hands. We spent a happy half hour on the way to Faversham folk club thinking who we could put up with for several nights entertainment in the folk world - and what would entice us to such a venture.
Any thoughts
FloraG

Subject: RE: Who would you cruise with?
From: The Sandman
Date: 09 Jul 15 - 03:23 AM

Martin Carthy, Dave Burland

Subject: RE: Who would you cruise with?
From: The Sandman
Date: 09 Jul 15 - 03:24 AM

and Tom Paley

Subject: RE: Who would you cruise with?
From: Mr Red
Date: 09 Jul 15 - 03:42 AM

Probably Greg Stephens of this parish from the Boat Band - check out the steam driven boat on their homepage. I saw that boat on the Stroudwater 2 weeks ago.

Come to think of it I would choose the whole band, because the three of them play Cajun, Americana and English music plus who knows what else. And they love sessions. And they play for dancing.

The same band for three nights needs versatility. And I might even get the hang of Zydeco on the cruise.

Subject: RE: Who would you cruise with?
From: Joe Offer
Date: 09 Jul 15 - 03:47 AM

My wife and I took a Hawaii cruise with Steve Gillette and Cindy Mangsen. They did two concerts for us, and we had a singaround every night. And it was a nice chance to get to know them.

Arlo Guthrie used to do a Mississippi River trip every year, but I don't see any mention of cruises on his Website now. That would have been a good trip.

It seems a bit incongruous to take a luxury cruise with a folk musician, but we sure enjoyed the Gillette/Mangsen cruise.

-Joe-

Subject: RE: Who would you cruise with?
From: Tattie Bogle
Date: 09 Jul 15 - 04:16 AM

I believe Tom Paxton has done some, including up the Alaskan coast, and Archie Fisher in the Caribbean.
There are always good musicians on the National Trust for Scotland ones. I went on one about 1999, and we had Anne Lorne Gillies, focussing on the songs of St Kilda, 2 members of the former "Scotland the What", Eddie McGuire (flute) and Rhona Mackay (concert harp), and Paul Anderson (fiddle) as well as a piper, and music for ceilidh dancing. In more recent times, they have had people like Sheena Wellington and Siobhan Miller.

Of course, that's the more expensive way to do it.
We always have "musical cruises" on the Union Canal as part of Linlithgow Folk Festival, two one hour trips with local duo, Cockleroy. And I have been on a couple of other Union Canal trips where we ourselves brought our own food, drink, instruments and songs. Other such trips take place on Loch Lomond and the River Forth.

Subject: RE: Who would you cruise with?
From: CupOfTea
Date: 09 Jul 15 - 07:50 AM

Would be lovely to have the funds to go on a musical cruise! I was longing to go on the Steve & Cindy cruise that Joe was describing - a couple of extraordinarily delightful people to be around.

Joanie Madden of Cherish the Ladies has been doing an Irish Music cruise for years. My friend Mike Mazur was a schanachie telling stories on a couple of them, along with quite a number of headliner- type Irish folk musicians. Joanie is a superb instigator of fun and frolics and I can't imagine having more fun on the water.

Mountain Laurel Autoharp Gathering has done a couple Autoharp Cruises. I've seen the pictures, with people all decked out in evening dress who I'm more used to seeing in teeshirts - 'twas very interesting.

Both of these were a combination of performances and participation.

I'd also love to go tall ship cruising with folks who sing. Lee Murdock, who specializes in songs of the Great Lakes, has occasionally had some short trip cruises that include music. Tom Kastle, a tall ship captain, is also a great singer and performer, though I don't know that he's done any cruises since he stopped doing the "Great Lakes Whale Watch" cruises (the more you drink, the more whales you see...) It would be interesting to see if anyone is doing music on the Missisippi riverboats now that we no longer have Art Thieme or John Hartford to be making the musical memories there.

Anyone want to take me along on a cruise, I promise to make music, tunes and songs!

Joanne in Cleveland (who has been known to sing on the Put In Bay ferry)

Subject: RE: Who would you cruise with?
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 09 Jul 15 - 08:29 AM

J Edgar Hoover and Jack the Ripper

one feels they would have stories to tell....

Subject: RE: Who would you cruise with?
From: Will Fly
Date: 09 Jul 15 - 11:13 AM

And for the catering... Sweeney Todd.

Subject: RE: Who would you cruise with?
From: Will Fly
Date: 09 Jul 15 - 11:14 AM

But seriously... if John Kirkpatrick and Chris Newman were cruising, I'd be very inclined to go along for the ride.

Subject: RE: Who would you cruise with?
From: GUEST,henryp
Date: 09 Jul 15 - 12:24 PM

A Prairie Home Companion has an annual cruise.

This year they went to the eastern Caribbean, but they sail up the West Coast and in Europe too.

Subject: RE: Who would you cruise with?
From: Joe Offer
Date: 09 Jul 15 - 04:33 PM

I guess I can say I cruised with Jim Malcolm, formerly of Old Blind Dogs. We took a ferry from Aberdeen to Orkney last month, and two years ago from Oban to Mull - singing sea chanteys all the way. We even got requests from the other ferry passengers, and many of them sang along.

But mostly our trip was by bus, singing all the way and with a concert from a different performer every night. The last two nights were Dick Gaughan and then Malinky - how good can you get?

Ed Miller and Seamus Kennedy also do musical tours - more tours than cruising.

-Joe-

Subject: RE: Who would you cruise with?
From: Joe_F
Date: 09 Jul 15 - 05:44 PM

Actually, the last cruise I took was on Boston harbor with a bunch of bears in fancy underpants, and the music was hideous.

However, to get on topic -- Ewan MacColl, I dare say; but I am not sure which way to direct my application.

Subject: RE: Who would you cruise with?
From: gnu
Date: 09 Jul 15 - 06:36 PM

Gotta cruise with some blues... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJJvyPXPssg

Subject: RE: Who would you cruise with?
From: GUEST,HiLo
Date: 09 Jul 15 - 06:41 PM

June tabor and Maddy prior. Kate bush on night three. Bliss!

Subject: RE: Who would you cruise with?
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 09 Jul 15 - 06:54 PM

Debra Cowan comes to mind.

I have sometimes wondered, when hearing about a performer who fears flying but could put together a tour across the pond (from-to either side) if a deal could be worked out with a cruise line for the person to perform a certain number of times in exchange for free trans-Atlantic passage.

Subject: RE: Who would you cruise with?
From: Janie
Date: 09 Jul 15 - 10:04 PM

No one. Mom is after me to go on a cruise but this motion sickness prone introvert can not imagine a cruise ship or barge being fun, regardless of the line-up of entertainers. Maybe I have a false impression of what a cruise might be like for us introverts.

Subject: RE: Who would you cruise with?
From: GUEST,Desi C
Date: 13 Jul 15 - 06:23 AM

Martin Simpson and any similar Folk Guitarists s I could throw them all overboard when as is the case they spend half the night tuning and re tuning their bloody guitars!

Subject: RE: Who would you cruise with?
From: The Sandman
Date: 13 Jul 15 - 06:47 PM

this lothttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nxe-QIlp3HE

Subject: RE: Who would you cruise with?
From: GUEST,.gargoyle
Date: 13 Jul 15 - 08:20 PM

There is no way, in all the mothers of convention, you could confine my being onto 35,000sq 0pen air space.

Sincerely,
Gargoyle

Where are the entrapruners?

Both the Mexico poop cruise and the Greek Concordia....MUST have had passengers, that would eagerly pay $10K each, for a hellicopter rescue.

Subject: RE: Who would you cruise with?
From: Allan C.
Date: 13 Jul 15 - 10:32 PM

Ah, there ya go, G., The Mothers Of Invention. Perfect!

Subject: RE: Who would you cruise with?
From: Paul Burke
Date: 14 Jul 15 - 04:03 AM

Martin Carthy, Dave Burland

Aye, appen, but would they cruise with thee?

I know who I'd cruise with, because I do.

Subject: RE: Who would you cruise with?
From: GUEST,Ian Hendrie
Date: 14 Jul 15 - 06:34 AM

Just spotted the Show of Hands cruise and it looks good. I was on the MS Serenity this year and it was generally excellent. However we travelled there by train and there was a rail strike when we were due to return! Also the flooded river meant that we never reached our destination because we couldn't get under the bridges and so we eventually disembarked into a field in the middle of nowhere!

I hope the Show of Hands cruise has better luck.