Subject: Bertha's Mussels--Music and Fact From: Lady Hillary Date: 15 Mar 04 - 06:54 PM EBarnacle and I stopped in at Bertha's on our way through Baltimore to Washington. We each had a bowl of mussels. They were feenominal!! When EBarnacle sang the chorus to the waitstaff, they asked whether we had just made it up. Oh, how the mighty have fallen. Eat Bertha's Mussels in the Digital Tradition. |
Subject: RE: Bertha's Mussels--Music and Fact From: Big Mick Date: 15 Mar 04 - 07:51 PM How can I have been in Baltimore all these times, and know nothing of this place??? Details, please, so I can visit this year while at the Getaway. And the song, as well. Mick |
Subject: RE: Bertha's Mussels--Music and Fact From: Charley Noble Date: 15 Mar 04 - 08:26 PM Mick- It is in the DT and the subject of several threads. It's a great song, introduced to most of us by John Roberts and Tony Barrand. I'm going to check the place out again when I'm visiting Baltimore in mid-September. Cheerily, Charley Noble |
Subject: RE: Bertha's Mussels--Music and Fact From: Big Mick Date: 15 Mar 04 - 08:30 PM Thanks, Chas.!!! |
Subject: RE: Bertha's Mussels--Music and Fact From: curmudgeon Date: 15 Mar 04 - 09:24 PM I do believe that it was written by Tony and John, set to the tune for "I Belong To Glasgow." -- Tom |
Subject: RE: Bertha's Mussels--Music and Fact From: Lady Hillary Date: 15 Mar 04 - 10:52 PM Just go to the Fell's Point area, on the West side of Broadway and you can't miss it. The dining room faces the last square before the water [it'll be obvious when you see it] but you enter through the bar or on a side street. |
Subject: RE: Bertha's Mussels--Music and Fact From: Padre Date: 15 Mar 04 - 11:39 PM Be sure to get the 'Green Sauce' - and they have a lot of good beers on tap. One of the BP's favorite gig sites. Padre |
Subject: RE: Bertha's Mussels--Music and Fact From: Charley Noble Date: 16 Mar 04 - 08:31 AM But will I be required to wear a tie to get in the door? Who are the BP's? Charley Noble |
Subject: RE: Bertha's Mussels--Music and Fact From: Padre Date: 16 Mar 04 - 08:39 AM The BP's are the Boarding Party And no, ties are optional |
Subject: RE: Bertha's Mussels--Music and Fact From: Bat Goddess Date: 16 Mar 04 - 09:20 AM Do they serve other fare than mussels? Blue mussels, alas, after many years of enjoying them, now make me violently ill even if I ingest some of the water they're cooked in. Linn |
Subject: RE: Bertha's Mussels--Music and Fact From: Charley Noble Date: 16 Mar 04 - 01:09 PM Padre- Oh, them BP's! Hope you have their recently released 3rd recording. Cheerily, Charley Noble |
Subject: RE: Bertha's Mussels--Music and Fact From: EBarnacle Date: 16 Mar 04 - 04:12 PM By the way, don't forget to ask for a bumper sticker or two for your instrument case and for your car. Tried the mussels with a tarragon and spinach in olive oil sauce this trip--heavenly. Unlike the late, lamented Clam Broth House in Hoboken, the portion size is MONLY. A bowl of mussels is a real meal. |
Subject: RE: Bertha's Mussels--Music and Fact From: GUEST,Nancy King at work Date: 16 Mar 04 - 05:30 PM Linn, yes, they do have other stuff besides mussels. It's just that the "Eat Bertha's Mussels" slogan and bumper sticker and song made that particular specialty famous. I guess the wait staff is too young to know the song! It's a very good restaurant. Yup, Charley, Padre does have the new album (known in some circles as BP3) -- he's Tom McHenry, a mainstay of The Boarding Party throughout its existence! Thanks for the plug, though! Cheers, Nancy |
Subject: RE: Bertha's Mussels--Music and Fact From: Joe_F Date: 16 Mar 04 - 07:11 PM The tune is not the same as that of "I Belong to Glasgow", tho they are both in 3/4 time. The idea is similar to, and perhaps inspired by, "Lydia Pinkham" (treated extensively on the Mudcat). |
Subject: RE: Bertha's Mussels--Music and Fact From: Joe_F Date: 07 Nov 21 - 02:13 PM Bertha's Web site used to mention, and even play the tune of, the song. Now there is no mention whatever. Was there a quarrel? |
Subject: RE: Bertha's Mussels--Music and Fact From: RTim Date: 07 Nov 21 - 02:34 PM I think I heard there was a change in Ownership.....but don't take my word for it! Tim Radford |
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