Seattle House Concert - Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Seattle House Concert - Charley Noble
From: Stewart
Date: 07 Aug 05 - 01:59 PM

So where are all those Seattle Mudcatters? So far I've got just Deckman and Don Firth. If the weather's good (and it has been great) we'll be out on the deck (house that is, not ship). After Charley's concert we'll have some pizza and then swap songs and jam until it gets too dark and the neighbors call the cops.

Cheers, S. in Seattle

Subject: RE: Seattle House Concert - Charley Noble
From: frogprince
Date: 28 Jul 05 - 08:53 PM

Grabbed at this thread, as we are bound for Seattle in a couple of days; but we'll be back home in Michigan by then. Curses, foiled again...

Subject: RE: Seattle House Concert - Charley Noble
From: Charley Noble
Date: 28 Jul 05 - 07:10 PM

Don-

That's great! And I understand that Deckman is facillitating your entry.

This is going to be fun!

Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Seattle House Concert - Charley Noble
From: Deckman
Date: 28 Jul 05 - 05:52 PM

Subject: RE: Seattle House Concert - Charley Noble
From: Don Firth
Date: 26 Jul 05 - 09:17 PM

Let's make that for sure. If the Lord be willin' and the creek don't rise, Barbara and I will be there.

Don Firth

Subject: RE: Seattle House Concert - Charley Noble
From: Deckman
Date: 26 Jul 05 - 08:43 PM

I will be extending several other invitations shortly ... assuming that MC is still alive! Bob

Subject: RE: Seattle House Concert - Charley Noble
From: Charley Noble
Date: 26 Jul 05 - 08:37 PM

Let's see, for the Seattle house concert/party so far we have Bob (Deckman) Nelson, Franz S., hopefully Don Firth, our host Stewart, and myself and JudyB. Anyone else planning to come?

At one point Genie was thinking of coming up from Portland-West and I believe Dan Roberts who coordinated the Wawona shanty sings is coming.

We'll be heading out to the Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival in Nova Scotia soon and may be out of contact for a while. And who knows when Mudcat will be back up!

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Seattle House Concert - Charley Noble
From: Charley Noble
Date: 22 Jul 05 - 03:59 PM

Don-

It will be good to see and hear from you as well.

The last time Judy and I were in Seattle we managed to hunt down a music party of the Seattle Folk Song Society held at someone's house. This was pre-Mudcat and tracking anything down that related to folk music in a new city was no easy task. I remember someone leading "The Wreck of the Lady Washington" at my request. I had heard it from Pint & Dale but wanted to know more about the story behind the song. I've since chatted with novelist James Nelson, who's now resident in Maine, and who played a role in getting this replica tall-ship built. I also spoke to the Lady's former bosun once when I met him aboard the HMS Rose.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Seattle House Concert - Charley Noble
From: Don Firth
Date: 22 Jul 05 - 03:46 PM

Charlie, I'm gonna do my darndest to be there, too. It's a matter of wheelchair accessability at Stewart's house (which I've never been to), but it sounds like things will work out okay. Looking forward to meeting you and hearing you.

Don Firth

Subject: RE: Seattle House Concert - Charley Noble
From: Charley Noble
Date: 21 Jul 05 - 09:59 PM

Bob-

Should I sing you my Coastguard song, "Swabbing Days are Gone", or just duck and run for cover?

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Seattle House Concert - Charley Noble
From: Deckman
Date: 21 Jul 05 - 12:13 AM

I'm going to make sure that several other singer friends of mine know about this. Bob

Subject: RE: Seattle House Concert - Charley Noble
From: Charley Noble
Date: 20 Jul 05 - 10:52 PM

Refreshing!

Seems like the recent crashes have sunk this thread. I'd still like to hear if any other Mudcatters are planning to attend any of the three musical gatherings in SAeattle, Richmond, BC, or Victoria, BC.

Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Seattle House Concert - Charley Noble
From: Charley Noble
Date: 18 Jul 05 - 03:17 PM

The third place I'll be singing at is a house party in Steveston Village, now incorporated into Richmond, adjacent to Vancouver, BC. Dave McArthur is hosting that one on Thursday, August 25th. We'll be staying at the Steveston Hotel and visiting the nearby Britannia Shipyard on the South Arm of the Frazer River.

This is another historic site that C. Fox Smith visited, which she commemorated in her poem "Lumber": Click here and search for lyrics!

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Seattle House Concert - Charley Noble
From: Naemanson
Date: 17 Jul 05 - 11:26 PM

So, are you guys in Seattle going to be all worn out by the time I get there or can I meet some of you for some drinks and songs?

Subject: RE: Seattle House Concert - Charley Noble
From: Charley Noble
Date: 17 Jul 05 - 08:14 PM

The Bent Mast is a pub in the James Bay neighborhood of Victoria, 512 Simcoe St., where there is a bi-weekly Nautical Song Circle which I'll be joining Saturday, August 27th. Things get started around 7:30 pm and run to 9:30 pm.

This is walking distance from where we'll be staying and it doesn't get any better than that!

Victoria is only a hop, skip, and a jump from Seattle so we could just contine Stew's house party, and sing all the way on the ferry!

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Seattle House Concert - Charley Noble
From: Metchosin
Date: 17 Jul 05 - 12:15 PM

Looking forward to meeting you at the Bent Mast in Victoria too Charley. I'll see if I can rustle up my brother Russ to swap songs as well, but I'll just stick to choruses too.

Subject: RE: Seattle House Concert - Charley Noble
From: Franz S.
Date: 17 Jul 05 - 12:02 PM

Mary and I will be there. But when I try to think of songs to swap my mind goes blank.   Well, I'm a hell of a good listener and can sing along on choruses.

I counld do the Old Settler again. Sang it at the Portland East Folk Club 15-20 years ago. But in Seattle it might get chased out. by Ivar's haters.

Franz

Subject: RE: Seattle House Concert - Charley Noble
From: Charley Noble
Date: 17 Jul 05 - 11:09 AM

Brett-

We're just warming up Seattle for you! Now it's up to you to practice your "fish catching" techniques for the Pikes Public Market. And be sure to review this chorus so you won't embarrass yourself at a music swap:

Dig a duck, dig a duck,
Dig a gooey duck
Dig a duck, dig a gooey duck,
Dig a duck a day.

Maybe I'll track down the Lady Washington and serenade her current crew with an "old" ballad. Anyone know where she hangs out? I was thinking that Gig Harbor would be a likely spot or maybe Port Townsend.

Bob-

I'm certainly looking forward to hearing you sing some songs.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Seattle House Concert - Charley Noble
From: Deckman
Date: 17 Jul 05 - 09:45 AM

Stu,

Thanks muchly for hosting this house concert. Judy and I looking forward to hearing and meeting Charlie! CHEERS, Bob(deckman)Nelson

Subject: RE: Seattle House Concert - Charley Noble
From: JennyO
Date: 17 Jul 05 - 07:32 AM

Brett, it would be even better if you recreated it again in Sydney some time!

I'm afraid Seattle's a tad far for us to come on this occasion :-(

Jenny

Subject: RE: Seattle House Concert - Charley Noble
From: Naemanson
Date: 17 Jul 05 - 07:23 AM

Dammmit Charley! We have GOT to coordinate better than this! I am going to Seattle but not until late October or November! It would have been great to recreate our truiumph at the Loaded Dog in Sydney!

Subject: RE: Seattle House Concert - Charley Noble
From: Charley Noble
Date: 16 Jul 05 - 02:48 PM

Thanks, Stew, for organizing this nautical get-together.

If you're not familar with what I sing, here's a link to my website: Click here!

I haven't been out to Seattle for over 10 years and I'm looking forward to swapping songs with some of the nautical singers I've met before there, as well as some folks I've met more recently in Portland-West. And there's a whole raft of folks I haven't met.

Seattle will be my jumping off place for a tour of the Pacific Northwest which will run up to the Vancouver, BC, area, on over to Victoria, and then back to Seattle, and home to Maine.
I probably will start a journal thread soon when I pin down a few more details.

Victoria, of course, was the base for Cicely Fox Smith' s explorations of the Pacific Northwest in the early 1900's. She's my favorite nautical poet and I'm hoping to find her initials carved into a piling on Victoria's Outer Wharf where she used to hang out in the evenings, fishing for black bass and chatting with the shipkeepers.

So, who's coming to the house concert/song swap besides Stew and myself?

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: Seattle House Concert - Charley Noble
From: Stewart
Date: 16 Jul 05 - 01:50 PM

Charlie will be visiting Seattle for about a week in late August. I've arranged a house concert and song swap for him - see the announcement below.

CHARLIE IPCAR (aka Charley Noble) will give a house concert of sea songs and chanteys, followed by a pizza supper and song swap on Sunday, August 21, at 5 pm in the Broadview neighborhood (N Seattle). Suggested donation, $10. Charlie (http://home.gwi.net/~ipbar) is from Richmond, Maine, a founder of the Portland Folk Club, a performer at Mystic Seaport and with sea chantey group Roll & Go. He has also written many original songs and adapted sea poems of C. Fox Smith to music. Email Stewart for information and reservations.

Cheers, S. in Seattle