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16 Oct 12 - 10:12 AM (#3420714) Subject: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Bat Goddess Our monthly sea shanty, forebitter, and ballad session will take place this Saturday, October 20th, at The Press Room on Daniel Street, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, from 3:30 to 7:30 PM. Have it on reliable sources (Mudcat) that the peripatetic gnome (Micca) will be at the session along with Celtaddict and it will be truly wonderful to have him at The Press Room again. It's been so long...two whole months. (Setting a new record, Micca! TWICE in the same year!) And Charley Noble has mentioned on another thread that he's bringing Mike Kennedy from western New York, volunteer at Mystic, who has adapted a couple C. Fox Smith poems to song. Ernie Pigeon who has been missing in action for a few months (the months of schedules tight with gigs) has promised to be there as well. Would love to see some of the Gloucester crowd as well -- didn't get much time to talk during the Portsmouth Maritime Festival. Hope we see the regulars AND the irregulars there! Total strangers welcome as well. Linn |
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16 Oct 12 - 01:11 PM (#3420820) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Charley Noble Linn- Yes, I'll be there along with Mike Kennedy from Western New York. Mike has been a sound volunteer with the Mystic Sea Music Festival for decades. He also has adapted over two dozen C. Fox Smith poems for singing, and composed some excellent "traditional " songs himself. Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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16 Oct 12 - 01:25 PM (#3420826) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Bat Goddess Sounds as if we're in for a great session -- maybe make up for the fact you missed the PMFF, Charley. Linn |
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16 Oct 12 - 01:40 PM (#3420836) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Charley Noble Linn- Would be nice to be in more than one place at one time. I suppose it could prove exhausting as well! Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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16 Oct 12 - 02:35 PM (#3420862) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Micca I hope to be there! |
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16 Oct 12 - 04:36 PM (#3420933) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Bat Goddess I hope you'll be there, too, Micca! Linn |
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17 Oct 12 - 12:47 PM (#3421371) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Bat Goddess refresh |
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17 Oct 12 - 01:35 PM (#3421412) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: MMario I wish, I wish, I wish..... |
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17 Oct 12 - 03:31 PM (#3421503) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Charley Noble MMario- You can do it!!! Charley Noble |
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17 Oct 12 - 03:32 PM (#3421505) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: MMario nope - I drove east last weekend - two weekends in a row would be too rough on both body and wallet. |
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17 Oct 12 - 03:59 PM (#3421523) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Bat Goddess It's been a long time, Leo, and we'd love to see you back one of these days. Every third Saturday of the month. Get here by 4 or 5 on Friday and you've got two sessions for the price of one. Alas, I'm not in a position to offer a bed right now; life is still a bit complicated. Linn |
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18 Oct 12 - 10:06 AM (#3421989) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: SINSULL Leo, Always a bed here - 45 minutes north of Portsmouth. SINS |
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18 Oct 12 - 10:08 AM (#3421992) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: MMario I'll have to plan a trip around this one of these days.... |
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19 Oct 12 - 08:36 AM (#3422567) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Bat Goddess So...I hope Micca and Janet will be able to get to the Press Room session this afternoon (Friday) in time to get good seats. You may have to negotiate with our resident Scot for the seat next to me, but I'm hoping we can save (saving is usually complicated) the two other seats at the table. See you later today! Linn |
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19 Oct 12 - 01:56 PM (#3422723) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Bat Goddess Any word from the travellers heading in our direction? Linn |
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19 Oct 12 - 07:01 PM (#3422858) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: SINSULL Not a word, Linn. But if they are not here byten I am going to bed. LOL Rough week. SINS |
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19 Oct 12 - 09:51 PM (#3422906) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Bat Goddess Janet got your phone number from me as we were leaving (about 8:55) so she could call and get your address to punch into her GPS -- Micca hasn't a clue as to how to get to your place. Linn |
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20 Oct 12 - 09:00 AM (#3423017) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Micca Wrong Linn, and I knew the address too, we are here ! arrived about 10.45, Mary was asleep! |
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20 Oct 12 - 09:49 AM (#3423027) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Charley Noble See you all at the Press Room, 3:30 pm sharp. Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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20 Oct 12 - 11:23 AM (#3423069) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Bupkes Hmm, although I'm in the midst of packing up my house for moving out, it sounds like such a good session brewing that I'll try to come for a couple of hours! Marty |
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20 Oct 12 - 11:40 AM (#3423079) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Jeri It's too early, but it's very nice out-- overcast, but WARM-- and I find myself wanting to ramble a bit. |
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20 Oct 12 - 01:19 PM (#3423123) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Charley Noble Marty- Be nice to see you this afternoon. Charley Noble |
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20 Oct 12 - 08:57 PM (#3423281) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Bat Goddess So, Janet and Micca...session got REAL interesting after you left. (But not because you left!) I sang Richard Johnson's "Plum Island National Anthem" (about the island off Newburyport, MA) to the delight of a table of several couples who had just come in off the street. Turns out the birthday boy was a student of Tom's from Whittier Class of 1976, and he came over right after I finished. So...when I post the playlist tomorrow, there will be a few songs missing when I was too engrossed in conversation. And Puck, the plush octopus, got me introduced to an artist (whom I think was actually with this party) who quizzed me on the sidewalk about squid, cuttlefish and octopus when I went to the car to retrieve a couple of Tom's CDs. More mañana... Linn |
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20 Oct 12 - 09:11 PM (#3423292) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Jeri Oh, it got GREAT! |
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20 Oct 12 - 10:01 PM (#3423309) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Charley Noble Yes, about a dozen or so strong singers, lots of time to do songs, and remarkably, a few quiet moments in between songs. Nice to hear Diann lead "100 Days Out from Vancouver." I also like Ernie's new (to me) rendition of "Bully in the Alley." Mike Kennedy was impressed with the high proportion of sea songs he hasn't heard before. The song circles sea music folks he runs into in Western New York generally lead more predictable traditional shanties. Mike lead "The Shellback's Song" by Ewan McColl which I haven't heard performed in years. Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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21 Oct 12 - 10:43 AM (#3423560) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Bat Goddess Alrighty, then... Crew members on board -- Tom Hall (Curmudgeon), Linn Schulz (Bat Goddess), Rose Sheehan, Jeri, Charlie Ipcar (Charley Noble), Mike Kennedy, Ernie Pigeon (NbptErnie) and Amy, Steve Smith, Justine Donovan, Dianne Lavoie, Janet (Celtaddict), Micca, Don Hale, Marty Stock, Bill Lehrman and Carol Pierson, and Kristine and Phil Boncer. And we sang... (Charley, I'm sure you can correct a few titles) ... 1. When Our Ship Comes Home - Ernie Pigeon 2. Heart of a Sailor - Mike Kennedy 3. Liverpool Packet (Bound Away) - Charlie Ipcar 4. Race of Long Ago - Linn Schulz 5. Lucky Jim Cooke - Micca 6. All for Me Grog - Dianne Lavoie 7. Home, Dearie, Home - Linn 8. Rambo Shanty - Mike 9. Hé Ho Down Below - Ernie 10. Black Bird Get Up - Jeri 11. We Steered For Sailor-Town - Charlie 12. Davey Louston - Justine Donovan 13. Channels - Micca 14. Cedar and Oak - Mike 15. Bully In the Alley - Ernie 16. Leave Her, Johnny - Don Hale (ah! Don doesn't know the history of that song at The Press Room...) 17. 150 Days Out From Vancouver - Dianne 18. Breakfast Shanty - Micca (and then they had to head back to Portland) 19. Bold Reilly - Rose Sheehan 20. Johnson Girls - Justine 21. Paris Here I Come - Mike 22. Farewell to Tarwaithie - Don 23. Mobile Bay (Roll the Cotton Down) - Charlie 24. Heave Ya Ho And Away-O - Marty Stock 25. Bay of Biscay - Linn & Jeri 26. Whaling, Catch and Release - Ernie 27. Herrin's Heids - Mike 28. Safely Home At Last - Dianne 29. Hanging Johnny - Justine 30. Maggie May - Linn 31. Men Who've Gone Ashore - Charlie 32. Skipper Jan Rebeck - Marty 33. Sailor Man's Port In a Storm - Ernie 34. Willie of Winsbury - Rose 35. Greenland Whale Fisheries - Don 36. Oh, Riley, Oh, Man - Justine 37. Stormalong, Stormy, Stormalong - Charlie 38. Sailor's Prayer - Linn 39. Wee Pot Stove - Rose 40. Cape Cod Girls - Mike 41. Mary Ellen Carter - Marty 42. One More Ride In Billy's Boat - Ernie 43. Plum Island National Anthem - Linn [And here's where Tom's former student came over -- Plum Island is off Newburyport; Tom taught in Haverhill, MA; student's wife lived on Plum Island, etcet etcet. Sooo...I wasn't paying attention to who was singing what or even how many songs were sung] 44. Away Rio - ?? [lost count] ??. Run Come See Jerusalem - Marty ??. Jamestown Homeward Bound - Don ??. Shellback - Mike ??. Down Trinidad - Ernie ??. Back and the Sides - Rose ??. Pleasant and Delightful - Marty ??. Outside Track - Charlie ??. Ida Lewis - Justine ??. Crossing the Bar - Rose I was also "accosted" on the street (when I ran out to get a couple of Tom's CDs (of his 1986 tape "Bottle Full for the Shantyman") for his former student and friends) by an artist who quizzed me about Puck, the plush stuffed full of personality octopus Micca picked up for my cephalopod collection at the Mystic Aquarium -- named him after his giant Pacific octopus counterpart at the aquarium. Incredibly enjoyable evening! Linn |
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21 Oct 12 - 03:47 PM (#3423758) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Bat Goddess Dianne's song (#28 in list above) is more correctly "Light on the Earth" by Geoff Bartley. Linn |
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21 Oct 12 - 04:51 PM (#3423790) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Charley Noble 11. John Masefield's poem adapted for singing by Andy Kenna titled "A Night at Dago Tom's." 31. "Drink to the Men Who've Gone Ashore" by marine engineer William McFee, with additional verses by Charlie Ipcar. Mike's shellback song was composed by Ewan MacColl. Another excellent afternoon and evening of singing! Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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22 Oct 12 - 07:35 AM (#3424051) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Micca The one you have named as "Rambo" Is ,I suspect, the one we call simply the Breakfast Shanty!!, It sounds like a Marvellous sing as always! We enjoyed what we got of it Thanks Muchly! |
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22 Oct 12 - 08:13 AM (#3424065) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Bat Goddess No, Micca -- the "Breakfast Shanty" is #18, which you sung just before you left. Mike sang one (#8) he told me was named named "Rambo Shanty" and that was the name I heard in it, but I wasn't sure so I asked him. Linn |
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22 Oct 12 - 08:18 AM (#3424068) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Charley Noble And ""Rambo's Shanty" is one of Mike's inspired creations. Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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22 Oct 12 - 09:30 AM (#3424096) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Micca AAArgggh Yes I see!!, I get to sometimes still read Mike as Mine even after all these years!!, and I think I was in the Bog when he sang the "Rambo", either that or I was being molested! |
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22 Oct 12 - 09:58 AM (#3424111) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Charley Noble Happy trails, Micca! Give our best to those across the Great Pond. Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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22 Oct 12 - 06:14 PM (#3424400) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: GUEST,Don Hale What history? If I sing "leave Her Johny", will I forever get bad onion rings.......please explain. Don |
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22 Oct 12 - 06:55 PM (#3424429) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Jeri "Leave Her" was good; the onion rings were probably like that because it's nearly Halloween. Scary rings. Mordor rings. "Leave Her" was the Friday nigh closing song for a loooong time, and my guess is people got a little over-exposed to it. I expect people healed from that, but those rings should come with a bottle of Lipitor or sumpin. |
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23 Oct 12 - 12:39 AM (#3424568) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Gibb Sahib "Leave Her" was the Friday nigh closing song for a loooong time, and my guess is people got a little over-exposed to it. Well I suppose *somebody* had to sing a shanty at the shanty sing :0 |
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23 Oct 12 - 06:38 PM (#3425067) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Bat Goddess Nooooo...we thought once about six years ago or so that enough time had passed and we might revive "Leave Her, Johnny" for the closer at the shanty session... No. It's too bad, but it still resonates with some of us. The timeframe of the original offense was, believe it or not, in the late '80s...maybe into the very early '90s. One of the problems is that no matter what key it was started in, it was unsingable for SOMEbody. And it always went on too long. And not only did we get sick to death of it, but the waitstaff hated it, too. If it ever became a habit, I think the nude over the bar would come over and smash over the singer's head. It's okay, Don. Once every five or six years is probably do-able without making us wimper in corners or run screaming. Linn |
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23 Oct 12 - 11:52 PM (#3425203) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Celtaddict I am arriving late in this thread, but I must say I thoroughly enjoyed the time! We hated to be bouncing in and out, as a result of trying to be several places at once. We did get to have dinner with Kendall and Jacqui, TruBrit and Tom, and Sinsull. `Both Friday and Saturday were most enjoyable, and a trip north to New Hampshire and Maine is always a pleasure. |
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01 Nov 12 - 04:57 PM (#3429541) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Charley Noble Here's a link to 9 photos I took of this session under the usual challenging conditions: Click here for PIXS This is a link to my Facebook album so it may not be possible for non-Facebook members to view it. Anyone else get any photos they are willing to share? Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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02 Nov 12 - 11:28 AM (#3429912) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Bat Goddess I took some, but it looks as if I neglected to post them (at Facebook). Probably six -- several of Mike and one of Marty with a Smithwick halo. Not sure I'll have time today, but probably tomorrow. Linn |
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02 Nov 12 - 11:56 AM (#3429929) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Charley Noble Linn- Love to see a better one of Mike, and I'm sure he would like to see one too. Mike finally made it back to Western New York State about midnight. Because of the storm he was forced to stay with us another 4 days. But we managed to record about 20 tracks and even edit 5 of them. Charley Noble |
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03 Nov 12 - 08:31 AM (#3430352) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Bat Goddess Okay, Charley, here they are -- Shanty Sing Photos At Facebook My security is set at "Friends" so only my Facebook friends can see them, but you can download them, Charley, or have Mike friend me. Linn |
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03 Nov 12 - 09:24 AM (#3430365) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Charley Noble Thanks, Linn! I'll forward them to Mike. Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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03 Nov 12 - 09:53 PM (#3430638) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: ChanteyLass Oh, phooey. I don't get to see them. But I understand about FB privacy. |