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14 Oct 13 - 10:23 AM (#3566797) Subject: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Bat Goddess Well, it's been a crazy week, but here's this Saturday's shanty sing reminder -- Our monthly shanty, forebitter and ballad session will be this Saturday, October 19th, from 3:30 to 7:30 PM at the Press Room on Daniel Street in Portsmouth, NH. Last month's sing was a glorious lead in to the Portsmouth Maritime Folk Festival the following weekend. And it was really good being joined by singers too busy with paying gigs over the summer. Tom is currently in the CCU at Wentworth-Douglass Hospital (see BS thread "Curmudgeon In Hospital - October 2013") and may not be at the session -- but I'll be there in "being Tom" mode. Hope to see you Saturday! Linn |
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14 Oct 13 - 10:42 AM (#3566803) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: ranger1 Me! I'll be there! I'm hoping to bring a couple of friends with, but we'll see if they actually make it. |
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14 Oct 13 - 12:07 PM (#3566824) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Charley Noble Judy and I will be making music in San Diego with Amos and a few other singing friends. Sorry to have to miss the Press Room. Our best to Tom! Charlie and Judy |
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14 Oct 13 - 01:02 PM (#3566842) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: ranger1 My intern is a definite. She had such a great time at the Pre-Getaway gathering at SINSULL's that she's hooked. |
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14 Oct 13 - 10:38 PM (#3566934) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: ChanteyLass Me! Me! Me! Seriously. I can do this. Rhode Island's not that far! Deep breath! I sure hope a lot of the regulars or semi-regulars can make it, because there are a lot of you I'd like to meet and I don't know if I'll ever be able to do this again. One good thing about me--because I can't carry a tune, I won't steal any of your favorite songs.You know, the one that so-and-so always sings. I do sing along on choruses, though, so if your ears are sensitive, watch out. I hope I didn't just scare anyone away! |
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15 Oct 13 - 08:56 AM (#3567051) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Bat Goddess Oh, Janet! I'm REALLY looking forward to meeting you! Linn |
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15 Oct 13 - 10:06 PM (#3567259) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: ChanteyLass The feeling is mutual, Linn! |
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16 Oct 13 - 03:08 PM (#3567527) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Elmore Can't carry a tune Chantey Lass? When has that ever stopped a folk singer? |
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16 Oct 13 - 10:22 PM (#3567651) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: ChanteyLass Ooh! I'll have to think about that one, Elmore! |
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17 Oct 13 - 04:19 PM (#3567861) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Bat Goddess ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸Refresh! ¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪ Tom will probably be home from the hospital tomorrow (Friday), but I will probably b in "being Tom" mode on Saturday. Hope that doesn't discourage anyone from coming. Linn |
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17 Oct 13 - 10:12 PM (#3567933) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: ChanteyLass Not me! In the meantime, I hope you can get some much-needed rest. See you soon! |
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18 Oct 13 - 07:15 AM (#3568000) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Bat Goddess Well, I got a nap yesterday in Tom's bed while he was off doing physical therapy and sitting in a chair. Got to bed at a decent season last night, but woke at 4:30 to a nasty cramp in my calf. Brain too jangled to read so I've been puttering. Just showered and washed my hair. They moved Tom last night out of Critical Care to a telemetry room. I'm hoping the hospitalist whose care he's now under is not the same one from last February. If so, I'll have to go to the patient advocates office and raise a ruckus and I'm not sure how much ruckus-making energy I have today. According to the news yesterday, he should be released around 1 p.m. today. That should give me well enough time to get Tom home and settled before I turn around and head to the weekly Press Room session. Have to stop at Seaport Fish and get some frozen finnan haddie now that they have some again. I doubt Tom will come to tomorrow's singaround, so I'll be in "being Tom" mode. Hope we have a fine crew of singers for rafter raising. Charlie and Pete Hale have come up with some ridiculous excuses about San Diego and Liverpool being too far to commute for a session. Whatever happened to worm holes and teleportation and fax machines?!? Linn |
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19 Oct 13 - 07:29 AM (#3568242) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Bat Goddess ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪ ChanteyLass made it to the session last night before I did -- Tom didn't get released from the hospital until around 4 p.m. Got him home, settled, fed, and then headed to Portsmouth to fight with parking. Parked halfway to Kittery, but I made it. See everyone this afternoon! Linn |
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19 Oct 13 - 09:20 AM (#3568272) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: ranger1 Looking forward to giving you a hug in person. |
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19 Oct 13 - 05:45 PM (#3568362) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Jeri I got dressed and everything. My throat's sore and my voice isn't working right. I'm pretty sure it's allergies, but still decided I'm better off home. |
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19 Oct 13 - 09:20 PM (#3568407) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Bat Goddess Jeri, you missed a really really nice session. And since I promised everyone I'll REST tomorrow and try to recover from Tom being in the ICU for a week and a half, you probably won't hear about it until maybe Monday. ChanteyLass and Tyler Buck as well as the usual suspects and Jim, a new guy who came to the maritime festival a few years ago. News at 11...on Monday. Linn |
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19 Oct 13 - 09:43 PM (#3568411) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Jeri Sorry I missed it. I made it as far as Market Basket before I gave up. Three weekends and something like 2,000 miles, and I'm OK with staying home. And yeah, it's nothing compared to what you've been through. Rest well. |
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19 Oct 13 - 09:44 PM (#3568412) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Bat Goddess You missed cookies, too. Susan's cookies. Too many chocolate chips. Boy were they good! Did I say you missed them? You missed them. Linn |
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19 Oct 13 - 09:48 PM (#3568413) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: ranger1 Likely story, Jeri. Geez, and I even brought my intern and Little Brother Michael! |
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19 Oct 13 - 09:56 PM (#3568415) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Jeri That's it. I'm gonna go stick my head in the oven... |
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20 Oct 13 - 05:57 AM (#3568465) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Bat Goddess Why? What's in the oven? Cookies? I'd invite you over for dinner except I'm not sure I've got anything that's enough for three people. Besides, I'm being (or intend to be) very anti-social today until I figure out where I put my sanity and recoup my resources a bit. Right now, since I'm up at this ungodly hour on a Sunday, I've got a date with a large cup of jasmine tea and a book. If I come out from under my rock (er, pillow), I'll call you at some civilized hour. Linn |
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20 Oct 13 - 01:35 PM (#3568557) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Charley Noble Good to hear it was a good session. Sorry to miss welcoming Chantey Lass but we do run into her on occasion. Charlie and Judy, sailing San Diego Harbor this afternoon |
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20 Oct 13 - 08:08 PM (#3568649) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Bat Goddess Okay, I know you said I didn't HAVE to do it today, but here it is. Quite a session. And before the session I got to talk to Larry Garland (jazz piano master whose group plays the Press Room every Saturday lunchtime) for the first time in MONTHS! And I gave jazz drummer Greg Brown a hug – he didn't know about "Hug a Drummer Day" this past week. Hugged Larry, too. Anywho, it was a shanty sing where a lot of regulars had called in their excuses (for what they're worth) – Pete Hale is in Liverpool. Geez, he could hop across the pond for the session, couldn't he? His FATHER comes from way the heck down in Massachusetts a lot more regularly than Pete makes the session. And Charley Noble is in San Diego. Bad timing, but, well, he did get to the Portsmouth Maritime Festival. And a couple people had gigs (although Carol Coronis did a couple songs before she had to leave for a gig), and Dave Hallowell was involved with the New Hampshire Film Festival this weekend (as was Dan Young, Susan's husband). Bruce…well, I've got to give Bruce some guff. He used late season golf as an excuse…;-) The crew this months was me (Linn = Bat Goddess), being both me and Tom (Curmudgeon); Don Hale who usually gets the award for distance but this month was beat out by ChanteyLass from Rhode Island. (Don's ALMOST as far south in Massachusetts as you can get without being in Rhode Island.) Steve Willard from Gloucester with his wife Arlene and friend Reuben; Carol Coronis pre-gig; Dianne Lavoie; Gail Dedricksen, Susan Young (who brought COOKIES!!!!), Tami Bill (Ranger1) and her intern Jenn; Tyler Buck; Mike Modern; Justine Donovan and Steve Smith. 1. Shanty In Old Shanty Town [Jerry Bryant] – Linn Schulz (I ended up doing it twice in two different keys) 2. Lowlands of Holland – Carol Coronis 3. Willie Taylor – Carol Coronis 4. Cairo-Town – Don Hale 5. All For Me Grog – Dianne Lavoie 6. Yangtze River – Steve Willard 7. Leaving of Liverpool – Susan Young 8. Home, Dearie, Home – Linn Schulz 9. Hurrah, Sing Fare You Well – Don Hale 10. Fisher Lassies – Tyler Buck 11. Tinker Tailor, Soldier, Singer – Dianne Lavoie 12. Cannery Shed – Linn Schulz (another fish guts song) 13. Make or Break Harbor – Steve Willard 14. New Aberdeen Government Store – Mike Modern 15. Gin Was Mother's Ruin / Nurse Pinched the Baby – Linn Schulz 16. Fisherman's Lassie – Susan Young 17. Fire Down Below (Fetch a Bucket of Water) – Don Hale 18. Rollin' Down the River – Justine Donovan 19. Boozing, Bloody Well Boozing – Dianne Lavoie [And I told how Helene Jones, Jeri, Meg Terreson and I got together sometime in the late '80s and wrote "Screwing, Bloody Well Screwing" to this…alas, no one saved the creation.] 20. Pubic Hair ("Baby Face" parody) – Dianne Lavoie 21. Three Drunken Maidens – Linn Schulz 22. Let No Man Steal Your Thyme – Tyler Buck 23. Dundee Weaver – Linn Schulz 24. The Lobster – Linn Schulz 25. Dumiana – Mike Modern 26. Cruel Was the Press Gang – Susan Young 27. Big Bow Wow – Don Hale 28. Johnny Come Down to Hilo – Justine Donovan 29. Who Will Feed the People? – Steve Willard [Tom Paxton song tweaked from farmers to fishermen) 30. Harbors of Home [Joan Sprung] – Linn Schulz 31. Sugar In the Hold – Susan Young 32. The Jeannie C. – Dianne Lavoie 33. Lady Franklin's Lament – Don Hale 34. The Mermaid – Susan Young 35. Fisher Row – Tyler Buck 36. London Julie – Justine Donovan 37. Drill Ye Tarriers, Drill – Mike Modern 38. Maggie May – Linn Schulz 39. Female Drummer/Music Played So Grand – Susan Young 40. Song For the Mira – Steve Willard 41. Wooden Leg Parson – Mike Modern 42. Nine Times a Night – Linn Schulz 43. My Johnny Was a Shoemaker – Tyler Buck 44. Oh, Riley, Oh, Man – Justine Donovan 45. Congo River – Dianne Lavoie 46. Cruising 'Round Yarmouth – Linn Schulz (forgot a verse & voice going) 47. Here's to You and Our Time Together – Steve Willard 48. Here's a Health to the Company and One to My Lass – Justine Donovan 49. Aunt Clara – Linn Schulz (there was a logical reason at the time…) 50. Going On Board the Rosabella – Don Hale 51. Johnson Girls – Justine Donovan 52. Nelson's Prayer – Don Hale Maybe not quite so many songs this month because we spent more time talking about the songs and their origins and good stories of great singers. But, because we were a bit smaller crew than usual, we each got more songs in. It made for a truly lovely session. Also at the session was Jim Kyle (I think he said his name was – he's promised to email me.) He came to the PMFF a few years ago and has been trying to make it to this session. He actually showed up last Saturday because he'd found a website that said it was the second Saturday of the month. (Which is was in the first year – 10 years ago.) A really really nice session. I desperately needed, after Tom being in the ICU for a week and a half, but finally home, some musical healing and Saturday's session truly proved that music revives a weary soul. Linn |
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20 Oct 13 - 09:16 PM (#3568663) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: maeve Besides all that fun I couldn't take part in, there was a special treat just for Truelove and me- ChanteyLass drove even further just to come visit us. Such a treat! Thanks very much, ChanteyLass! |
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21 Oct 13 - 07:50 PM (#3568692) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Bat Goddess It was great having ChanteyLass at both sessions -- Friday weekly trad session and Saturday's sea music sing. I just feel bad that I was so...depleted I guess would be the word, after Tom being in Critical Care for a week and a half. I'd just gotten him home late in the afternoon on Friday, got him settled in and fed, and then I took off to Portsmouth to the session. I didn't have a lot of time either day to be more social with ChanteyLass as I was being (very pleasantly) being "accosted" from all sides... And I was so fried what I REALLY wanted to do was curl up in the fetal position and suck my thumb until I remembered where I'd stowed my sanity and my patience for safekeeping. Linn |
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22 Oct 13 - 11:51 AM (#3568882) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: GUEST,sailor ron Being 'on this side of the pond' I have little chance of joining your monthly sessions, however I always read the song list with great interest, looking for songs I don't know & 'going after them. This month I was interested to see "So here's to you and our time together" Would this be the song by Alan Bell? If so it's nice to see it has 'crossed' over from Fleetwood, Lancashire,England. |
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22 Oct 13 - 05:35 PM (#3568983) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: Bat Goddess Sailor Ron, it may very well be. I asked Steve at the session where he got it, but now I can't remember the details. I don't have Steve's contact info but I think I can ask a couple people for his phone or email and then ask him again about the song. Or ask him next month; he's becoming a regular. Linn |
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22 Oct 13 - 10:55 PM (#3569090) Subject: RE: October Press Room (NH) Shanty Sing From: ChanteyLass I had a wonderful time in NH and ME. The trad session was great, but it's probably no surprise that I enjoyed the chantey sing even more. It started slowly but picked up speed as more people arrived. It also veered into "bawdy territory" for a while, but that's not surprising with this kind of music. It was great fun to meet Bat Goddess and Ranger1 and GUEST: Justine. As for you, Linn, you managed very well, especially considering the strain you've been facing. While I would have liked to spend more time with you, I didn't want to monopolize you. You have obligations to the regulars at The Press Room, and I didn't want to delay your getting home to Tom. Special thanks to Tami and her friends for walking me back to the parking garage. I'm not sure I could have found my way in the dark, so having a ranger guide me was reassuring. Maeve, I also had a wonderful time with you and Truelove. I enjoyed the Salt Bay Cafe, and I loved seeing your home and farm. What a lovely afternoon! I hope I didn't keep you both from your chores too long. Charlie, I'll catch up with you in Mystic where I hope to meet Judy. I've enjoyed reading about your trip and seeing your photos. |