After 26 years in the beautiful, historic port of Saint Petersburg, a storm struck. Pirates took the city, then the country. It's still under seige. My ship fled west by south. Currently aground on the shores of Lake Erie trying to effect repairs. That will take time. Wish me luck.
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In April 2022 my wife and I lost our home and all we had built together thru 26 years in Saint Petersburg Russia when we had to leave because it was no longer safe for us. After 2 years I'm ready to try to re-float my musical ship, but I have no tools anymore. I'm going to need help from folks like you.
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The surviving traditional shanties from olden times are about men. But the womenfolk the sailors left ashore must have had some of their own. This Kipling-inspired shanty imagines one theme they might have sung about.
“Such beautiful harmonies, and a fun and dramatic spirit to the music and words. They are positively addictive!!!”
— Eric Ewazen, composer & professor, Juilliard School of Music
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Pub gig at Molloy's in old town Teighnmouth, South Devon, UK
It was dark in Molloy's. Good thing I had on my most illuminating Hawaiian shirt!
Solo show at the London Inn at Shaldon - the only gig I've ever had to take a boat to get to. It was a tough one...
...a tough one because I followed The Longest Johns, the superstars of sea shanties. One tough act to follow! But most stuck around for my show, and I had many compliments on my New Old Sea Songs - something fresh and different from the usual festival fare.
After the festival my host family took me on some incredible excursions around South Devon. I got to ride on the footplate for this old steam train at Buckfastleigh.
I got to spend a day on the famous Dartmoor. Saw the ponies, cows, sheep, and even the famous prison. But no Baskerville Hound, thankfully!