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Conference unifix::sailing

Title:	SAILING
Notice:	Please read Note 2.* before participating in this conference
Moderator:	UNIFIX::BERENS

Created:	Wed Jul 01 1992
Last Modified:	Mon Jun 02 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2299
Total number of notes:	20724

1973.0. "Music for Sailors" by HAMSTR::LYMAN () Thu Dec 03 1992 13:49

    I did not see any topics on sailing music, so I'll start one.
    Alan can feel free to move or delete this; but I thought it might
    interest cruising people:

    "Schooners" is a new album by Gordon Bok - currently available
    only on tape but will be available "in the spring" on CD.
    Nearly all the songs are about boats in general or schooners
    in particular.  One or two are more indirectly associated
    with the water, but the theme prevails.  The tape has notes
    on all the songs; the CD booklet (available for $1.00 by    
    itself) will also have words. 
    
    Interestingly, although Bok is known as a singer of sea songs, his
    repertoire is much more eclectic.  This is his first all-sea songs
    album since "Clear Away in the Morning", and that was reissues from
    older albums.  This one is on Timberhead, Bok's own company, rather
    than Folk Legacy. 
    
    	Timberhead, Box 840, Camden, Maine 04843
    	or call the office (207) 236-2707.  
    
    BTW, I wrote two of the songs on "Schooners."  Ross Faneuf and I sing
    them on the tape with Gordon.
    
    Lois

    Cross-posted in FOLK_MUSIC

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1973.1	Stan Rogers Song	DEMOAX::GINGER	Ron Ginger	`Fri Dec 04 1992 08:50`	15
	Cant resit telling a story on this one. Stan Rogers wrote and recorded on his last album a song MAN WITH BLUE DOLPHIN. Its the story of a man, Joe Pica, and his attempts to save an old schooner. The schooner BLUE DOLPHIN is 120', built in Nova Scotia the year after the BLUENOSE and essentially a yacht version of BLUENOSE. Joe bought the boat in Boothbay ME in April 1972. I helped him get the ship commisioned (starting the Wolverine diesel after years of layup was another stor). We sailed the ship around Nova Scotia into the great lakes and started its renovation. In September of 1972 DEC moved me from Detroit to Maynard, so my active work on BLUE DOLPHIN ended. I still keep in tough with Joe. Listen to MAN WITH BLUE DOLPHIN. Its really a sad story of a guys determination to save a boat. He's loosing.
1973.2	Sea Ditty from the rail	GUCCI::KILGORE	Dan @ Washington	`Tue Jun 21 1994 13:10`	45
	I just finished sitting on the rail for seven days during the Annapolis-Bermuda Ocean Race. That's 728 NM completely up wind. The wind machine sat on Bermuda and blew towards the Chesapeake Bay the whole race. Besides developing a severe case of "rail-butt" I had plenty of time to let my mind wander. The result is this little "sea-dittie" I thought I would share. THE GRINDER'S LAMENT Words by Dan Kilgore, Annapolis/Bermuda Race 1994 (pending publication) I'm a grinder, I'm a grinder, I grind winches strong. I grind though the evening, I grind all day long. I'm a grinder, I'm a grinder, I don't navigate, but if you should ask me, bad data I'll make. Chorus I'm a grinder, I'm a grinder, N'er seen a galley, but when suppers called, I'll be there in three. I'm a grinder, I'm a grinder, the helm's not for me, a skipper once tried me, we sailed by the lee. Chorus I'm a grinder, I'm a grinder, I avoid the foredeck, with pitching and rolling a man could get sick. I'm a grinder, I'm a grinder, it's what I do best, and when watch is over, it's below to get rest. Chorus _________ Chorus Heave, Ho, tail the bitter. Heave Ho, the call to sheet in. Heave, Ho, ready about. That's when the damn trimmer, will ease it all out. Sung (very) loosely to the tune of "Clementine"