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May 1, 2014 at 1:23 pm
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May 3, 2014 at 12:58 am
Prefer the version from “Schooner Fare – Alive”. Fantastic folk trio from Portland, ME. (now duo; Tom the bass player died some years ago) If you haven’t heard Schooner Fare’s work from the 80’s and 90’s, you’re socks will be knocked off!
May 3, 2014 at 11:16 am
Jay Bird,
I had trouble finding this song and didn’t realize it was on a Schooner Fare album, a group whom I really didn’t know until you mentioned them.
May 5, 2014 at 1:00 am
Schooner Fare put out 12 albums as a trio, Steve Romanoff, Chuck Romanoff, Tom Rowe. They have opened for/played with/been covered by Tom Paxton, Clancy/Makem, Limelighters, etc. Tom died in 2004, and the brothers carried on as a duo. Most popular contemporary folk group in the D.C. area for 10 years. Limited selection on iTunes, unfortunately. I’d like to find a way to slip you a “sampler”.
May 5, 2014 at 10:15 am
Jay Bird,
I haven’t a clue as to why I miss these guys. I troll sites looking for music new to me and folk is my all time favorite.
I can find them at iTunes so what song or songs do you suggest?
May 5, 2014 at 1:26 pm
Kat- Amazon carries Schooner Fare’s entire CD catalog, but their song samples are really short. iTunes doesn’t have much. I would suggest: Day of the Clipper; Portland Town; Mary L. McKay; Ballad of Mad Jack (about a Barnstable native!); Teach Your Children to Sing; We’re Here to Drink the Whiskey; Rolling Home; and, We The People. Nearly all original writing, with a Maine nautical bent. They sang We The People on the deck of Old Ironsides on our Constitution’s 200th birthday back in ’88. Haven’t done much the past 10 years since bass player Tom Rowe died at 51 of cancer. When not playing gigs, lead singer Steve Romanoff, PhD, is a Professor at University of Southern Maine! How’s that for a “day job”?
May 5, 2014 at 2:00 pm
Jay Bird,
You have given me a ton of choices. I will definitely download Ballad of Mad Jack and then see what else the site I use has. Thanks so much for these!
May 7, 2014 at 10:55 am
Kat – you will love Schooner Fare. Try this one for starters. Pick it up about 35 seconds in
May 7, 2014 at 12:00 pm
Mark,
You’re right-I loved it. Thanks for pointing me in he right direction!
May 8, 2014 at 11:05 pm
Good pick! (link above doesn’t work, but, ay… they do the best “Rattlin’ Bog”) “Mad Jack” is a true story, about Capt. John Percival from the Revolutionary War. Schooner Fare has written several historical ballads, including the great molasses flood in Boston in 1919. Schooner Fare is “our kind of music”.
May 9, 2014 at 12:35 pm
Jay Bird,
I listened to several songs of theirs and know I’ll buy an album. They’re our kind of music.