Title: A Chesapeake Sailors Companion Artist: John Townley Label: Genes Records Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 722485103228 Genre: Folk Release Date: 2001-06-19 Number of Discs: 1
Folk singer Towney presents a variety of tunes including favorites composed during the reigns of Elizabeth & James I, when tobacco was king, to Tin Pan Alley numbers of the early 20th Century, when hydraulics began to replace muscle, and more. Like this nation, the songs began an ocean away from England to Africa, and are transformed by commerce, technology & social change into something uniquely American. Townley is joined by the Press Gang, a group of friends & fellow musicians, including Anne Waple, Blanton Bradley & champion Scottish fiddler John Turner.
Tracks: 1.1 We Be Three Poor Mariners 1.2 Tobacco Is Like Love 1.3 To Portsmouth 1.4 While Up the Shrouds 1.5 Saturday Night at Sea 1.6 Tom Bowling 1.7 The Jamestown Homeward Bound 1.8 Norfolk Girls 1.9 Running Down to Cuba 1.10 The Old Virginia Lowlands 1.11 Bound for Baltimore 1.12 The Titanic 1.13 Roseanna 1.14 See You When the Sun Go Down 1.15 Sailing Down the Chesapeake Bay 1.16 Mail Day
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