We had an active May but here comes June!  In addition to our regular Monday evenings, we have –

• 5th – Friday – The International Cruising Boat Show being held at Brewer’s Essex Island Marina, Essex, CT.  We’re playing during the Friday clam bake, from 5 to 9p.

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• On 7 June 2015 Sunday Old Saybrook, CT  3:00 pm Rick will perform one of his historical presentations at the Grace Episcopal Church, 366 Main St, Old Saybrook as The Old Saybrook Historical Society presents “To End All Wars: Songs of the First World War“.  Following the presentation there will be a reception at the General William Hart House, 350 Main Street in Old Saybrook, where an exhibit of WWI posters and memorabilia will be on display.  For information please visit here.

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• 11th – 14th – Annual Sea Music Festival, Mystic Seaport, CT.  We’re not playing this year, but you really need to check it out if you have a love for the music!  Then, when it’s done, we host our annual…
• 15th – Monday – SURVIVOR’S NIGHT @ the Gris wherein various musicians and groups come to perform in turn on our “stage” in the back “covered bridge” room.  Look through our photos to see the previous years’ events!

A reminder for the remaining half of the month…

Saturday the 23d – we’ll be at O’Rourke’s in Warwick, RI. from 1 – 4 p.  Another opportunity for those of you further east to see us closer to home!

Rick will be playing 26 May 2015 Tuesday, Niantic, CT  7:00 pm
The East Lyme Public Library, 39 Society Road in Niantic, CT presents “Historic Songs of Outlaws, Villains and Rogues” at 7:00 pm.  The library’s website is here.

We are always grateful to our friends who come down and share a bit of their talent with us… Thank you to Rodney, Courtney Jean, and Brian!  You certainly make our own experience that much more enjoyable!

And per a request – I have posted the lyrics to the song Cliff pulled out last night: The Last Thing On My Mind

The first of May being in the middle of the week between two of our shows, we’ll not bother with it this year.  But we have several happenings for you…

Rick will be off on the 4th so Stuart Markus will fill in!  Come show the man again that you like his style!

Stuart Markus. Photo by Donna Goodspeed

Later in the month – Saturday the 23d – we’ll be at O’Rourke’s in Warwick, RI. from 1 – 4 p.  Another opportunity for those of you further east to see us closer to home!

Rick will be playing 26 May 2015 Tuesday, Niantic, CT  7:00 pm
The East Lyme Public Library, 39 Society Road in Niantic, CT presents “Historic Songs of Outlaws, Villains and Rogues” at 7:00 pm.  The library’s website is here.

Good May songs for ya!

• Hal An Tow
• I Like To Rise
• Let Your Back And Sides
• Pleasant and Delightful

This month doesn’t seem to be too busy a month for us aside from every Monday, but you still have options!

On Tuesday 21 April, in Columbia, CT, Rick will be giving a presentation on “Historic Songs of Outlaws, Villains and Rogues.”  It starts at 6p, and you can get further details on his website – www.catfeather.com   Any updates to his schedule is also there!

I have received several inquiries about older recordings that Cliff is on, and to answer that I recommend that you go to his site – http://CliffHaslam.com  I put up a post about it – I’ve uploaded a few MP3s of his older recordings no longer available but for getting your hands on those old, out of print records.

And on Saturday the 25th, Cliff and I will be playing a short show at the Company of Fifers and Drummers in Ivortyton, CT.    Tim and Rick may join us, pending their schedules!

Click the pic for full size… And keep a weather eye out on any updates here and on our schedule!

This evening I received a text about an article regarding us and The Griswold Inn.  Nice write up and quite the honour!!  Give it a read a post a nice comment, then share it with everyone you know!

The Jovial Crew leads the Tap Room in sea chanties on Monday nights. (Nick Caito, Special to the Courant)

Cliff is expected to rejoin us tonight and we will be back on our usual schedule.  Weather is warmer and the season has begun… Won’t you join us for drinks and rousing choruses?

Received word today from Geoff Kaufman regarding our dear friend Don Sineti – deep voice like a fog horn calling out to ships.  Rather than rewrite everything, I will include the text herein…

<<Dear friends all,

Here is a calendar of events scheduled so far:
 
Sat.  April 11, 2015 –  Mystic, CT – from 2-5pm at the German Club – 54 Greenmanville Ave. (just across the street from the main entrance to the museum.) – Geoff is the point person here.
 
Wed. April 22, 2015  – McKinnon’s Irish Pub in downtown Hartford (on Asylum St. just east of Trumbull) – Jeanne Freeman thinks we might start at 6pm, but let’s get an answer from her. In any case, she runs the session down there and I believe it officially starts at 7pm
 
Sun. May 3, 2015  – South Street Seaport Museum – from 2-4:30pm – 12 Fulton St. (lobby) – downtown New York City. The NY Packet will host this and combine it with our being back at the seaport since the hurricane. We will pass the hat once for the seaport and once for Don.
 
Some Sunday night in May (other than the 3rd) to be determined by Bill Wallach to hold one at the Main Pub in Manchester, CT.

Cliff will be away for the next couple of weeks – on holiday!  Just Tim, Rick, and Joseph.  Come on down and join us for the start of the spring season… We’re looking forward to seeing you!

Couple of new or recollected songs

• Around Cape Horn
• High Germany
• Let Your Back And Sides Go Bare

Hellava night that was!  Great time and a good crowd!  Some photos have come in.  Now we’re back to our regular Monday night schedule, but Cliff will be off for the next two weeks “on holiday” so it’ll be just Tim, Rick, and Joseph.  But come on out to support and to hear some songs you may not have heard from us before!

That we will not be at the Gris on Monday the 16th but we WILL be there the next day – St-Pat’s Day!  In the back room from 6:30 to 10:30.

Meanwhile we had a tremendous night this past Monday the 9th what with the birthday of the lovely twins and other important associates, and a guest singer – Sam Leitermann, a former lead singer for the S. S. Chanteens, the Sound School scholastic a capella sea music group.

New song – Around Cape Horn

And DO read the previous post about St-Patrick’s Day!!