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| − | ''"The Handsome Cabin Boy"'' is one of the traditional sea shanties from '''Blow Boys Blow''' a collection compiled by [[wikipedia:Ewan MacColl|Ewan MacColl]] and [[wikipedia:A. L. Lloyd| A L Lloyd]], released on Tradition Records in 1958. | + | ''"The Handsome Cabin Boy"'' is one of the traditional sea shanties from '''Blow Boys Blow''' a collection compiled by [[wikipedia:Ewan MacColl|Ewan MacColl]] and [[wikipedia:A. L. Lloyd| A L Lloyd]], released on Tradition Records in 1958. Available on [https://music.apple.com/album/blow-boys-blow/1156844456 Apple Music], [https://open.spotify.com/album/6BxNKuwNHV0jXmCVldOP73 Spotify]and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8cEqtl6G9c YouTube]. |
In the liner notes of ''[[The Lost Episodes]]'' Zappa said he enjoyed listening to ''Blow Boys Blow''. He once lent it to [[Captain Beefheart]], who never gave it back, claiming Zappa had given it to him it and that it was his favorite record too. <ref>Captain Beefheart: The Biography, Mike Barnes, ISBN 0711941343</ref>. | In the liner notes of ''[[The Lost Episodes]]'' Zappa said he enjoyed listening to ''Blow Boys Blow''. He once lent it to [[Captain Beefheart]], who never gave it back, claiming Zappa had given it to him it and that it was his favorite record too. <ref>Captain Beefheart: The Biography, Mike Barnes, ISBN 0711941343</ref>. | ||
Revision as of 14:33, 25 November 2020
Contents
Lyrics
Players On This Song
Records On Which This Song Has Appeared
Singles
Zappa Albums & Side Projects
Tribute & Cover Albums
Notes About This Song
"The Handsome Cabin Boy" is one of the traditional sea shanties from Blow Boys Blow a collection compiled by Ewan MacColl and A L Lloyd, released on Tradition Records in 1958. Available on Apple Music, Spotifyand YouTube.
In the liner notes of The Lost Episodes Zappa said he enjoyed listening to Blow Boys Blow. He once lent it to Captain Beefheart, who never gave it back, claiming Zappa had given it to him it and that it was his favorite record too. [1].
Zappa played "The Handsome Cabin Boy" from the album as a guest DJ for KSAN, San Francisco on 10 November 1968.
"He knew a lot of folk songs, sea chanteys. Who would expect a rock band to be listening to A.L. Lloyd and Ewan MacColl sea chanteys? In all things unusual, he had an interest." [2]
CC Clues In This Song
References
- ↑ Captain Beefheart: The Biography, Mike Barnes, ISBN 0711941343
- ↑ Ontario played home to Zappa's wild years Doug Rost interviewed by David Allen for the Daily Bulletin, December 6, 2007
