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McGrath, Benson, and Bennett on Thursday, July 10, at Ballard Park in Newport, 6:30 till a little past too dark. Bring lawn chairs or a blanket and your own refreshments, and mosquito repellent. A flashlight might be good, too.
McGrath, Benson, and Bennett on Sunday, July 27th, 3 to 6 PM, at King Park in Newport, as part of the Newport Independent Music Festival.
Jim McGrath solo on Thursday, July 31, at the New Bedford Whaling Museum, in (naturally) New Bedford, Mass., 6:30 pm.
Look for us at the Seafood Festival on Bowen's Wharf. We'll kick it off on Saturday, October 18th, at 11 AM.
How about this! We're on Youtube! Jim Bennett and the rest singing "Waltzing with Bears" at Mahogany Shoals in 2007. It starts in the middle, but what the heck. Video'd by Peter Voskamp, without whose encouragement and active assistance the "Whiskey Johnny" CD would not exist. Thanks Peter! (That's Uncle Walter on the far right.)
Alert! Alert! Jim McGrath's new CD, Red Right Returning, is officially released!
Click the cover to go to the catalog listing, or browse the Wepecket Island catalog.
Also listed at CD Baby, with music clips, and Maritime Heritage Network.
Press! Marilyn Bellemore in Newport This Week.
Jim's new website is up! Not much there yet, but give it time.
Every Thursday without fail, the world's wackiest open mike session, hosted by Jim McGrath, at Billy Goode's Bar and Restaurant (great fish and chips! and the fried squid [calimari? if you must] are awfully nice, too), 23 Marlborough St., Newport, RI. 401-848-5013. Here is a map, which has both name and address wrong, yet close enough.
Here's what Greg Elias of the Newport Mercury wrote about his visit to Billy's.
And here is what Marilyn Bellemore of Newport This Week had to say about her experience there.
Marilyn also wrote a very nice piece about fiddler Fud Benson's family business, the John Stevens Shop, which celebrated its 300th anniversary in 2005.
Block Island mystery manuscript.
One Pelham East in Newport, back in 1977. The ship reflected in the window is  .
Look for Rose in the film Master and Commander: Far Side of the World. She has the starring role. Aside from Russell Crowe. |
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About thirty years later (2005, to be exact). |
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The new CD is the old tape is the old 1977 album.
Own them all! All traditional songs, except for "The Old Black Pearl" and "The Ballad of the Zubenelgenubi," which are Jim McGrath originals. | |
A few kinda home-made, uh, hand-crafted, that's it, copies of the Whiskey Johnny CD might be available, at $20 including shipping. You can with PayPal. PayPal is having some programming problems with ordering more than one item with these buttons, so this button is good for one (1) CD only. If you need more, or if you would prefer a cassette—sorry, the vinyl's all gone—bless you, and please email for info. | ||
And then there's Jim's 1999 CD
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Ramblin' Boys Ashore |
Fud can be heard on
Steady As She Goes,
which has been hard to find for a while
but is now for sale from Elderly.
Click the cover to go straight to the catalog listing.
Songs and Chanties from the days of Commercial Sail
Louis Killen - Jeff Warner - Gerret Warner - Fud Benson
Jeff Warner has copies for sale, also.
Here's one more picture,
three out of four on the deck of HMS Rose.
I'll sing you a song, a good song of the sea
And now for something completely different ...
A manuscript left on the piano at the Mahogany Shoals bar at Payne's Dock after the 2004 Block Island shows. No idea who wrote it. Warning: this is a big graphic, about 360 Kbytes, so if you're on dialup, go fix a cuppa tea, or something, while it's loading.
