The Maritime Crew
A group of Auckland-based singers of sea songs and shanties who "entertain" regularly at the Maritime Museum at Hobson harf in Auckland. The repertoire includes fo'c's'le songs, shanties and songs related to the sea and the sea-going life in all its shapes and forms.
Recordings:
Hurrah for the Captain
Fo'c's'le Songs and Shanties; The Maritime Crew. CD MANU 1533. Ode Record Company Limited 1997.
Gavin Asher - lead vocals and guitar; Lew Black - lead vocals, guitar and
bodhran; Peter Collier - vocals, whistle and mandolin; Andy Hindley -
lead vocals and concertina; Bob Large - lead vocals; Rudy Sunde (Captain)
- lead vocals and banjo; John Walton - lead vocals and guitar; John
Watkins - lead vocals; Frank Winter - lead vocals.
22 songs arranged by Rudy Sunde and The Maritime Crew.
The Maritime Crew, Live at the Auckland Folk Festival 2000
Portable Panic Recording by Tony Ricketts.
A CD recording of the Maritime Crew's concert in the barn at the Auckland
Folk Festival in January 2000. Full audience participation captured by
Tony Ricketts on an HHB CD recorder and a pair of Earthworks microphones.
Rough and ready, but full of great harmonies! 16 tracks: Shantyman/
Turkish Man-o-War/ Davy Lowston/ The Rosabella/ Home Boys Home/ Yarmouth
Town/ Rio Grande/ Here's a health to the men in the crew/ John Chrokee/
Lime Scurvy/ Spray of the Ocean/ Bay of Mexico/ Maggie May/ Shallo Brown/
Old Ship's Rolling Home/ Serafina.
Contact: Rudy Sunde, 242 Glengarry Road, Glen Eden, Auckland 7, NZ.
Ph #64 9 818 6357
or: Bob Large BobLarge@compuserve.com