Favourite Cruising Songs?

[snort]

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald!

Okay, maybe not that one.

[OnTour]

Hold Fast - Lucero

http://youtu.be/TBjDdYfjaNM

[thinwater]

Chantys. Hope you can sing.

Sail Delmarva: September 2012

[Mike OReilly]

Originally Posted by Mike OReilly

Of course, for Great Lakes cruisers there's always Stan Rogers' White Squall and Bluenose.

Actually, I meant to say "The Nancy" for Great Lakes sailors. "Bluenose" is an amazing song of course. Few are the songs that capture the reality of sailing like this one. And then there's "Make & Break Harbour", "Fogarty's Cove", "The Flowers Of Bermuda", and of course "Northwest Passage". Many more.

He died way too young...

[katsumi]

Show me the way to go home. "Jaws" Helps you get though the last hour of watch...

[snort]

Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem - South Australia - YouTube

[laika]

For a night watch, anything by Sigur Ros can't be beat.

But really, anything but Margaritaville !! I hit a wall with that one last summer in Cape May, NJ

[Liunatic]

Great song, to go with a great video

J125 Jackknife - YouTube

I should add, One Republic singing Counting Stars. Not the original song video, it's a vid taken by a delivery skipper

[Nicholson58]

If you haven't found a favorite, check out this site.

Video Jukebox of songs from the 50s and early 60s with over 1,000 selections

[gjordan]

Turn away in the morning. Gordon Bock, Folk Legacy records.

[lockie]

Sloop John B?
What Shall We Do With a Drunken Sailor?

[ElGatoGordo]

Sirius XM on Radio Margaritaville or The Joint. I know it's not a "song" but you'll hear stuff you never heard before!

And for the Fella tired of Margaritaville...did you know there are at LEAST 6 vesions they play on Radio Margarittaville? DaBomb!!!!

[jackdale]

Originally Posted by Sailing Cowboy

Stan Rogers Baretts Privateers

Just about anything by Stan. But that is the creme de la creme.

[Domo]

These are my favorite threads!

Sail Away by the Oak Ridge Boys

Also, Chris Bellamy and Brent Burns are great trop-rock musicians that I stumbled upon several years ago. Brent's stuff tends to be a little more cheesy at times, but very entertaining, and he's got some great songs, and probably a dozen albums. Chris Bellamy was (maybe still is?) a charter fisherman, so his songs reflect that, not as much about sailing specifically, but more the island and tropical lifestyle... Caribbean Magic may be my favorite by him.

And if you like bar music, the entire collection of the late Rusty McHugh and Mike Fincher from the Florabama in Pensacola is hard to beat in my opinion.

[dohenyboy]

Sloop John B (Bahamian version)
Jamaica Farewell (Harry Belafonte)
Day O Banana Boat
and Island in the Sun (Belafonte)