Chris Rea has some great "water" mood
songs. On the Beach, Sail Away, Tamatave, Gone Fishin' and King of the Beach come to mind. Great Big Sea, a Celtic-Folk-rock band from New Foundland has some great stuff, Sea of No Cares, A
Boat Like Gideon Brown,
Captain Kidd, French Perfume, Donkey Riding, Yarmouth Town, and of course the song that inspired my Nom de Plume, Jack Hinks. Paul Brady's Crazy Dreams, Hawana, Lakes of Ponchartrain. Jimmy B of course, my favorite song of his: Coast of Marseilles and Nautical Wheelers. CSN, Taylor, Warren Zevon's Mutineer. Moody Blues Driftwood, Sur La Mer CD. The Dicey Doh Singers (from the Bahamas) their version of
Sloop John B is great. Chesapeake Born and Dredgin' is Drudgery by Tom and Mark Wisner. Oceans Away by Roger Daltrey. Poco's Magnolia, Keep on Tryin',
Barbados. Beach Boys'
California Saga (Water,
Water...Get yourself in the cool clear water), Steamboat, Don't Go Near the Water, I can hear
music, Cool Cool Water, Heroes and Villains, Good Vibrations,
Sloop John B, Sail on Sailor. Check out Brian Wilson's Imagination, South Americana and Dennis Wilson's
Pacific Ocean Blues, Rainbows, River Song. All good water
music. Oh, and from Down Under, don't forget LRB's Cool Change, Seine City. I once was
fishing off Lizard Island and the
Great Barrier Reef and the mate of the
boat, said, "Let's put on some "Marlin Music and he cranked up a singer with a great voice & attitude, Jimmy Barnes, kinda the Australian version of Mellencamp, the Aussie said. He has some great stuff too.