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Conference mr1pst::music

Title:MUSIC V4
Notice:New Noters please read Note 1.*, Mod = someone else
Moderator:KDX200::COOPER
Created:Wed Oct 09 1991
Last Modified:Tue Mar 12 1996
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:762
Total number of notes:18706

396.0. "Nantuckett Song ????" by TROOPR::DALESSANDRO (David' - SHR3 - 237-6604) Tue Apr 06 1993 20:25

I need a song about Nantuckett Island, does anybody know if one was ever written
I would like it to be a soft slow song, no hard rock.

Any suggestions of song title and singer would be greatly appreciated.

Please send any info to TROOPR::DALESSANDRO

Thanks in advance.

David'
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396.1"Nantuckett Sheighride" by MountainSUBSYS::GODINWed Apr 07 1993 13:038
    There's "Nantuckett Sheighride" by Mountain. It's about a whaler & his
    family. This is about as soft & slow as Leslie West ever got. It
    doesn't really say much about Nantuckett Island though. In fact a
    "Nantuckett Sheighride" is a euphemism for being dragged around in a
    ship by a harpooned whale. The song does sound nice & it was always one
    of my favorites. FYI, I have it on vinyl.
    Paul
      
396.2A group, maybe ?NWD002::TUTAK_PENJ: Landfill of OpportunityFri Apr 09 1993 15:355
    
    There used to be a group called 'Nantucket' who I think recorded for
    Columbia in the late 70s, if that helps...
    
    Peter
396.3NantuckettSPESHR::WAIBLEFri Apr 23 1993 19:5312
    I'd go into some old song books, especially if you can find one that is
    a collection of sea chanties and see if you can find a sea chantie
    about nantuckett. there's  a poem by John masefield the first line of
    which ( and possibly the title) is "i must go down to the seas again".
    There is also a beautiful song composed to the text of the poem but i
    dont know who wrote. It wasnt a pop or folk tune. It was more of a
    "serious" piece but it falls into the category of a 4 minute tune which
    would fit nicely in any setting. Also check a Judy Collins song
    book....she does a lot of nice pieces and you might find a nantuckett
    reference there.
    
    but I dont know who composed it