The Shanty Man Cometh!!!

    A. This month I just had to tip my hat to one of my favorite musicians on Maui.  My pseudo "Grandpa"  The shanty man himself; Trevor Jones.  I just got home from happy hour at Maui Brews where Trevor was busy entertaining his "Asshole Club", a crowd of loyal fans who've been coming to see him perform for the last 17 years.  Where do I even start to begin to describe Trevor? The only musician on this island with a dirtier song list than me?  Somehow it just doesn't do him justice.  I'll put Trevor in his own words...
  Trevor Jones:  Born in Wales, raised in Holyhead, the main port from Wales to Ireland.  Working on ships since the age of 13, from the Irish sea to the coast of Africa during the Biafran War.  Along the way learning the songs of the sea when "Shantys" weren't cool.  "I learned from the best, Stan Hugill, he taught me that sea songs evolved and  there are many versions of the same song.  There are too many land lubbers who profess to be experts, but the old salts laugh at them and know that there are really no shanty men anymore" ...But thanks for the memories!
     I guarantee you don't own a cd like this.  This cd is a collection of 17 of Trevor's favorite sea shanties.  If you've ever been to sea or just sat by the water in an old fishing town, smelling the salt air and dreaming of pirates and tall ships, then you'll love listening as Trevor takes you back a couple hundred years to places we can only dream about today!  If you'd like a copy of your own just click on the cd cover above or right here and follow the directions.
     In the meantime I'm trying to talk Trevor into putting together volume 1 of his world famous dirty limericks.  (Give me a little time I'm working on it).  Drop me line if you'd like to see Trevor Jones perform and I'll tell you where and when!