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Yarrr! Pirates Come in Many Forms for Hal Willner

April 1, 2013 by: John Swenson

What is it about singing drunken pirate songs that holds such universal appeal for rock musicians? National Lampoon’s Goodbye Pop album did a hilarious job of spoofing this genre, thank you Paul Shaffer. Nearly 40 years later there’s more than a little ironic distance at the table in this second volume of producer Hal Willner’s sea shanties, Son of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs and Chanteys. The project would never have existed wi...

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