Townley,John Chesapeake Sailors Companion CD

Folk singer Towney presents a variety of tunes including favorites composed during the reigns of Elizabeth & James I, when tobacco was king, to Tin Pan Alley numbers of the early 20th Century, when hydraulics began to replace muscle, and more. Like this nation, the songs began an ocean away from England to Africa, and are transformed by commerce, technology & social change into something uniquely American. Townley is joined by the Press Gang, a group of friends & fellow musicians, including Anne Waple, Blanton Bradley & champion Scottish fiddler John Turner.

1. We Be Three Poor Mariners 2. Tobacco Is Like Love 3. To Portsmouth 4. While Up the Shrouds 5. Saturday Night at Sea 6. Tom Bowling 7. The Jamestown Homeward Bound 8. Norfolk Girls 9. Running Down to Cuba 10. The Old Virginia Lowlands 11. Bound for Baltimore 12. The Titanic 13. Roseanna 14. See You When the Sun Go Down 15. Sailing Down the Chesapeake Bay 16. Mail Day