Back when I went to the Alaska Folk Festival, a real highlight was catching The Strongbacks do their version of sea shanties live on the main stage. I remember a real tear-jerker protest shanty that I’d love to hear again.
As fate would have it, I also went to Zig Zag campout this year and met a fella named Evan who was an excellent clawhammer player from Astoria, Oregon. I didn’t realize until the last night at the community showcase concert that Evan as *in* The Strongbacks. He plugged that they have a new album coming out at the end of his performance at that show and… now it’s out!
It’s on all the stuff (ughgk) but perhaps easiest right here is a YouTube “topic” for the whole album. I really like this one:
I haven’t listened to the whole thing yet. Hopefully it’s got that protest one in it, but if not, it’ll live in my brain.
