Cedar Key Pirates

It's a bit late  posting, but here goes.  The Cedar Key Pirate Invasion
 was a grand time. to put it in the words of  Black Dog from treasure Island, "this here be a quiet cove" or at least until the pirates invaded.  Lots of  music and cannon fire throughout the weekend.  Friday night the pirates had dinner with the public, which I was unable to attend, but my crew-mate Dungeon Dan Blackheart
says it was a grand time. Saturday, was the main day, as I awoke to smell of the campfire, and soon breakfast. Biscuits and gravy along with the morning grog, Coffee, was soon divvied among the crew. The day then kicked off with a parade,where the pirates "pillaged" the town "running" through the streets singing and otherwise ranting and roaring. Then the treasure hunt begins. As legend has it, The dread Pirate John Laffite has buried treasure somewhere in Cedar Key, and guess who just happens to steal a treasure map from some drunken sailor? No not I, but The infamous Bloody Sam Rackham of  The Cursed Few
He gathers up his crew(which in this case is all the children in attendance)  and set out to find the treasure.  A hunt around the cove  and then treasure, divvied among the crew. Shortly thereafter a battle begins for it seems that Bloody Sam has struck good fortune again, but not for long. As he and his crew decide what to do with the treasure found upon the cove,  the Captain of The Scarlett Fortuna
had overseen the the taking of said map as mentioned earlier, and decided to claim to claim the riches for himself, recruited the local garrison, promising to "share the wealth" he then proceeds to confront Bloody Sam and a fight ensues. during the battle a third party who was also at the pub and saw everything, sneaks in from shore during the fight and as the first two crews  are firing lead and swinging cutlass, the treasure is being taken.  As James Hawk, the Fortuna's Captain, confronts the two rogue pirates, he gets an oar smashed against his head, by the boatman and the oarman (yours truly) runs off with the treasure, loads it in the longboat, to take back to the Mutineers ship, only to be double-crossed by the first Mate. Shot dead and left to die on the sands of Cedar Key.  With the making off with treasure the Mutineers won the day.  the Garrison tried shooting at them with a cannon but missed, and the second was way too short.  The rest of the day was spent listening to  The Bawdy Boys
and Tricorn
and so ended the Saturday hoorah, with a night fire performance  from Mcfly
Sunday was spent looking through the wares of the local vendors, and listening to the bands, just having a grand time being a pirate. It was a grand time to be had as anticipated, and I hope to it again next year!

 

Ahoy!  As Talk Like a Pirate Day soon approaches,The Cedar Key Pirate Festival  is also just about a week away. It will be an exciting time  for all pirates in the Florida area as it promises to be even better than last year. It will my first time attending,  so come introduce yourself  if you are there. As well as a Historical Pirate Encampment, there will also be  live  fighting action. It  promises  to be a Grand Time! So If your in the North Florida/Gainesville  area   stop by and see the action!!

Yo Ho, Pull Together Hoist the Colors High!!!  There be a new Radio Show for the Pirate at Heart!!  Arr yes the Scoundrels Inn opens it's doors every Wednesday at 9:00 PM Central and plays  the Music of the scallywags of the Sea!!  Musical Blades and Bilgepumps, which I have talked about before, as well as Tom Mason  Captain Dan, and many others.  So get yer Rum, or any other beverage you like,  get  in yer favorite Captain's Chair and turn on the Sea Shanties!! Scoundrel's inn website

Ahoy Shipmates!  it has been quite a spell since I have sailed these waters..  It's not like anyone reads this stuff anyway. I feel like maybe I should post now and again just for the heck of it.  nothing piratical as of late... but it is almost September.... which means Talk Like a Pirate Day!!! so get your grog ready for September 19th! read up on yer pirate knowledge as to impress the Ladies... or depress them whichever the case may be...  here be the link to get your Pirate on!!!Talk like a pirate day

Ahoy Mates and welcome to me hideaway. I have just recently dug up another treasure that had been buried under the rest of me cd arrs. This CD has been out a while as well as the one on the last review.

The Bilge Pumps, another great Pirate band, released their Bail Money CD back on September 19^th.

It's a great CD with a lot of traditional shanties, such as Strike the Bell, Santiano, and The Derelict. I have always liked their version of Johnny Jump UP and The Dark Lady, and on this album, they are still fantastic. Banana Boat Ride and Beggarman would have to be my new two favorite songs from this album. It is a fun CD in the traditional Bilge Pumps way, with a few “After Dark” songs on it, meaning put the youngster to bed before listening to certain songs. But then it wouldn't be piratey if didn't have at least one song “pushing the boundaries” It's a great CD for music collector or just someone who wants to hear different types of music now and again. You can go tohttp://thebilgepumps.com/music.cgi?action=display&album=bailmoney to get your copy today.

aye it has been a fortnight or two since  me deadlights  have wondered through these waters. Now I have repainted the ship er website, I will be havin to make a change or two here or there till I figure out if I likes wot I sees!! So far so good. now to get back to the pirateing  business.   a quick review of the Musical Blades CD Pieces of Eight Treasures of Old.  I liked what I heard of course, and would recommend it to any swashbuckling music fan. The version of The Derelict on this CD is probably the best I have heard simply because the music seems to fit the song more so than the song is piratey, as many many groups  have a version of this song, including Skip Henderson, which is one of my favorites and a more upbeat version. Getting back to The Blades,  Pieces of Eight had some of my favorite songs  including  Pirate Heaven, Johnny Home and a little newer version of Hollywood Pirate. Good stuff for the Pirate enthusiast. Treasures of old was a cd included that had  traditional
shanties and I fell in love with quite a few of them  including Fire Maringo, The Girls of Dublin town, Wild Colonial Boy, Byker Hill and Roll the Woodpile Down. Good Music for the drive to work, hanging around the house,  around the campfire or sailing the seas. Get your copy today!
http://www.musicalblades.com/