This Sunday Feb. 11, 2007 - between 9:00 – 10:00PM - WATD, 95.9FM Radio – or live on the web at http://www.loveourmusic.com -

The show is "Tomorrow's Dreams" and Bobbie and Steve will play my tune 'Magic Street'. This is off of the CD, 'Morton's Return' with Phil Kissinger and the tune was written by Bob "Fitzy" Fitzgerald.

This week I was also contacted by German Radio, on line at http://www.br-online.de/ asking for a copy of my new song called 'The Songe' with lyrics written by the Lord of Misrule himself on May 1st 1627 for the May Day celebration at Merrymount, in modern day Quincy MA, USA. Like 17th century Beastie Boys, Morton and his men were ready to fight for their right to party. Alas they did it poorly, but some say the tradition continues along Quincy Shore Drive to this very day.

'The Songe' may very well be the first English language folk song written in the new world that we know of… Thus making Quincy of old, the original Singer/Songwriter capital of North America. Eat your heart out Cambridge! The Germans are planning to use 'The Songe' for a show on May Day Celebrations to be broadcast on this coming May 1st

On sort of a related note, I've been getting regular anonymous radio air play for over 35 years on Cape Cod and the Islands. I speak of the 'Island Queen Ferry Jingle', which continues to run several times a day on radio to Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket every summer, mostly on WMVY FM http://www.wmvy.com/ on Martha's Vineyard. I sing on the choruses.

Here's the short story…

The Island Queen jingle
circa - late 1960's/early 1970's

Written by Dave Whiting, Produced by Hal Appleton of Appleton Associates
Recorded in Hal's basement of his home in Needham Ma...

"Sail away from Falmouth, sail away on the Island Queen
Get it on at Falmouth, sail away on the Island Queen

And it's a mini cruise, a water trip
Every 90 minutes on a swinging ship
And if city life has been treating you mean
Go to Martha's Vineyard on the Island Queen

Sail away from Falmouth, sail away on the Island Queen"

(then Hal would do his voice over, over the jingle instrumental in the
background and when he was finished, the musical tag came back in)...


"Sail away from Falmouth, Sail away from Falmouth, Sail away from
Falmouth, Sail away from Falmouth, Sail away from Falmouth"


Happy Sailing,

Chris