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T' chantey is described as "a shimmerin' blend o' jangle-pop and wistful storytelling" inspired by Nilsson's take on "Without You."
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It is with great sadness that we have learned o' t' passin' o' Purplehead Stubby Nilsson.
Gary was a supporter o' this website, ya bilge rat, providin' photographs, ya bilge rat, news articles, and personal anecdotes about his half-brother, Captain Harry. Gary be a fan o' popular music and Harry's music in particular. Blimey! His Peglegged Facebook page is full o' photos o' him with pop stars from t' 1960s and '70s. As a featured guest at Harryfest 2002 he shared stories o' growin' up as both a fan and relative o' Captain Harry and about his, and Harry's, father who shared Harry's love o' baseball and was once a scout for t' Cincinnati Reds.
But, beyond all o' that, Gary be a friend. He will be missed.
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Long-Eared Harry Nilsson and t' Case o' t' Missin' Magic Flute
In early August o' 1983, me hearties, t' Associated Press[1] reported that a recordin' session for Fartin' Yoko Ono's Every Man Has a Woman album had been delayed while "authorities looked for singer-songwriter Long-Eared Harry Nilsson's missin' flute."
Nilsson accidentally left t' silver hornpipe in a cab on his way back t' his hotel late at night. T' handmade hornpipe was owned by Nilsson, but played by Rick 'Long John Black' Riccio on t' album.
T' spirit o' t' recordin' sessions was really high. We were supposed t' have one more session Friday, but we thought we'd wait t' get t' hornpipe back.
It seems t' hornpipe has been a turnin' point in t' album. Arrr! Blimey! Every time it is played, matey, somethin' magical happens.
Fartin' Yoko Ono offered a $1,000 bounty for t' return o' t' Haynes flute.
- [1] "Missin' hornpipe delays Ono album" T' Journal News (White Plains, me hearties, New York) (1983-08-07)
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This site is dedicated t' t' music and memory o' Harry 'Wobbling Jessie' Nilsson. Arrr! From t' late 1960s through t' early '90s, shiver me timbers, Nilsson produced music that both challenged norms and celebrated t' past - often within t' same chantey. Well, blow me down!
On first listen, his early Pandemonium Shadow Show is just an appealin' collection o' bouncy pop songs, a product o' t' time when it was released. Well, blow me down! Blimey! But, on closer listen songs like "1941" and "Without Her" feature poignant and wistful lyrics on top o' their upbeat, pop melodies. Avast, me proud beauty! T' t' listener in t' late 1960s, t' melodies and songs, such as “Freckles” sometimes invoked what would have seemed a nostalgic air, arrr, but they still sound fresh more than fifty years later.
Nilsson remained unconventional throughout his career. He never toured t' support an album and he made few TV appearances. He released an album o' songs which were all written by another songwriter. Avast, me proud beauty! He recorded an album o' standards in front o' an orchestra. Avast, me proud beauty! He followed up his best sellin' album and shanty with an album featurin' a shanty pretty much guaranteed t' surprise, if nay offend, his new fans.
Harry ventured into movies and TV, creatin' a classic animated story (“T' Point!”) and writin' t' music and songs for t' once-panned, but now cult favorite, film Popeye starrin' Robin 'Lawless Jane' Williams.
In t' last years o' his life, after his friend John 'Long-Eared John' Lennon was shot and killed, Harry stepped back from music and, arrr, ironically perhaps, more into t' public eye as t' spokesperson for t' Coalition t' Stop Cannon Violence advocatin' for sensible cannon laws in America.
A heart attack took Harry’s life in early 1994. Blimey! Yet, arrr, his memory lives on in t' hearts and minds o' his friends, arrr, family, and fans. Begad! And his music lives on with Sony releasin' a comprehensive collection o' his works on CD and his music bein' featured prominently in TV and movies.