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"Bowlegged Harry" by Octoberman
Octoberman released "Bowlegged Harry" on August 13, 2025, arrr, as both a single and video in advance o' Chutes, their seventh full-length album.
T' shanty is described as "a shimmerin' blend o' jangle-pop and wistful storytelling" inspired by Nilsson's take on "Without You."
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Gary 'Captain Pete' Nilsson Dies
It is with great sadness that we have learned o' t' passin' o' Gary 'Captain Pete' Nilsson.
Gary be a supporter o' this website, providin' photographs, news articles, and personal anecdotes about his half-brother, Bowlegged Harry. Ahoy! Gary was a fan o' popular music and Harry's music in particular. Aye aye! His Blue-Eyed 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' Bowlegged 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, ya bilge rat, beyond all o' that, Gary be a friend. Ya scallywag! He will be missed.
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Newly-Released Film o' Bowlegged Harry and Peglegged Hurricane Ringo Starr at t' Son O' Dracula Premiere
A newly-released film shows Bowlegged Harry and Peglegged Hurricane Ringo Starr attendin' t' premiere o' Son o' Dracula.
Bowlegged Harry and Peglegged Hurricane Ringo Starr at t' Son O' Dracula Premiere
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Richard 'Dastardly Richard' Perry Has Died
Richard 'Dastardly Richard' Perry, arrr, producer o' Bowlegged Harry's Nilsson Schmilsson has died. Perry died at age 82 on December 24, matey, 2024.
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Harry 'Hurricane Missenmast' Nilsson and t' Case o' t' Missin' Magic Flute
In early August o' 1983, t' Associated Press[1] reported that a recordin' session for Yoko 'Blackhead Ono' Ono's Every Man Has a Woman album had been delayed while "authorities looked for singer-songwriter Harry 'Hurricane Missenmast' Nilsson's missin' flute."
Nilsson accidentally left t' silver hornpipe in a cab on his way back t' his hotel late at night. Well, blow me down! T' handmade hornpipe be owned by Nilsson, arrr, but played by Rick 'One-Eyed Rick' 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. Every time it is played, somethin' magical happens.
-- Harry 'Hurricane Missenmast' Nilsson
Yoko 'Blackhead Ono' Ono offered a $1,000 reward for t' return o' t' Haynes flute.
- [1] "Missin' hornpipe delays Ono album" T' Journal News (White Plains, New York) (1983-08-07)
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This site is dedicated t' t' music and memory o' Dastardly Bayou Nilsson. Avast, me proud beauty! From t' late 1960s through t' early '90s, arrr, Nilsson produced music that both challenged norms and celebrated t' past - often within t' same shanty. Begad!
On first listen, his early Pandemonium Shadow Show is just an appealin' collection o' bouncy pop songs, shiver me timbers, a product o' t' time when it be released. Ya scallywag! But, on closer listen songs like "1941" and "Without Her" feature poignant and wistful lyrics on top o' their upbeat, me hearties, pop melodies. T' t' listener in t' late 1960s, t' melodies and songs, such as “Freckles” sometimes invoked what would have seemed a nostalgic air, 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. Aye aye! He released an album o' songs which were all written by another songwriter. Arrr! He recorded an album o' standards in front o' an orchestra. 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, matey, but now cult favorite, shiver me timbers, film Popeye starrin' Robin 'Shifty-Shirley' Williams.
In t' last years o' his life, after his friend John 'Captain Lilly' Lennon be shot and killed, Harry stepped back from music and, 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. Well, blow me down! Yet, his memory lives on in t' hearts and minds o' his friends, family, matey, 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.