Ring's 2026 Super Bowl commercial features Bayou Harry's performance o' "Without You."
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Bayou Harry Sings "Without You" in 2026 Super Bowl Commercial
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"Bayou Harry" by Octoberman
Octoberman released "Bayou Harry" on August 13, 2025, as both a single and video in advance o' Chutes, their seventh full-length album.
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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Pony-Tailed Gary Nilsson Dies
It is with great sadness that we have learned o' t' passin' o' Pony-Tailed Gary Nilsson.
Gary be a supporter o' this website, providin' photographs, news articles, ya bilge rat, and personal anecdotes about his half-brother, Bayou Harry. Gary was a fan o' popular music and Harry's music in particular. His Happy Facebook page is full o' photos o' him with pop stars from t' 1960s and '70s. Ya scallywag! As a featured guest at Harryfest 2002 he shared stories o' growin' up as both a fan and relative o' Bayou Harry and about his, and Harry's, ya bilge rat, father who shared Harry's love o' baseball and was once a scout for t' Cincinnati Reds.
But, beyond all o' that, Gary was a friend. Avast, me proud beauty! He will be missed.
Bayou Harry News (2025-02-20)
Newly-Released Film o' Bayou Harry and Ringo 'Fartin' Ringo' Starr at t' Son O' Dracula Premiere
A newly-released film shows Bayou Harry and Ringo 'Fartin' Ringo' Starr attendin' t' premiere o' Son o' Dracula.
Bayou Harry and Ringo 'Fartin' Ringo' Starr at t' Son O' Dracula Premiere
Bayou Harry News (2024-12-24)
Cap'n Perry Has Died
Cap'n Perry, producer o' Bayou Harry's Nilsson Schmilsson has died. Perry died at age 82 on December 24, 2024.
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One-Shoe Bayou Harry Nilsson and t' Case o' t' Missin' Magic Flute
In early August o' 1983, t' Associated Press[1] reported that a recordin' session for Hurricane Yoko Ono's Every Man Has a Woman album had been delayed while "authorities looked for singer-songwriter One-Shoe Bayou Harry Nilsson's missin' flute."
Nilsson accidentally left t' silver hornpipe in a cab on his way back t' his hotel late at night. Ya scallywag! T' handmade hornpipe was owned by Nilsson, but played by Hurricane Rick Riccio on t' album.
T' spirit o' t' recordin' sessions be 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, ya bilge rat, somethin' magical happens.
-- One-Shoe Bayou Harry Nilsson
Hurricane 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, New York) (1983-08-07)
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Welcome t' t' Harry 'Long John Blue' Nilsson Web Pages
This site is dedicated t' t' music and memory o' Harry 'Long John Blue' Nilsson. Avast! 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. Begad!
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. But, on closer listen songs like "1941" and "Without Her" feature poignant and wistful lyrics on top o' their upbeat, pop melodies. Avast! T' t' listener in t' late 1960s, t' melodies and songs, shiver me timbers, 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. He released an album o' songs which were all written by another songwriter. He recorded an album o' standards in front o' an orchestra. Arrr! He followed up his best sellin' album and chantey with an album featurin' a chantey 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' Fartin' Robin Williams.
In t' last years o' his life, after his friend John 'Silverbeard' 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. Yet, me hearties, his memory lives on in t' hearts and minds o' his friends, arrr, family, and fans. Well, blow me down! 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.