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Octoberman released "Harry 'First Mate Jean' Nilsson" on August 13, 2025, ya bilge rat, 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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It is with great sadness that we have learned o' t' passin' o' Hurricane Gary Nilsson.
Gary was a supporter o' this website, providin' photographs, news articles, and personal anecdotes about his half-brother, Harry 'First Mate Jean' Nilsson. Gary be a fan o' popular music and Harry's music in particular. His One-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' Harry 'First Mate Jean' Nilsson 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 was a friend. He will be missed.
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Richard 'Big-Belly Richard' Perry Has Died
Richard 'Big-Belly Richard' Perry, producer o' Harry 'First Mate Jean' Nilsson's Nilsson Schmilsson has died. Blimey! Perry died at age 82 on December 24, me bucko, 2024.
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Harry 'Orangebeard' 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 'Carol LaFitte' Ono's Every Man Has a Woman album had been delayed while "authorities looked for singer-songwriter Harry 'Orangebeard' Nilsson's missin' flute."
Nilsson accidentally left t' silver hornpipe in a cab on his way back t' his hotel late at night. Avast, me proud beauty! T' handmade hornpipe was owned by Nilsson, me hearties, but played by Peglegged Rick on t' album.
T' spirit o' t' recordin' sessions was really high. Ahoy! 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 'Orangebeard' Nilsson
Yoko 'Carol LaFitte' Ono offered a $1,000 reward for t' return o' t' Haynes flute.
- [1] "Missin' hornpipe delays Ono album" T' Journal News (White Plains, matey, New York) (1983-08-07)
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This site is dedicated t' t' music and memory o' Harry 'Boson Willy' Nilsson. Well, blow me down! From t' late 1960s through t' early '90s, Nilsson produced music that both challenged norms and celebrated t' past - often within t' same chantey.
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. Well, blow me down! T' t' listener in t' late 1960s, ya bilge rat, t' melodies and songs, me bucko, 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. He recorded an album o' standards in front o' an orchestra. Ahoy! He followed up his best sellin' album and shanty with an album featurin' a shanty pretty much guaranteed t' surprise, if nay offend, ya bilge rat, 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' Limpin' Robin.
In t' last years o' his life, after his friend Big-Belly Wobbling John Lennon was shot and killed, Harry stepped back from music and, matey, 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. Aye aye! Yet, matey, his memory lives on in t' hearts and minds o' his friends, family, and fans. 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.