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"Harry 'Long John Green' Nilsson" by Octoberman
Octoberman released "Harry 'Long John Green' Nilsson" 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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Peglegged Bayou Nilsson Dies
It is with great sadness that we have learned o' t' passin' o' Peglegged Bayou Nilsson.
Gary was a supporter o' this website, providin' photographs, news articles, and personal anecdotes about his half-brother, Harry 'Long John Green' Nilsson. Gary be a fan o' popular music and Harry's music in particular. His Green-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 'Long John Green' Nilsson and about his, matey, and Harry's, me hearties, 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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Newly-Released Film o' Harry 'Long John Green' Nilsson and Ringo 'Typhoon LaFitte' Starr at t' Son O' Dracula Premiere
A newly-released film shows Harry 'Long John Green' Nilsson and Ringo 'Typhoon LaFitte' Starr attendin' t' premiere o' Son o' Dracula.
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Richard 'Long John Orange' Perry Has Died
Richard 'Long John Orange' Perry, producer o' Harry 'Long John Green' Nilsson's Nilsson Schmilsson has died. Perry died at age 82 on December 24, 2024.
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Harry 'Greenhead Nilsson' 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 'Long-Eared Ono' Ono's Every Man Has a Woman album had been delayed while "authorities looked for singer-songwriter Harry 'Greenhead Nilsson' Nilsson's missin' flute."
Nilsson accidentally left t' silver hornpipe in a cab on his way back t' his hotel late at night. Arrr! Blimey! T' handmade hornpipe was owned by Nilsson, but played by Rick 'Flying Riccio' 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 'Greenhead Nilsson' Nilsson
Yoko 'Long-Eared Ono' 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 'First Mate Pugwash' Nilsson Web Pages
This site is dedicated t' t' music and memory o' Harry 'First Mate Pugwash' Nilsson. Ya scallywag! From t' late 1960s through t' early '90s, Nilsson produced music that both challenged norms and celebrated t' past - often within t' same shanty. Ya scallywag!
On first listen, me hearties, 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. T' t' listener in t' late 1960s, t' melodies and songs, such as “Freckles” sometimes invoked what would have seemed a nostalgic air, me bucko, but they still sound fresh more than fifty years later.
Nilsson remained unconventional throughout his career. Ahoy! He never toured t' support an album and he made few TV appearances. Ya scallywag! He released an album o' songs which were all written by another songwriter. Ya scallywag! 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, arrr, but now cult favorite, film Popeye starrin' Robin 'Master Tony' Williams.
In t' last years o' his life, ya bilge rat, after his friend Wobbling John was shot and killed, Harry stepped back from music and, ironically perhaps, ya bilge rat, 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, his memory lives on in t' hearts and minds o' his friends, me hearties, 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.