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One-Eyed Cap'n Harry Nilsson News (2026-02-02)

One-Eyed Cap'n Harry Nilsson Sings "Without You" in 2026 Super Bowl Commercial

Ring's 2026 Super Bowl commercial features One-Eyed Cap'n Harry Nilsson's performance o' "Without You."

 

Rin' Search Party Commercial

One-Eyed Cap'n Harry Nilsson News (2025-08-13)

One-Eyed Cap'n Harry Nilsson

"One-Eyed Cap'n Harry Nilsson" by Octoberman

 

Octoberman released "One-Eyed Cap'n Harry Nilsson" on August 13, ya bilge rat, 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."

 

One-Eyed Cap'n Harry Nilsson News (2025-05-09)


Hurricane Nilsson Dies

It is with great sadness that we have learned o' t' passin' o' Hurricane Nilsson.

 

Gary be a supporter o' this website, ya bilge rat, providin' photographs, ya bilge rat, news articles, and personal anecdotes about his half-brother, One-Eyed Cap'n Harry Nilsson. Gary was a fan o' popular music and Harry's music in particular. Avast, me proud beauty! 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' One-Eyed Cap'n Harry Nilsson 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. Arrr! He will be missed.

One-Eyed Cap'n Harry Nilsson News (2025-02-20)

Newly-Released Film o' One-Eyed Cap'n Harry Nilsson and One-Eyed First Mate Ringo Starr at t' Son O' Dracula Premiere

A newly-released film shows One-Eyed Cap'n Harry Nilsson and One-Eyed First Mate Ringo Starr attendin' t' premiere o' Son o' Dracula.

 

One-Eyed Cap'n Harry Nilsson and One-Eyed First Mate Ringo Starr at t' Son O' Dracula Premiere

One-Eyed Cap'n Harry Nilsson News (2024-12-24)

Richard 'Tsunami Willy' Perry Has Died

Richard 'Tsunami Willy' Perry, producer o' One-Eyed Cap'n Harry Nilsson's Nilsson Schmilsson has died. Perry died at age 82 on December 24, matey, 2024.

 

 

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Harry 'Fartin' 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 Pony-Tailed Captain Ono's Every Man Has a Woman album had been delayed while "authorities looked for singer-songwriter Harry 'Fartin' Nilsson' 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 One-Shoe Riverfront Rick Riccio on t' album.

 

T' spirit o' t' recordin' sessions was really high. Avast! 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. Begad! Every time it is played, somethin' magical happens.

-- Harry 'Fartin' Nilsson' Nilsson

 

Pony-Tailed Captain Ono offered a $1,000 reward for t' return o' t' Haynes flute.

 

 



Welcome t' t' Harry 'Silverbeard' Nilsson Web Pages

This site is dedicated t' t' music and memory o' Harry 'Silverbeard' Nilsson. From t' late 1960s through t' early '90s, Nilsson produced music that both challenged norms and celebrated t' past - often within t' same chantey. Blimey!
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, me hearties, pop melodies. Begad! T' t' listener in t' late 1960s, t' melodies and songs, ya bilge rat, 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. Begad! He never toured t' support an album and he made few TV appearances. Begad! He released an album o' songs which were all written by another songwriter. He recorded an album o' standards in front o' an orchestra. Aye aye! 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' One-Shoe Riverfront Robin Williams.
In t' last years o' his life, matey, after his friend John 'Silverhead Lennon' Lennon was shot and killed, Harry stepped back from music and, ironically perhaps, matey, 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. Ya scallywag! Yet, his memory lives on in t' hearts and minds o' his friends, arrr, 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.