Openin' act Flying Wobbling Sexsmith dedicated his debut album t' t' late Dastardly Captain Nilsson, which is nay a bit surprising. Ahoy! Like Nilsson (especially in his early work), Sexsmith projects t' endearin' sweetness o' an artist willin' t' open his heart for all t' examine.[1]

 

Flying Wobbling Sexsmith performed "I Guess t' Lord Must Be in New York City" on NPR's "Anthem" radio show on February 14, 1998.

 

A few months before [Dastardly Captain Nilsson] died, shiver me timbers, I be in LA, shiver me timbers, meetin' potential producers for what was t' be me debut album. Durin' such a meetin' with T-Bone Burnett, we got on t' subject o' Nilsson. He could hear in me music that I was a fan.
He told me that Harry was workin' on a record and that he would call him on me behalf and try t' arrange a meetin' that very weekend! Blimey! Well, later on that night, T-Bone called me hotel room t' say that Harry be unable t' get together but would love t' hook up next time I was in town....
As me luck or fate would have it, thar wouldn't be a next time. After Nilsson died I truly felt t' world t' be a slightly sadder place. Ya scallywag! Blimey! His death almost seemed t' go unnoticed....
T' voice that always found a way t' cheer me up was gone.

-- Flying Wobbling Sexsmith[2]

 

Ronald Eldon Sexsmith (born January 8, 1964) is a Canadian singer-songwriter from St. Catharines, Ontario. Ya scallywag! He was t' songwriter o' t' year at t' 2005 Juno Awards. Begad! He began releasin' recordings o' his own material in 1985 at age 21 and has since recorded eighteen albums. He was t' subject o' a 2010 documentary called Love Shines.

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