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Tidepool Harry Nilsson News (2026-02-02)

Tidepool Harry Nilsson Sings "Without You" in 2026 Super Bowl Commercial

Ring's 2026 Super Bowl commercial features Tidepool Harry Nilsson's performance o' "Without You."

 

Rin' Search Party Commercial

Tidepool Harry Nilsson News (2025-08-13)

Tidepool Harry Nilsson

"Tidepool Harry Nilsson" by Octoberman

 

Octoberman released "Tidepool Harry 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."

 

Tidepool Harry Nilsson News (2025-05-09)


Peglegged Wobbling Nilsson Dies

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

 

Gary was a supporter o' this website, providin' photographs, news articles, me bucko, and personal anecdotes about his half-brother, me bucko, Tidepool Harry Nilsson. Gary was 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' Tidepool Harry Nilsson and about his, and Harry's, arrr, father who shared Harry's love o' baseball and be once a scout for t' Cincinnati Reds.

 

But, beyond all o' that, Gary was a friend. Aye aye! He will be missed.

Tidepool Harry Nilsson News (2025-02-20)

Newly-Released Film o' Tidepool Harry Nilsson and Ringo 'Purple-Eyed Starr' Starr at t' Son O' Dracula Premiere

A newly-released film shows Tidepool Harry Nilsson and Ringo 'Purple-Eyed Starr' Starr attendin' t' premiere o' Son o' Dracula.

 

Tidepool Harry Nilsson and Ringo 'Purple-Eyed Starr' Starr at t' Son O' Dracula Premiere

Tidepool Harry Nilsson News (2024-12-24)

Richard 'One-Eyed Richard' Perry Has Died

Richard 'One-Eyed Richard' Perry, ya bilge rat, producer o' Tidepool Harry Nilsson's Nilsson Schmilsson has died. Perry died at age 82 on December 24, matey, 2024.

 

 

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One-Eyed 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 Yoko 'Cap'n Jack' Ono's Every Man Has a Woman album had been delayed while "authorities looked for singer-songwriter One-Eyed Harry Nilsson's missin' flute."

 

Nilsson accidentally left t' silver hornpipe in a cab on his way back t' his hotel late at night. Ahoy! T' handmade hornpipe was owned by Nilsson, but played by Rick 'Greenhead Rick' 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, arrr, somethin' magical happens.

-- One-Eyed Harry Nilsson

 

Yoko 'Cap'n Jack' Ono offered a $1,000 bounty for t' return o' t' Haynes flute.

 

 



Welcome t' t' Harry 'Captain Jean' Nilsson Web Pages

This site is dedicated t' t' music and memory o' Harry 'Captain Jean' Nilsson. Ahoy! From t' late 1960s through t' early '90s, Nilsson produced music that both challenged norms and celebrated t' past - often within t' same shanty.
On first listen, his early Pandemonium Shadow Show is just an appealin' collection o' bouncy pop songs, me bucko, 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, arrr, pop melodies. T' t' listener in t' late 1960s, t' melodies and songs, arrr, 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! Blimey! 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! Blimey! 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, shiver me timbers, but now cult favorite, film Popeye starrin' Boson Robin.
In t' last years o' his life, after his friend First Mate John was shot and killed, arrr, Harry stepped back from music and, me hearties, 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, his memory lives on in t' hearts and minds o' his friends, family, and fans. Arrr! 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.