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Update #5: Has the voyage come to a close? Not by a longshot!
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Posted on December 10, 2009
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Update #4: Update from the wheelhouse
A new backer, a new month, a new course! Welcome aboard, Karen ,and thanks for your support! The new compass course is east by south, 1/4 south. Watch the wreck of the coal barge off to starboard. Thanks to all for hanging in!
Update #3: Message from the wheelhouse
Jim just edited our band video to include some narration of the project's origins and goals. Check it out! The voyage is going smoothly, with a very generous pledge coming in today. Until the next installment, change course to due East and hold that until you cross the 55 fathom edge.
Update #2: Update from the wheelhouse
Thanks to some very generous folks, the LRB project is well on its way. Stay tuned for some new video shot on the Newburyport, Mass waterfront. Until then, the compass course is...north by east, 1/4 east.
Update #1: Bound!
The Leeward Rail Band project just shoved off and is "bound"! (leaving the harbor!)
7
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$690
pledged of $4,500 goal
0
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Funding Unsuccessful
This project reached the deadline without achieving its funding goal on December 10, 2009.
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Authentic crew certificate pdf file e-mailed to you. (Print it, frame it, then tell your own harrowing sea stories, preferably with a parrot perched on your shoulder.)
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Crew certificate as above PLUS an original exclusive track, (not on the CD), e-mailed to you.
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Crew certificate, original exclusive track, PLUS a Leeward Rail Band mug.
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Crew certificate, mug, PLUS TWO original exclusive tracks.
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Crew cert., mug, two tracks, PLUS the new Leeward Rail Band CD.
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Crew cert., two tracks, mug, CD, PLUS a copy of Kev's book, signed!
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Growing up on the North Shore of Massachusetts, there were only two ways to go.....clam digging or petty thievery. Digging clams as a kid led me to bigger boats, different fisheries, a couple of marine science degrees, 23 years as owner/captain of two boats. I've worn out a few pairs of boots, I guess. Now I build skiffs, work in marine construction, and write about and sing about the rich maritime heritage we have off our shores.
In 2007, I published my first novel, "The Freedom Plant, a Novel of New England Fishermen". This book about our glory days as fishermen was unique in that it had its own soundtrack. I included seven nautical folk songs from the late, very great, musician Stan Rogers. My two multi-talented musical partners, Keith Allen and Jim Somers, shared my vision that these songs be performed in a band setting, and the Leeward Rail Band was formed. In our concerts, we sing the "book songs", our own original compositions, and add in some favorites. The music always has a strong tie to the water and those who "see his wonders in the deep".
The Leeward Rail Band. "Nautical, but not your father's folk music."
