I’ve always been rather keen on a good sea shanty by a group of strong male singers, and I found an American 5-man a capella group from Minnesota called Home Free. They apparently tour the USA performing up to 200 concerts a year, and here they are at one of these concerts with a sea shanty medley.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Love a good sea shanty too, but these guys have a much larger hairstylist and wardrobe budget than many sailors 
Switchcraft
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Mar 11, 2024
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…plus they can stay on dry land!
I love it. Been part of my life ever since Drunken Sailor.
rogerbenham
Level 8
Mar 11, 2024
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Unlike other genres, in sea shanty, you can hear the regional accents of singers. Funny that.
Ryo1
Level 8
Mar 11, 2024
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True!
They are fabulous!! It's so nice that you find these groups and share them with all of us Marje. Thank you for posting this one. I really enjoyed it.
Redheadedgammy
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Mar 11, 2024
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Glad you enjoyed…
Superb crowd. Thanks for this Marje. It's a delight to learn that these wonderful working songs are having some resurgence. Hopefully a reasonable proportion of the audiences will extend themselves to listen & learn the full songs not just these 5 second sound bites.But perhaps I'm being oprimistic & too hopeful that the human brain is still capable of concentrating that long.
FrayedBear
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Mar 11, 2024
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I think they were just doing a shortened concert medley of shanties that they usually sing in full…I’m sure their fan base know that and enjoy them all in full too…
Ryo1:
Actually, there is some truth in that. I read or heard somewhere that long intros are not appreciated nowadays; apparently, listeners in general don't have enough patience.
@Ryo1 Very sad & IMO stupid. The introduction is often where you learn vital information to enable comprehensive understanding of the content of the lyrics.
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