8th January 2012 – Port Isaac’s Fishermen’s Friends
Port Isaac
Happy New Year to all. May 2012 bring you some satisfying challenges and lots of contentment.
Port Isaac’s Fishermen’s Friends have recently shot to fame with an album deal and being featured in the Young’s advert for breaded cod as well as a spot on BBC1′s Breakfast shortly before they performed on the main stage at Glastonbury last year!
I remember seeing them sing on ‘The Platt’ in front of the harbour of the tiny North Cornwall fishing village of Port Isaac (also famous as the setting for Doc Martin) many years ago as they still regularly do. And yes, those cars really are parked on the beach – there’s a blackboard with the time you need to get off before high tide – but every year some tourists ignore it and have to have their cars rescued from the sea!!.
This clip gives a good background to the Port Isaac’s Fishermen’s Friends.
Removes will be studying Folk Songs this year, including The Drunken Sailor. I thought this was an excellent opportunity to hear how real fishermen sing this sea shanty. The drones are a classic folk music accompaniment.
