Sailing Adventures?

The title here includes Sailing Adventures but I haven't posted much about sailing lately, so here goes.

Last year, we cruised on our Catalina 42 sloop back to the Bahamas for the 8th time (I think), and spent much of the winter in George Town, Exuma. George Town is a great place to hang out on land or on the water so there are lots of visitors there. One of the events that occurs annually is the Bahamian Music and Heritage Festival. It is a three day celebration of things Bahamian and includes live music on an outdoor stage every evening. Numerous Bahamian recording artists fly in from other islands to perform. Bahamian music sounds very Caribbean but is different from Reggae or Calypso or other well known island music. It features a strong rhythmic bass line, lots of percussion, and usually a personable frontman singing risque lyrics......a formula for fun and dancing.

The visiting boat people usually have a number of musicians in their midst and for the last three or four years have quickly put a band together to join in and show support for the event. In 2008, I was a member of the band which we called Folks on Boats. Our performance was well received. So here is a YouTube clip of our dress rehearsal - a song I wrote for the occasion called Eddie's Edgewater - a local watering hole that features Rake'n Scrape music. We rehearsed on board a catamaran called Freebird and the dress rehearsal took place anchored in the harbor with about 100 dinghies gathered around to hear us.....very cool.