We've always had a soft spot for Characters, the larger-than-life folks who give us something to talk about.  Here we present a truly "characteristic" collection, good characters or bad, humerous or sad, witty or downright silly.

Andrew McKay and Carole Etherton

with

Andy Baker, Bridget Hayne, Chris Richardson, Ken Simpson and Joy Toole

 

Characters - Crane Drivin' Music CDMCD1002

  1
 Down in a Diving Bell
Trad arr. McKay/Etherton
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  2
 Scarecrow - sample
© Maria Cunningham - the straw man
  3
Walk Her Away
Dockside capstan shanty
  4
 Icy Acres
© Colin Wilkie - farewell to the north
  5
 Harriet Lane - sample
Actually an early tinned meat product

 

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  6
 Big Lil
Campaigner for safety on Hull trawlers
  7
 Shirley's Little Sunburnt Spot
© John 'Mitch' Mitchell - a sore point
  8
 Butterflies - sample
The end of the Swansea oyster fishery
  9
 Love Now Let Me Call Your Name
© Brian Ingram - a love song

10

A Smugglers' Song - sample
Rudyard Kipling - ponies at night
11
 Too High or Else Too Low
A tale of itinerant metal work - or not?
12
 Childe The Hunter
Dark deeds on Dartmoor
13
 Mary Baker - sample
Portsmouth New Hampshire, USA


14
 Laszlo Feher
East European song trans A L Lloyd
15
 May No More
Maggie May's side of the story
16
 Tomorrow Noon
Emigration to the New World
Songs © Andrew McKay & Carole Etherton except where otherwise marked