Rogue’s Gallery & Sun of Rogue’s Gallery è una poderosa compilation di canzoni marinaresche, voluta dal produttore Hal Willner, e distribuita in due doppi Cd (2006 e 2013)
Pirati dei Caraibi, serie al cinema
Sulla scia del film “Pirati dei caraibi” il produttore Hal Willner (con Gore Verbinski e Johnny Depp) diede alle stampe una prima compilation (Rogue’s Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs and Chanteys) dedicata alle canzoni tradizionali ispirate alla vita della pirateria e della marineria in genere (2006). Il bis è arrivato nel 2013 con un altro doppio Cd (Son of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys)
Una galleria di brutti ceffi
Anche le grandi star del rock si sono lasciate trascinare dall’idea di comparire in una “galleria di brutti ceffi” (“Rogue’s Gallery” è lo schedario fotografico dei criminali), in compagnia di grandi interpreti folk, blues, jazz, e chi ne ha più ne metta, per interpretare i canti dei pirati con la propria sensibilità e il relativo background musicale.
Rogue’s Gallery & Sun of Rogues
Il progetto coordinato da Hal Willner è iniziato con una lunga ricerca dei testi e delle melodie negli archivi storici e nel web e si è concretizzato in una serie di intense “session” a Seattle, Los Angeles, Londra, Dublino e New York. Il materiale registrato è bastato per quattro cd pubblicati (in formato doppio) a sei anni di distanza l’uno dall’altro.
Verbinski
Il regista Gore Verbinski usa metafore marine per descrivere l’esperienza.
«L´oceano. È un grande blu che riempie due terzi del pianeta. Il rapporto dell´essere umano con questo abisso crea un´interessante prospettiva. Credo che i navigatori del tempo stessero danzando con la morte, e queste sono le loro canzoni. Risuonano nella gente a qualche livello interiore che non è evidente immediatamente, perché non è nella nostra memoria, è nel nostro sangue. È quello che ci fa sentire così soli».
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Rogue’s Gallery & Sun of Rogue’s Gallery is a powerful compilation of seafaring songs, wanted by the producer Hal Willner, and distributed in two double CDs (2006 and 2013)
Pirates of the Caribbean movies
In the wake of the movie “Pirates of the Caribbean” the producer Hal Willner (with Gore Verbinski and Johnny Depp) gave the prints a first compilation, Rogue’s Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs and Chanteys, dedicated to traditional songs inspired by the life of piracy and marine in general (2006). The encore arrived in 2013 with another double CD (Son of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys)
Rogue’s Gallery
Even the big rock stars have been carried away by the idea of appearing in a gallery of ugly guys (“Rogue’s Gallery” are the criminal photo files), in the company of great folk, blues, jazz musicians, to interpret pirate songs with their own sensitivity and musical background.
Rogue’s Gallery & Sun of Rogues
The project coordinated by Hal Willner began with a long research of texts and melodies in the historical archives and on the web and it has been realized in a series of high “sessions” in Seattle, Los Angeles, London, Dublin and New York. The recorded material was sufficient for four published CDs (in double format) six years later.
Verbinski
Director Gore Verbinski uses marine metaphors to describe the experience. “The ocean. It’s all about the vast blue that engulfs two thirds of the planet. The human being cast against that abyss creates an interesting bit of perspective. I think the sailors of the time were dancing with death, and these were their tunes. They resonate with people on some internal level that is not immediately obvious because it’s not in our memory, it’s in our blood. It operates on a cellular level. It’s what makes us feel so alone.”
Rogue’s Gallery: PIRATE BALLADS, SEA SONGS AND CHANTEYS -2006 – Anti-Records
Disc 1:
“Cape Cod Girls” – Baby Gramps
“Mingulay Boat Song” – Richard Thompson
“My Son John” – John C. Reilly
“Fire Down Below” – Nick Cave
“Turkish Revelry” – Loudon Wainwright III
“Bully in the Alley” – Three Pruned Men (The Virgin Prunes)
“The Cruel Ship’s Captain” – Bryan Ferry
“Dead Horse” – Robin Holcomb
“Spanish Ladies” – Bill Frisell
“Coast of High Barbary” – Joseph Arthur
“Haul Away Joe” – Mark Anthony Thompson
“Dan Dan” – David Thomas
“Blood Red Roses” – Sting
“Sally Brown” – Teddy Thompson
“Lowlands Away” – Rufus Wainwright & Kate McGarrigle
“Baltimore Whores” – Gavin Friday
“Rolling Sea” – Eliza Carthy
“The Mermaid” – Martin Carthy & The UK Group
“Haul on the Bowline” – Bob Neuwirth
“A Dying Sailor to His Shipmates” – Bono
“Bonnie Portmore” – Lucinda Williams
“Shenandoah” – Richard Greene & Jack Shit
“The Cry of Man” – Mary Margaret O’Hara
Disc 2:
“Boney” – Jack Shit
“Good Ship Venus” – Loudon Wainwright III
“Long Time Ago” – White Magic
“Pinery Boy” – Nick Cave
“Lowlands Low” – Bryan Ferry & Antony Hegarty
“One Spring Morning” – Akron/Family
“Hog Eye Man” – Martin Carthy & Family
“The Fiddler” – Ricky Jay & Richard Greene
“Caroline and Her Young Sailor Bold” – Andrea Corr
“Fathom the Bowl” – John C. Reilly
“Drunken Sailor” – David Thomas
“Farewell Nancy” – Ed Harcourt
“Hanging Johnny” – Stan Ridgway
“Old Man of the Sea” – Baby Gramps
“Greenland Whale Fisheries” – Van Dyke Parks
“Shallow Brown” – Sting
“The Grey Funnel Line” – Jolie Holland
“A Drop of Nelson’s Blood” – Jarvis Cocker
“Leave Her Johnny” – Lou Reed
“Little Boy Billy” – Ralph Steadman
Sun of Rogues Gallery: PIRATE BALLADS, SEA SONGS AND CHANTEYS -2013 – Anti-Records
Disc 1:
Leaving of Liverpool – Shane MacGowan w/ Johnny Depp & Gore Verbinski
Sam’s Gone Away – Robyn Hitchcock
River Come Down – Beth Orton
Row Bullies Row – Sean Lennon w/ Jack Shit
Shenandoah – Tom Waits w/ Keith Richards
Mr. Stormalong – Ivan Neville
Asshole Rules the Navy – Iggy Pop w/ A Hawk and a Hacksaw
Off to Sea Once More – Macy Gray
The Ol’ OG – Ed Harcourt
Pirate Jenny – Shilpa Ray w/ Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
The Mermaid – Patti Smith & Johnny Depp
Anthem for Old Souls – Chuck E. Weiss
Orange Claw Hammer – Ed Pastorini
Sweet and Low – The Americans
Ye Mariners All – Robin Holcomb & Jessica Kenny
Tom’s Gone to Hilo – Gavin Friday and Shannon McNally
Bear Away – Kenny Wollesen & The Himalayas Marching Band
Disc 2:
Handsome Cabin Boy – Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention
Rio Grande – Michael Stipe & Courtney Love
Ship in Distress – Marc Almond
In Lure of the Tropics – Dr. John
Rolling Down to Old Maui – Todd Rundgren
Jack Tar on Shore – Dan Zanes w/ Broken Social Scene
Sally Racket -Katey Red & Big Freedia with Akron Family
Wild Goose – Broken Social Scene
Flandyke Shore – Marianne Faithfull w/ Kate & Anna McGarrigle
The Chantey of Noah and his Ark (Old School Song) – Ricky Jay
Whiskey Johnny – Michael Gira
Sunshine Life for Me – Petra Haden w/ Lenny Pickett
Row the Boat Child – Jenni Muldaur
General Taylor – Richard Thompson w/ Jack Shit
Marianne – Tim Robbins w/ Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs
Barnacle Bill the Sailor – Kembra Phaler w/ Antony/Joseph Arthur/Foetus
Missus McGraw – Angelica Huston w/ The Weisberg Strings
The Dreadnought – Iggy Pop & Elegant Too
Then Said the Captain to Me (Two Poems of the Sea) – Mary Margaret O’Hara
LINK
http://www.anti.com/releases/pirate-ballads-sea-songs-and-chanteys/
http://www.anti.com/artists/rogues-gallery/
http://www.anti.com/press/hal-willner-productions-presents/
Cara Cattia, purtroppo il maledetto virus l’altro giorno ha ucciso anche Hal Willner. Oltre a questi due che sono stati i suoi due meravigliosi ultimi, ricordo anche i CD tributo a Leonard Cohen, Charles Mingus, Kurt Weill, Thelonious Monk, Nino Rota…fu lui a organizzare l’evento in omaggio al grandissimo Tim Buckley nella chiesa di St. Ann di Brooklyn il 26 aprile 1991 durante il quale il mondo scoprì l’esistenza di Jeff.