This group's original name was Fisherman's Friends; their first album with Universal, Port Isaac's Fisherman's Friends, was recorded in St Kew Parish Church, Cornwall, and released in April 2010 The group can usually be heard singing on Friday evenings throughout the summer on the Platt in wonderful Port Isaac. Fisherman's Friends are John, Julian and Jeremy Brown, Trevor Grills, John Lethbridge, Billy Hawkins, Nigel Sherratt, Peter Rowe, John McDonnell and Jon Cleave. Fisherman's Friends, from Port Isaac on the North Cornwall coast, have secured a deal – said to be worth £1 million – with Universal, the company behind acts Read Full BioThis group's original name was Fisherman's Friends; their first album with Universal, Port Isaac's Fisherman's Friends, was recorded in St Kew Parish Church, Cornwall, and released in April 2010
The group can usually be heard singing on Friday evenings throughout the summer on the Platt in wonderful Port Isaac.
Fisherman's Friends are John, Julian and Jeremy Brown, Trevor Grills, John Lethbridge, Billy Hawkins, Nigel Sherratt, Peter Rowe, John McDonnell and Jon Cleave.
Fisherman's Friends, from Port Isaac on the North Cornwall coast, have secured a deal – said to be worth £1 million – with Universal, the company behind acts such as Lady Gaga, Take That and Amy Winehouse
The 10-strong group, which also has a date at this year's Glastonbury Festival, will issue an album of traditional tunes and folk songs next month after being discovered by a record producer on holiday.
Fisherman’s Friends are shanty singers--each of whom are or have been fishermen, lifeboatmen and coastguards (as well as builders, artisans, hoteliers, and shop keepers) in the local area--from Port Isaac on Cornwall’s rugged north coast.
At around eight in the evening during the summer months, tourists and locals gather to hear this ten-man group sing a rousing set of shanties and Cornish folk songs. This album, recorded in a 15th-century church in nearby St Kew, features a rich haul of 12 songs from their Port Isaac repertoire, including the classic "South Australia", the haunting Cornish robber ballad "The Cadgwith Anthem" and the beautiful "Brightly Beams".
In February 2013 Trevor Gills and tour manager Paul McMullen were both killed in a tragic accident while touring.
The group can usually be heard singing on Friday evenings throughout the summer on the Platt in wonderful Port Isaac.
Fisherman's Friends are John, Julian and Jeremy Brown, Trevor Grills, John Lethbridge, Billy Hawkins, Nigel Sherratt, Peter Rowe, John McDonnell and Jon Cleave.
Fisherman's Friends, from Port Isaac on the North Cornwall coast, have secured a deal – said to be worth £1 million – with Universal, the company behind acts such as Lady Gaga, Take That and Amy Winehouse
The 10-strong group, which also has a date at this year's Glastonbury Festival, will issue an album of traditional tunes and folk songs next month after being discovered by a record producer on holiday.
Fisherman’s Friends are shanty singers--each of whom are or have been fishermen, lifeboatmen and coastguards (as well as builders, artisans, hoteliers, and shop keepers) in the local area--from Port Isaac on Cornwall’s rugged north coast.
At around eight in the evening during the summer months, tourists and locals gather to hear this ten-man group sing a rousing set of shanties and Cornish folk songs. This album, recorded in a 15th-century church in nearby St Kew, features a rich haul of 12 songs from their Port Isaac repertoire, including the classic "South Australia", the haunting Cornish robber ballad "The Cadgwith Anthem" and the beautiful "Brightly Beams".
In February 2013 Trevor Gills and tour manager Paul McMullen were both killed in a tragic accident while touring.
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Port Isaac's Fisherman's Friends Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by Port Isaac's Fisherman's Friends:
A Sailor Ain't a Sailor My father often told me, when I was just a…
Bully In The Alley Well sally is the girl that comes from our alley, Way…
Haul Away Joe When I was just a little lad, Or so me…
No Hopers Jokers And Rogues Come all you no hopers, you jokers and rogues We're on…
No Hopers, Jokers & Rogues come on you no hopers, you no hopers, you rouges were…
No Hopers, Jokers & Rogues (2011 Mix) Come, all you no hopers, you jokers and rogues we're on the…
No Hopers, Jokers and Rogues Come all you no hopers, you jokers and rogues We're on…
South Australia In South Australia I was born heave away, haul away In South…
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Western Australia Now and Then
Not quite a South Australian but we share a border :) Love it! What a great rendition. Hope you don't mind me putting it here but here is a little nautical item I penned that I hope you enjoy. (Written about the south coast of Victoria along the Great Ocean Drive).
Shipwreck Coast
The weathered limestone buttress stands
against the pounding sea
The wind whips through the saltbush
Unharnessed, fresh, and free
The crashing waves assault the rocks
how solid they appear
but wind and waves are patient foes
that never count the years
The weathered rock is worn away
though it's an uphill climb
These mighty blocks will wear away
beset by tide and time
What a sight my eyes behold
along this rugged shore
where tall ships ran before the wind
and sails from rigging tore
Where now the seabirds wheel and dive
in to the briny foam
once shipwrecked souls beheld the cliffs
so far from hearth and home
Beheld their awful majesty
in freezing wind and rain
and only but a lucky few
would see their homes again
Though many years have passed since then
it comes as no surprise
that when the wind rips through the rocks
you'll hear the sailors cries.
DuramaterOZ
As a South Aussie born of Cornish descent, I love this version!
Local Hart
I am Victorian with Cornish descent. I love it.
Daniel Stone
@jlewisda During South Australia's 150th jubilee, same year that Texas (cough cough) 'joined' the United States, Adelaide the capital city had a sister city relationship with Austin.
jlewisda
Shoot, I'm a Texan from one of the flattest prairies on earth, and I love this song. Good on ya, mate.
ADerpyReality
If you reflect cornish seafarer is the origin of the hard to replicate Australian accent. Well it's a hypothesis but looking back on it it lines up.
Sarah Forbes
Same for me
Ernst Becker
Ya don't have to be an Australian to love this song.
Salute !
Flowerpower
Aussies are already there.
Sazzy
American here, and I give this band insane amounts of props. No matter where you're from, when ya hear good music, ya feel good vibes. These guys rock.
Manny Pope
All life came from the sea return with courage.