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Thursday 18th March 2010 Record deal for Cornwall sailors
Record label giant Universal have signed up a group known as the
Fisherman’s Friends from the small fishing village of Port Isaac in
Cornwall. The group of 10 men have all had or still have contacts with
fishing or the coastguard and lifeboat services. They are due to
release a new album of sea shanties next month and will appear at the
Glastonbury Festival this year.
Jeremy Brown, a fisherman and founding member of the Fisherman's
Friends, said: "In Cornish pubs there is a tradition of singing. We
just all got together with the intention of learning all the words
instead of just knowing the first verse and the last verse and making
up the bit in the middle." Cornwall
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