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Haakon Vatle leads Norway's Storm Weather Shanty Choir.  He's got some great tour stories and actually uses sea shanties on a ship he's the general manager for.  

In this episode:

• How his time on a Norwegian tall ship taught him about the real life usefulness of sea shanties
• How a couple super hardcore fans made their first Japanese tour happen
• How accepting a gig as a wedding band turned into a unique first tour of the US.
• How he bent the rules in university to study the music he loves.

Under The Crossbones is a podcast all about pirate culture.  Your host Phil Johnson (comedian, musician, and pirate geek) interviews the most interesting people in the pirate subculture: Actors, Authors, Historians, Musicians, Artists, Festival Founders, Clothing and Prop Designers, Treasure Hunters, Archaeologists, and more. 

Today's show is sponsored by:

Scuba Wize Sunken Treasure Workshop - Go diving on a real sunken Spanish galleon with Carl "Fizz" Fismer, Bradley Williamson, and Marc Littleton in the Florida Keys!  http://www.underthecrossbones.com/scuba

Pirate Radio of the Treasure Coast - The best in pirate talk and music! Get to listenin'!  http://www.PirateRadioOfTheTreasureCoast.com

For videos, pictures, album links and more, be sure to click through to the full show notes.  http://www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/194

Listen to "A Drop of Nelson's Blood" by Storm Weather Shanty Choir at https://youtu.be/YjglpHClNMU 

Important Websites:

Storm Weather Shanty Choir -  https://www.facebook.com/shantychoir

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