Sea Shanties is an album by Ian Giles, Spiers and Boden

Spiers and Boden

Spiers and Boden are an English folk duo. John Spiers plays melodeon and concertina, while Jon Boden sings and plays fiddle and guitar while stamping the rhythm on a stomp box.-Biography:...

 and Graham Metcalfe.

Most of the tracks are sung as an unaccompanied quartet of male voices. The sound is so thick that there is probably only one microphone. There are two instrumental tracks. This appears to be the first ever recording of the tune "Ashley's Flag", printed about 1800. The album was available at UK tourist centres rather than high street music stores. Recorded and released in 2002.

Track listing

1. Haul away the bowline (Trad)
2. Clear away the track (Trad)
3. Portsmouth/ Bonny Kate (instr) (Trad/Trad)
4. Bully in the alley (Trad)
5. All for me grog (Trad)
6. Ten Thousand Miles Away (Trad)
7. The 24th of February (Trad)
8. The weary whaling ground (Trad)
9. Ashley's hornpipe/ Ashley's flag (instr) (Trad/Trad)
10. Nancy of Yarmouth (Trad)
11. Paddy Doyle's boots (Trad)
12. The bonny ship the Diamond (Trad)
13. The candlelight fisherman (Trad)
14. The gallant frigate Amphitrite (Trad)
15. Go to sea no more (Trad)
16. The Whitby lad (Trad)
17. A sailor's life (Trad)

Personnel

• Ian Giles - vocals and English concertina
• John Spiers
  John Spiers
  John Spiers is an English melodeon, concertina and bandonion player.-Career:He plays with the duo Spiers and Boden and the band Bellowhead, and used to be a part of Eliza Carthy's old band The Ratcatchers.-Personal life:...
  
   - voice and accordion
• Jon Boden
  Jon Boden
  Jon Boden is an multi-instrumental musician and English folk singer.-Career:Boden plays fiddle as part of the duo Spiers and Boden, the band Bellowhead and up until 2007, Eliza Carthy's band The Ratcatchers. In 2009 he toured with his new backing band The Remnant Kings. He has also written a...
  
  - vocals, guitar and fiddle
• Graham Metcalfe - voice