It was a great great cruise and for sure the trip of a lifetime!!!. My girlfriend and I had the best time and we got to hang out with all our OKPers from Kim, Nova, Chiracusa, Tina, (and Adam), Sara, Brenda, Frosty and the rest, it was a blast. GBS played 1st on Monday night in the main theater and of course a great show. It was pretty much what the last tour was, Donkey Riding and most of the songs from the last tour. After the show, Alan hung out with Nova, Brenda, and Chiracusa and they gave him some ideas on the set list for the Tuesday sail away show, and what a show it was!!!!. Without a doubt from anyone who was there, one of the best show they had ever done. It was Tuesday afternoon "Sail Away" show from the Lido deck, a beautiful afternoon. The boys came out in white bathrobes and shades. The opened with "Captain Kidd" and they soon took off the robes and were in board shorts and t-shirts. They truly had a ball that show. Ed from BNL joined them onstage in nothing but a speedo and helped out in the 80s melody. Sean sung a "Split Ends" song I think as well as Men at Works "Down Under" which was done so well, I think they might keep doing it. We also got "The Mermaid","Walk on the Moon"  "Something Beautiful" and "Sea of No Cares" in the original "faster" version. I might be forgetting something, so I am sure other OKPers can fill in the blanks. Encore was "Straight to Hell' and "Old Black Rum"  Alan did the song writers panel, where each member took turns playing and he  and did a great clear acoustic "Straight to Hell" as well as a song he said he never did live called "Not for the Money" which was about his childhood working with Cod fishermen in Petty Harbor. He did another new song and then played "Boston and St Johns" (there's a story here, but I will let others tell it!!!!). Their last show was Thursday night on the Lido Deck where we got "Process Man" among others , Carbon Leaf joined them on stage for "General Taylor" and the encores where "Excursion Aroung the Bay" Forture Set" and "Rant and Roar" Their set was from 9:30 to 11 and Alan told everyone to go with them down a number of decks to the Adriatic Lounge to crash the last 1/2 hour of the Gaelic Storm set, with Alan and Sean in the lead, we all raced down across the ship to the Gaelic Storm show, where at the end, GBS, Carbon Leaf and GS did a wild version of "Tell Me Ma", Sean's second verse was out of hand and the boys all had a great time. There was many chances to meet the guys and chat and they were always cool, always willing to take a pic or two. Thanks guys. I would love to do it again.

John

Welcome home, cruisers!  Thanks for the great review, John.  I would love love love to see the b'ys do "Tell Me Ma."  I can't wait to see pictures (Chiarascuara?  Nova?)

FYI, they announced a show in Atlantic City (March 14) while you guys were having the time of your lives!

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Oh, how I would have loved to see that GT!

And then Great Big Sea, Carbon Leaf and Gaelic Storm doing Tell Me Ma? All together????    

I mean....WOW!!! How cool is that!

And playing in white bathrobes and shades??? mmm,mmmmmm,mmmmmmmm.....

An accoustic Straight to Hell  ???

More new songs?

Thanks for the tantalizing review!  i can't wait to hear (and see) more!

 

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Helen




I'm goin' Straight to Hell-On-Wheels!

good review. glad you guys all had a good time! I would LOOOOVE to do that one day. that, or The Rock Boat because so many great people perform...but yea, sounds like you had a really awesome time!!!

Welcome home! although, i bet you wish it wasnt over already

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anything worth having is worth some sacrifice....

Hurry up and get home the rest of ya, I wanna know the Boston & St John's story!

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Monster Tee

Thanks for the review, John.  Can't wait to hear more and see pics.  I REALLY hope and pray they do this again, as I WILL BE on that ship the next time!!!!  I thought about it all week while y'all were gone and it sounds like it was a true come true for all of us GBS lovers!

Robin

How great a time that must have been! Thanks for the updates for us hangashores.

Not For the Money Alone is on the last Irish Descendants album - the one Alan produced. You can hear his voice clearly singing backup vocals. The Irish Descendants also did a rockin' version of Jim Fidler's Downtown Girl with the GBS b'ys joining in.

I twice heard GBS do Tell Me Ma - once at the Painted Bride in Philly and once at the Scottish Irish Festival in King of Prussia. Great fun!

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Thanks for the report, John...excuse me while I go jump off my roof. (No crying smileys.)

Fran:

Hurry up and get home the rest of ya, I wanna know the Boston & St John's story!

 

I heard it second hand and it had to do with someone requesting Alan to play Boston and St. John's (?) and he said he wouldn't play it unless the fella would sleep sleep with him later... did I get that right guys?

I wasn't a winner of the songpanel, but I did get to sneak in for the last four songs (BNL, Sarah Harmer, Boothby Graffoe) including the accoustic of Boston and St. John's... but he told the guy it didn't mean he was off the hook as they were "still gonna do it later"

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annette:

Thanks for the report, John...excuse me while I go jump off my roof. (No crying smileys.)

Sorry, folks, just a passing emotional breakdown...truly, I hope you all had a great time and can share wonderful stories.

GBSeaford:

It was a great great cruise and for sure the trip of a lifetime!!!. ... GBS played 1st on Monday night in the main theater and of course a great show.

Sure was!!!

click pic for slideshow.

In an effort to get some pics out there, I am posting these unedited.  I'm sure others will have better ones!

our cruise

The band arrives in bathrobes for the Sail Away show...what would be underneath????

 Paddy Murphy

Ed joins GBS on stage! Nuff said!

Alan and Kris get started

Alan and Séan actually had matching shorts on

Carbon Leaf joins GBS onstage for GT on the Lido Deck

Séan delivers GT

Night show on the Lido deck

A rousing rendition of Tell me Ma!

GBSeaford:

...the Tuesday sail away show, and what a show it was!!!!. Without a doubt from anyone who was there, one of the best show they had ever done. It was Tuesday afternoon "Sail Away" show from the Lido deck, a beautiful afternoon. The boys came out in white bathrobes and shades. The opened with "Captain Kidd" and they soon took off the robes and were in board shorts and t-shirts. They truly had a ball that show. Ed from BNL joined them onstage in nothing but a speedo and helped out in the 80s melody.

Thanks for the review, John.  I'm using your quotes to save some typing...

Here's some more pics.  Click pic for slides.

Check out Alan's face looking at Steve

 

GBSeaford:

...Alan did the song writers panel, where each member took turns playing and he  and did a great clear acoustic "Straight to Hell" as well as a song he said he never did live called "Not for the Money" which was about his childhood working with Cod fishermen in Petty Harbor....

We had a great time.  I truely believe that Alan had the best time of all.  He was the Energizer Bunny all week socializing with everyone everyday.  He kept thanking everyone and was very chatty during the songwriters panel. Talking to him Tuesday morning, I asked him how much fun he was having.  He said, "It's great, I wish we could play more and with with other musicians."  Well, I guess he followed through with that in the songwriters panel and the final night.  Thanks for a great time b'ys!!!

 

leprrkan:

Fran:

Hurry up and get home the rest of ya, I wanna know the Boston & St John's story!

 

I heard it second hand and it had to do with someone requesting Alan to play Boston and St. John's (?) and he said he wouldn't play it unless the fella would sleep sleep with him later... did I get that right guys?

I wasn't a winner of the songpanel, but I did get to sneak in for the last four songs (BNL, Sarah Harmer, Boothby Graffoe) including the accoustic of Boston and St. John's... but he told the guy it didn't mean he was off the hook as they were "still gonna do it later"

Well, I admit it, it was me that was the "leather lungs" that requested "Boston and St Johns" and was teased about it from my OKP buds the rest of the cruise.(How was your hot date?? ect ect) When I saw Alan the last night I told him I was the guy and he said he was sorry and we had a good laugh about it