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UTC 059 Dane Bennett of Pride of Bedlam

September 27, 2016 / Phil Johnson / 2 Comments

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Dane Bennett aka Admiral Basil Drake is the lead singer for Pride of Bedlam, this year’s International Pirate Awards winners for Favorite Band. They make their home base at the Texas Renaissance Faire. But you’ll be able to find them in more places soon.

In this great talk we dig into how Dane discovered Ren Faires and the pirate scene after his divorce (and eventually met his current wife), how POB designs their music to stand out in the pirate folk genre, and playing a character on stage and dealing with regular folks on stage.

Lots of good “inside the brain of performing artists” in this one. And Dane tells us why he thinks pirates have stuck around longer than other characters.

Plus comedy from the Los Angeles’s Samantha Hale and a great song from Pride of Bedlam called “South Australia”.

Grab some Pride of Bedlam music at the links below and support Under The Crossbones at the same time!

Important Websites:

Dane Bennett – http://prideofbedlam.com/

Samantha Hale – @thesamanthahale on IG and Twitter

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UTC 055 Ye Banished Privateers

August 30, 2016 / Phil Johnson / 3 Comments

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Ye Banished Privateers

Ye Banished Privateers is one of the hottest pirate bands in Europe and one of my personal faves. Our first interview attempt resulted in some unfortunate sound problems. But here in our second attempt, the gods of technology smiled upon us I had a great talk with somewhere between 4 and 87 members of the band.

We’ll dig into the band’s origin story, the crazy way they’re recording their new album, and the pros and cons of having 30 (not kidding) people in a band.

Plus comedy from the always dangerous Dougie Almeida and <drum roll> a world premier song from Ye Banished Privateers new album called “First Night Back In Port”!

Heads up, the song may have a few naughty words in it. After all, they are pirates on their first night back in port.

Pick up the first two Ye Banished Privateers albums through the links below and support UTC at the same time! (You are such a good person.)

Important Websites:

Ye Banished Privateers

http://yebanishedprivateers.com/
https://www.facebook.com/YeBanishedPrivateers

Dougie Almeida – http://dougiealmeida.com/

You can get my latest comedy special, “Pretty From TheBack”at

Support the show!: www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/support

UTC 053 Craig Lutke of The Bilge Pumps

August 16, 2016 / Phil Johnson / 0 Comments

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Craig Lutke of The Bilge Pumps

Craig Lutke is the leader and multi-instrumentalist of The Bilge Pumps, a pirate fest favorite. We’ll get into the accidental way they started the group, where the name came from, and their process for including comedy in their arrangements.

This is a great story of following your interests until it turns into something profitable. We’ll also find out what happened to all the pirate and Celtic bars in Texas and why they loved these guy before they went under.

This talk is all about pirates, music, and comedy. I may as well have been interviewing myself. 😉

Plus comedy from Travis Nelson and two(!) songs from The Bilge Pumps – “Pirating The Seas” and “The Dark Lady.”

And I’ll yack a little bit about my experience seeing Guns n’ Roses, the new (expensive) guitar I picked up, and where you can catch my comedy specials online for free (Spoiler: It’s on Amazon.)

Get some Bilge Pumps music!

Important Websites:

The Bilge Pumps – http://thebilgepumps.com/

Travis Nelson – http://www.travisnelsoncomedy.com/ @travisisjoking on Twitter and IG

You can get my latest comedy special, “Pretty From TheBack”at

Support the show!: www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/support