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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.  Come for the tall ship experience and stay for the crazy wedding story.

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.

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

Listen to “A Drop of Nelson’s Blood” by Storm Weather Shanty Choir

Important Websites:

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