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  • Rum-soaked pirate folk band
  • Performs upbeat traditional maritime folk songs designed to make you drink and dance your breeches off.
  • Perform as a 5 piece as standard and can reduce to a 3 or 4 piece
  • Capable of learning any requested song from rock to jazz to pop just for your event

The Captain's Beard are based in Brighton and they're happy to travel anywhere in the UK or mainland Europe to play for you.


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  1. Drunken Sailor - Traditional
  2. Shanty set
  3. Irish Rover - Traditional
  4. John Kanakanaka - Trad shanty
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    About this Act

    The Captain's Beard perform energetic sea shanties, maritime folk, some cheeky pop and rock songs in a pirate style and traditional Scottish and Irish songs whilst dressed in full buccaneer regalia. YARR!

    These sea worthy minstrels have honed their skills performing foot-stomping renditions of traditional maritime themed music with an emphasis on group singing and lively crowd interactive performance. Perfect for getting a party going and have even been known to perform on tall ships at pirate themed weddings!

    The Captain's Beard are available to hire for weddings, birthdays other private functions, and if you've got a boat they'll play at it's christening (they promise not to plunder it.)

    Set List

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    Traditional Maritime folk songs:
    What shall we do with the Drunken sailor
    South Australia
    All for me Grog
    The leaving of Liverpool
    The last Shanty (A sailor ain't a Sailor)
    Bonnie ship the Diamond
    Leave her Johnny
    John Kanakanaka
    List for a sailor (Unfortunate tailor)
    Haul away Joe
    Eliza Lee
    Running down to Cuba
    Ring down below
    Bully in the alley
    A drop of Nelsons blood
    Roll the woodpile down
    Old Mowee
    Irish and Scottish folk songs
    Whiskey in the Jar
    Tell me ma
    The Wild Rover
    Star of the country down
    The Irish Rover
    The fields of Athenry
    Pop or rock songs in a pirate style
    The Proclaimers – I would walk 500 miles
    The Pogues - Fairytale of New York
    Van Morrision - Brown eyed girl
    The Police - Message in a bottle
    Bob Dylan - The Times they are a changing
    The Clash – London Calling
    Original Captain’s Beard Songs
    I’ve got a beard
    Gentleman of Fortune
    The New Cabin Boy
    Raise yer Glasses
    Gold!
    Pirates don’t fall in love
    Son Yer mother was a Tavern wench

    Lineup

    • 5 piece band - Accordion, Cello, Guitars, Mandolin, Bodhran and Cajon.
    • 3 and 4 piece options also available

    This act's standard set times are as follows:

    • Standard set times range between 1 hour to 2 x 45 minute sets.

    Tags

    • 3 piece / trio
    • 4 piece
    • 5 piece
    • accordion
    • acoustic
    • backing vocals
    • cello
    • costumes
    • female vocals
    • harmonies
    • male vocals
    • percussion

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    1. UK
    2. South East
    3. Brighton and East Sussex
    4. Act Styles
    5. Country, Folk & Celtic
    6. Scottish, Irish, Folk & Celtic bands
    7. The Captain's Beard

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