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The herring fleet’s a city afloat upon the sea, Pull the fish off girls. The rain’s pouring down and the wind’s southeast. Pretty little silver fishes. Poor buggers in their tents on Chesterman’s Beach. Pull the fish off girls. When the fish come in, it’s a silver river, Pretty little silver fishes. When the boys come in, it’s the ...
Performing the “Grand Hotel”, from the Phil Thomas collection of BC songs, with Michael Burnyeat at the Hastings Mill Museum. 3. Working Life on the BC Coast: BC’s industries, with their great visual imagery, have been a source of inspiration for many modern songwriters including Brian. This presentation features authentic songs from the forest, fishing and mining industries among others ...
‘Tis a damn fine life, free of trouble and strife, We great whales undergo; And we don’t give a damn when a gale is rough, How hard the winds may blow.
4. THE TALE OF THOMAS NICKERSON, ©Brian Robertson, 2010, an epic ballad of 19 verses performed at the First Congregational Church of Chatham, Massachusetts for the 2011 Nickerson Annual Gathering. The tune is adapted from the traditional Irish maritime song, The Flying Cloud. Thomas Nickerson, an ancestral relative of my life partner Beth ...
Times & Places. Brian’s long-awaited second album, released in 2016, is an eclectic mix of love songs, blues, historical ballads, musical memoires and occasional social statement. It was recorded and engineered by gifted multi-instrumentalist and arranger Victor Smith at his FreemanTrax Studios in White Rock BC, who contributed flutes ...
Bio. A west coast native who was born and raised in the paper mill town of Powell River, Brian has graced the west coast folk music scene for more than three decades where he has received accolades for his uniquely original songs, many of them drawn from a much varied work career and extensive travels around the world. Brian is a graduate of ...
Brian has two CDs available for sale, Saltchuck Serenade issued in 2000 and Times & Places ( 2016) . Contact Brian at robertsonb@shaw.ca. Brian’s music and stories please audiences everywhere he goes, although they are an especially fine fit for venues interested in Canadiana. He is available as a solo performer as well as in two- to five ...
