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  • New Album with Sylvia Hackathorn

    Sometime around 2006 my friend Sylvia Hackathorn and I decided to make a kids album together. Sylvia is a talented composer, musician and producer I met years ago through my sister Shannon. Sylvia grew up in Portland playing everything from punk rock to Celtic. Besides being a wonderful guitarist and singer, she excels at the…

  • New Taylor Swift Cover

    I had fun making this instrumental cover of Taylor’s song “August,” using pirate ship instruments such as accordion and banjo. Hope you enjoy it!

  • How I managed to install a working version of TouchOSC on a first generation (1G) iPod Touch

    Here\’s how I managed to install a working version of TouchOSC on two very old first generation (1G) iPods.  I purchased the two 1st generation iPods from Amazon for about $40 each with the intention of making them into TouchOSC controllers for headphone sends. (I wanted each musician to be able to create a custom…

  • Recording notes for the album Pirates of Scamalot by Hucklescary Finn.Notes

    Pirates of Scamalot was recorded over about a three year period and incorporates some very old song ideas from 10 years or more back. A pre-release of the first 8 songs came around the holidays of Dec. 2005 and was titled “Pirate Ghost Ship Christmas EP with Scabby.” There were about 50 copies distributed mostly…

  • Pirates of Scamalot lyrics

    Treading the Seas for Pirate GoldBy Hucklescary Finn Heave Ho Away We Go, Treading the Seas for Pirate GoldHeave Ho Away We Go, Treading the Seas for Pirate GoldLong-time sailing in a pirate band, barely recall the smell of landor the words to a song that’s not about hearty buccaneers with hearts of doubtChorusScamalot a…

  • Pirate Music Directory (pirate core bands and recordings)

    Here\’s a registry-in-progress of pirate-themedbands and recordings from around the world. To add your ownpirate core band or recording click the link at the bottom. Please be aware any information or opinion here is that of the individual band, and does not express the opinion of the webmaster.Captain Bogg & SaltyPortland, OregonKnown as the \”band…

  • Lickdestatic

    In 1990 Kevin joined Matt Proctor\’s band Lickdestatic. Matt taught Kevin how to perform and record music in his SE Portland home studio where the band also played their first show (pictured). Matt\’s fast punky and somewhat funky pop songs and smart lyrics were rounded out by Kevin\’s pop attempts which included the Hucklescary Finn…

  • Hucklescary Finn Autobiography

    Since 1990 myself and my best friend Matt Giger have written or recorded more than 100 pirate-themed rock songs under the alias \”Hucklescary Finn.\” Set in our own mythical pirate kingdom called \”Scamalot,\” and chronicling the adventures of such characters as \”Scabby the Seaman,\” and \”King Skreebeard,\” our odd little pirate songs have since taken…

  • Ship to Shore

    In 2002 Kevin released Ship to Shore, his first professionally produced CD of mostly non-pirate material. Of course that didn\’t stop Kevin from draping the album in nautical decoration and theme, both exterior and interior, with songs such as Radioman and Open Your Heart to the Sea. The easy listening disc (yes, I dare use…

  • Pirate Jenny

    From 1994 to 2003 Pirate Jenny forged a new kind of rock sound in Portland that some have called Pirate Core. Mixing acoustic and electric guitar rock with splashes of xylophone and the accordionish sounding melodica, the band continued where Kevin Hendrickson and Matt Giger left off with Hucklescary Finn, and with the addition of…