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We play at 4:00 pm
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The 6th Annual St. Andrew’s in the Heights Celtic Festival
Sunday, February 26th from NOON to 5:30PM @ 19th and Heights Boulevard
The Festival will be in conjunction with The Gathering of the Celts,
traditionally hosted by The Celtic Chorus of Houston every February.
The afternoon will include a wide variety [...]

Poke You In The Eye Title track written by Jay Lee
Dollar General Dollar is a song written and sung by our fiddle player, Greg Henkel. Check out the Morricone bridges in this song.
Rain is our skewed interpretation of the semi-obscure Beatles song (the “b” side of the single “Paperback Writer”). This song is the [...]

Members of the Flying Fish Sailors are playing an impromptu show at Sig’s Lagoon on Wednesday night, Jan 25th. It’s going to be Jim, Greg and Jay from 9:15 to 10:00 pm.
It’s part of Greg’s birthday celebration going on that evening.
If you have a chance, stop on by as it’s open to [...]

Got the good info (turns out it’s not free…)
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The 6th Annual St. Andrew’s in the Heights Celtic Festival
Sunday, February 26th from NOON to 5:30PM @ 19th and Heights Boulevard
The Festival will be in conjunction with The Gathering of the Celts,
traditionally hosted by The Celtic Chorus of Houston every February.
The afternoon will include a wide variety [...]

The show at Hickory Hollow was a HUGE success. Thanks to everyone who showed up and supported us!
If you were there and have any pictures, please send me an email! I would love to post them here.
For those who subscribe to the Flying Fish Sailors blog I apologize for the bombardment of notifications.
I was just [...]

Our third album; a collection of folk music for the nineties!
Journey through 200 years of folk music from the far corners of our travels while examining the humorous qualities of coffee drinking and New Age themes, the virtue of drowning one’s husband, and even introducing a lawn mowing chantey!
• Mason’s Apron/Jerry the Rigger
• [...]

This album is available at Amazon.com
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• “Loch Ness Monster” (Greg Henkel and Jim Henkel)
The album opens with the wonderfully dark ode to the creature lurking beneath the murky waters of Loch Ness. Here the beast is less the benign and almost dopey plesiosaur used to sell trinkets to tourists and much more the [...]

Download this recording for free!
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“This album is dedicated to the principles of democracy and freedom of speech; to the oppressed peoples of the earth; to Frank Zappa; and to crawdads everywhere.”
• “Goodbye Mursheen Durkin”
Also found under the titles “Goodbye Muirsheen Durkin” and “Muirshin Durkin.” An Irish ballad about a man named Carney [...]

The Flying Fish Sailors will be performing on Dec. 23rd at Hickory Hollow located at 101 Heights Blvd in Houston, TX.
Hickory Hollow is a fantastic BBQ joint that has a long history of presenting live folk music in Houston.
The show is free and kicks off about 7:00 pm and goes till around 10:00 pm.
Come on [...]

Anyone who has seen The Flying Fish Sailors play live has probably witnessed the spectacle that is our performance of Loch Ness Monster, a song written by Greg and the title track of our 4th CD.
It’s hard to describe but it’s VERY dramatic and features Greg and myself being rather *ahem*… animated on stage. The [...]