If You Want To Be a PIrate

If You Want to Be a Pirate. Performed by Tom Mason and the Blue Buccaneers. CD. Approx. 38 min. 2018. $15.00.

K-Gr 5—

            Tom Mason performs 10 original songs in pop, pop rock and folk musical styles. Tom and the Blue Buccaneers make beautiful music on guitar, dobro, mandolin, banjo, violin, bouzouki, bass, trombone, accordion, drums, and percussion. “If You Want to Be a Pirate” tie a scarf around your head, draw a pirate flag, and talk like a pirate. It’s “A Lot of Work to Be a Pirate” because you will have to swab decks, bail water, raise sails, and hoist flags. “Kristofer the Kindly Kraken” has the biggest heart in the sea. “My Invisible Crew” includes a first mate, a quartermaster, a surgeon and others. One can’t see the “Treasure through the Trash,” because there is a plethora of detritus in the sea (also, a vocabulary building song!). When they bought a parrot, they realized that it must have been the “Parrot of a Pirate” by its speech. “Treasure the Sea” entreats listeners to take care of the ocean. “Talk Like a Pirate” encourages listeners to copy a pirate’s speech. When one catches the wind, then one is “Sailing On.” The other song is “In The Drink.” Pirate-loving kids will love this upbeat album with its catchy tunes and toe-tapping rhythms.