Jon Campbell is a United States musician, multi instrumentalist and songwriter based in Narragansett, Rhode Island. He has also been a union Key Grip, licensed pyrotechnician,and a commercial fisherman.[1]
Most of his songs are of nautically-themed folk songs, some narrative, many of them humorous. Two of his best-known humorous songs are Tanqueray Martini-O! and Frederick's of Galilee. Restless Waters, and Prettiest Girl in New York are among the more serious compositions. In 2009, a compilation CD called "Yup, I Said That" was released consisting of covers of many of his songs by several well-known Irish and American performers. He was designated a State Council on the Arts Folk Artist in 1982. He was inducted into the Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame in 2019.
Discography
- Keep On Fishin'
- Catch & Release
- Wish I'd Said That
- Yup, I Said That
- Bycatch
With North Star Music:
- New England Christmastide vols 1 & 2
- New England Yuletide
- Wind in the Rigging
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "The Lives of the Fishermen: The music of Jon Campbell comes to Annapolis Maritime Museum on Sunday, March 28," news release on website of Annapolis Maritime Museum. (Accessed at http://www.amaritime.org/newsreleases/newsrel-20100308.html on June 27, 2009.)
