David HB Drake  Maritime Festivals  and the Lore of the Seas

A Sailor's Songbag - Graybeard the Ancient Mariner -The Pirate Ring -Schooner Denis Sullivan - Voyages

David appears onboard, dockside,
in pubs and at maritime events
singing songs, telling stories,
reciting sea poems, and in general
being an "old salt". 

David is also a qualified able bodied seaman capable of serving
as crew on tall ships.

 

“A Sailor’s Songbag”
-songs from the seven seas -
David presents “shanties” and “fo’castle” sailor songs, sing-alongs and stories about ships,
the sea, the Great Lakes, and even the occasional pirate
performed on guitar, banjo, concertina, dulcimer and Native American flute.
David has served as the shantyman and educator for many tall ships including the
HMS Bounty, Clearwater, and the schooner Denis Sullivan.
He has performed at seaside festivals and events across the country.
Wisconsin groups seeking financial assistance for David's "Schooner Songbag" program
from the Wisconsin Humanities Council visit:
http://www.wisconsinhumanities.org/speak/catalog0405/drake.html

David recently performed his Schooner Songbag in Wausau WI.
The review below is wonderful!
http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007712030498

“Graybeard, the Ancient Mariner”
Graybeard : (grbîrd) noun  1) an sage of advanced years,
2) A rolling wave on a dark sea, 3) A container for alcohol



David appears at schools, libraries, events and festivals as Graybeard, the Ancient Mariner,
where he sings songs and talks to kids about his life as a sailor. 
Like the Ancient Mariner of the Coleridge poem,
Greybeard is a wizened mariner wandering  the world recounting his stories.
Graybeard carries a treasure chest full of maritime artifacts to stimulate questions
and gives honest, historical answers to what kids want to know about his life at sea.
(With a name like "Drake", the sea is in David's blood!)

More information at : myspace.com/graybeardtheancientmariner

Check out Graybeard's Advice for Lubbers in "Pirates Magazine" Spring 2007

David has been featured on the Maritime Heritage Network! 
For information visit www.maritimeheritage.net

The Denis Sullivan
and Pier Wisconsin, David's Home Port!


David serves as the musician / historian for Wisconsin's Flagship, the Schooner
"Dennis Sullivan" and aboard the "Challenge" at Pier Wisconsin. 
The Denis Sullivan was launched in 2000 and serves as the official flagship of Wisconsin.
Check calendar for times David is aboard! For information on the Dennis Sullivan's travels visit
www.pierwisconsin.org

Voyages
-that David has taken-

Caribbean Sunset aboard the Denis Sullivan / "Graybeard" washed up on Andros Island, Bahamas

David has served aboard the following vessels on the
 Great Lakes, Caribbean, Atlantic, and Pacific:          

And ashore at: 
The Annapolis Maritime Festival, Chicago Maritime Festival, Tall Ship Festival -Green Bay and Chicago, Muskegon Tall Ship Festival, Door County Maritime Festival and Museum, Chicago Maritime Museum,
National Marine Sanctuary, Alpena MI, Lafayette Historic Site, Garden MI, Wisconsin Maritime Museum, Wisconsin Historical Museum, Port Washington Fish Days and Heritage Days, Two Rivers Ethnic Festival, Ludington Car Ferry Festival, Kenosha Discovery Days, Pier Wisconsin
and the Wisconsin Lake Schooner Tall Ship Festival, Milwaukee WI.

David also appears with the Maritime Trio "Sailor's Three" with
Julie Thompson (Dangerous Folk, co-author of "A Pirate's Life for Me")
and Dean Calin (Bounding Main). 
David has also performed with "The Rose and Dragon"
with Cliff Long (Pirates Magazine) and storyteller Dusty Rose.