Jamaica Rose

I don't believe Drake had letters of marque against Spain -- not on his circumnavigation around the world, when he took the Cacafuego of the Pacific coast of S. America (where the Spanish little expected incursions from the English). When he returned he gave good Queen Bess a goodly share of his take, thus she easily forgave his piracies. When the Spanish ambassador came crying foul to her, she gave him the boot. This is one of the reasons for the King of Spain sending the Great Armada to invade England. Lots of links about Drake at: http://www.mcn.org/2/oseeler/drake.htm During other attacks on the Spanish Drake probably had a commission, so he would be both pirate and privateer. Blackheartedly yrs, --Jamaica Rose "Desparate men, we go to seek a desparate fortune!" Capt. Blood

There is a whole group devoted to the study of Jean and Pierre Laffite and the other Baratarians -- The Laffite Society. See their website at: http://www.thelaffitesociety.com They put out a very impressive publication, the Laffite Society Chronicles. I believe all back issues are available. Any Laffite afficianado should have these. There's information at the website on how to order them. Recent articles have discussed what really happened to Jean Laffite in his final years; an account of a trip by several society members to the Yucatan to search out places the Laffites were said to have been; investigations into the authenticity of the "Journal of Jean Laffite" (a document that is claimed by some to be the autobiography of Jean Laffite); and a valuable listing of primary source material on the Laffites. BTW -- one of my favorite pirate movies is the second version of "The Buccaneer", starring Yul Brynner as Jean Laffite. Blackheartedly yrs, --Jamaica Rose FUN PROFITABLE LEGAL Pick Two

I will look into the groups you've listed below. I think I remember that one of the email addresses had changed. As for who IS No Quarter Given, c'est moi et mon capitaine. My husband and I ARE No Quarter Given. I am the main editor, art director, and frequent writer. He is asst. editor, proofreader, and publisher. He originally set up the No Quarter Given webpage -- then I learned to mold it, and modify it as I wished. As far as I know, there is no pirate group called "No Quarter Given". Fair wyndes, --Jamaica Rose Official Grog Taster

Aye -- "Under the Black Flag" is a right proper good book on piracy. But regarding the articles, I have read how the crew will sign them around the margins, in all directions, so as to make a circle about the articles themselves. Thus no one signature is first, or at the head of the list. This was to indicate they were all equal in responsibility for the piracies commited. Blackheartedly yrs, --Jamaica Rose "It's not the length of the quill, but the penmanship that counts."

You'll find some modern Swiss pirates at: http://www.frizze.ch/ Blackheartedly yrs, --Jamaica Rose "Pillage now! Avoid the rush!"

Cap'n Flint m'luv -- tell which crew specifically you've had problems gittin' ahold of and we'll look into it. But, I fear you are labouring under a bit of a misconception. The crews that NQG lists are not "NQG groups" -- they are not sponsored by NQG. Instead -- groups make themselves known to us, and if they are open to having new recruits, then we list them on our webpage as a service to the crews and to our readers -- just to help fellow pirates find each other. Crews often change -- so it's helpful if when someone finds their messages are returned unanswered to let us know and we'll look into it, and see if we can find out the new bearings fer findin' the crew. Or try to find out if the group is still on the account (some disband after a little while - mayhap after a successful raid, they split up the booty and dispersed to set up honest lives). Fair wyndes, --Jamaica Rose "Practice random acts of plundering and pillaging!"

Well, Cap'n m'darlin', you just missed a spectacular event in Key West this past weekend -- Searles Raid. There aren't any pirate events in St. Augustine in May that I'm aware of -- but I recommend that you send off a letter to me good mate Mark Tingen at: photo2u@attbi.com --he helps to organize pirates for events in St. Augustine. He'll be able to tell you if anything is happening. As for doin's near New Orleans, the Contraband Days in Lake Charles are up and coming. See: http://www.noquartergiven.net/calender.htm for more details. As for Baratarian crew, in the Nov. NQG we had posted a missive from Renato Beluche lookin' fer trained gun crews for the Battle reenactment (which was in Jan. so 'tis already passed this year) -- but mayhaps you'd like to git hold of him for future events. His email is: captain_cobbs@hotmail.com Blackheartedly yrs, --Jamaica Rose Pre-emptive Salvage Specialist

I thought the Kalmar Nyckel was supposed to be Swedish. The colony of Delaware originally had a lot of Swedes if I remember correctly. But I don't know the flags that well though. Safe harbours and full tankards, --Jamaica Rose

Aye - Coastie04 -- good plan. I like the way you think. Frankly I don't know what's up. Hey-- Capt. ADMIN -- care to explain??? Safe harbours and sleeping sentries, --Jamaica Rose

As for pirate music (by which I mean, pirates are referenced in the song, or they have "piratized" shanties and interspersed their songs with pirate humor, as versus albums of just shanties and other maritime music, which is also very appropriate), I probably have the largest collection of pirate music available. But no one album is all pirate songs. You might get a few of these, and then make your own mix burned onto a CD. Here's some suggestions (in alphabetical order): ANNWN: Come Away to the Hills - "The Red Queen". Elf Hill Music & Mayhem Unltd., 2455 Ashby Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705-2034 "The Red Queen" (honoring Anne Bonney) is the best damn non-traditional pirate song I've heard (it's in the NQG Pirate Song Book too). The Port Royal Privateers (my pirate crew) love to sing it, especially the women. It's the only pirate song on the album though. Most of the other songs on this album are traditional Renaissance era ballads and folk songs (I love their version of Matty Groves). I keep trying to encourage her (Leigh Ann Hussey) to write more pirate songs. She mentioned she was working on one about Francis Drake a few years ago, but haven't heard anything more about it since. BILGE PUMPS: We do not recommend their first album "We Don't Know" (sorry guys -- I love the Bilge Pumps, but not this album)-- it was pretty bad. But their second album "Greatest Hits Vol. VIII" is a complete turn around (I understand they changed out some of the group, and they really got their act together). It is great. While the songs are mostly shanties, they have been done in a pyratical style. I especially love their version of "Spanish Ladies" -- rewritten from a piratical point of view. Look for the hidden tracks too. The CD has some skits between the songs, but the cassette has even more (the cassette tape could hold 90 min. but the CD only about 70 mins of material). www.thebilgepumps.com As mentioned in a previous post -- the guys have a new album coming out "Brigands with Big'uns". I haven't yet heard it but it will be reviewed in the May 2003 issue of No Quarter Given. CAPTAIN BOGG & SALTY - Bedtime stories for Pirates - good collection for youngun's, and fun for adults too (sort of on the level of Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean - "Yo Ho Yo Ho, A Pirate's Life for Me" - cute, but not sickeningly so). http://www.boggandsalty.com/ This album is the product of two musicians from PIRATE JENNY (see below), plus the other members of Pirate Jenny as backup musicians. It is quite well done, and has great art work on the cover. THE CORSAIRS - They currently have five albums out. The Blue One - original compositions "Pirate's Life", "No Purchase, No Pay", plus traditional "Golden Vanity", The Red One - "Barrett's Privateers", more shanties The Green One - "Sailor's Prayer", "King of the Cannibal Islands", "Blow the Man Down", more shanties The Black One - "Drunken Sailor", ""Life of a Sailor" (original), "Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Rum", more The White One "Pass the Bottle Round" (original composition), less shantey, more folk songs www.corsairs.com - tthey record mostly shanties in a rowdy style (though The Green One has a hidden track of singing Amazing Grace to dozens of other tunes -- hilarious). For piratical content, I recommend The Blue One album over the others, especially for the original pieces. I recommend The Red One least -- it was their first and isn't quite up to par with the others, but if you get the others and really like them, then this one isn't bad -- just not as good -- so you might get it. CRAZY CAT GEORGE: Album: 2609 Manning, 1996 "Tender Young Men" is a wonderful story, though gdone in a more modern style, relating the adventures of a wild pirate woman. Only pirate song on the CD. Have no idea if still available - the address on my album is: Crazy Cat George, PO Box 480471, Los Angeles, CA 90048 213-951-7069 (if anyone is able to get this album, let me know, so I know for sure it is still available) DAVID GROSSMAN: Graffitti "Bartholomew Roberts" is a wonderful song based on the historical pirate. (also to be found in the NQG Pirate Song Book) David Grossman, PO Box 4681, Cave Creek, AZ, 85327 www.davidgrossman.com Last I knew, CD's were $16. EMERSON, LAKE AND PALMER: Works, Volume I - "Pirates" HENDERSON, SKIP: Billy Bones and other Ditties original composition "Billy Bones" (this song alone is worth buying the CD -- it's great -- done in an old fashioned style - you can find the lyrics and music in the NQG Pirate Song Book), plus somewhat traditional "Fifteen Men" (the tune is a little different but I really like it) and other nautical tunes. About half songs and half instrumentals (during one instrumental, a traditional hornpipe or something on the concertina, you can hear a brawl breaking out in the tavern - really funny) . Wm. Bones c/o Canyon Studios, PO Box 13, Canyon, CA 94516 IRVINE, TONY: Outward Bound original compositions "For God, King & Country", "A Pirates Night Before Christmas" (both of which are featured in the NQG Pirate Song Book) plus traditional nautical tunes. Tony Irvine, 3267 Old Bridgeport Way, San Diego, CA 92111. Email: airvine@san.rr.com JOLLY ROGERS: Pirates Gold album, - "All for me Grog", "Haul Away Joe" Loose Cannons album (a 2 disc album - great bargain) - "A Port in Every Girl", "Dread", "Bonnie Pirate Laddie" Jolly Rogers, P.O. Box 2562, Kansas City, MO 64142 , http://www.chivalry.com/jollyrogers/ There's a couple of new original songs on "Loose Cannons" -- "Dread" -- about Bartholomew Roberrts, and "A Port in Every Girl" (hilarious -- alone this is worth the price of the CD). Their songs "Teach the Devil's Son" and "L'Ollonais" are featured in the NQG Pirate Song Book. Mc GUINN, ROGER: Cardiff Rose [Columbia] -- "Jolly Roger" (also called "Cardiff Rose"). Roger would have given me permission to feature this song in the NQG Pirate Song Book, but he no longer owns the rights to it (EMI has the rights). MUPPET TREASURE ISLAND: Soundtrack - "Shiver Me Timbers" and "Professional Pirate" -- they have silly bits, but "Professional Pirate" actually does a good job of explaining how it's all how you look at piracy if you are bad or good. PIRATE JENNY: Never-Sea Land Once Upon a Wave - Pirate Jenny is a four-piece Portland Oregon band specializing in original rock & roll pirate sea chanties. Pirate Jenny, P.O. Box 12264 Portland, Oregon 97212, http://www.teleport.com/~stangetz/pj.html --The entire album Never-Sea Land is filled with original songs about pirates, but done in a rock and roll style or reggae style. I like them, except for the production quality makes some of the lyrics hard to understand. I really like "Sensitive Pirates No More" and "A Pirate's Life is Peaceful" (remind's me of Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean song) -- both songs are featured in the NQG Pirate Song Book. The Once Upon a Wave album is not so accessible to general pirate listeners - sort of for those who are real groupies, and understand where the group is coming from. PYRATES ROYALE: Their first album is Hello, Sailor - "Fireship", "Blow the Man Down", "Maid on the Shore", "Down Among the Dead Men", "What Do You Do With a Drunken Sailor", more (done as if broadcast through "Pirate Radio" - the weather and traffic reports are very funny) Their second album is Lyve Behind Bars - "Don't Sail There" (hilarious), "Stumble/Beer, Beer, Beer", many shanties Their third album is "Love at First Nyte" -- original composition "The Ballad of Old Redcoat", "Swing the Cat" shanties The Pyrates Royale, 1767 Old B&A Blvd., Annapolis, MD 21401 www.pyrates.com None of the songs are really pirate songs (though I consider "Maid on the Shore" a pirate song, since the crew kidnaps the girl, which seems like an act of pirates to me, but they are never called such), but the songs are often done in a pyratical, rowdy, comical style, with lots of scurvy background dialog. They are songs pirates would have enjoyed singing. ROGERS, STAN: Fogarty's Cove [1977, Fogarty's Cove Music] - "Barrett's Privateers" and "Maid on the Shore" Besides contacting each group or tracking down each album separately, I know Fern Canyon Press carries many of these -- www.ferncanyonpress.com And if he doesn't, let him know you are interested in something he doesn't carry, and maybe he can start carrying it. Dulcetly (not), --Jamaica Rose "With a black flag dancing overhead, We'll salt your beef with flying lead, And you'll regret that ever you fed At the board of Anne Bonney" The Red Queen -- by Leigh Ann Hussey

The Port Royal Privateers used to have an encampent at this faire. Not this year though (or last). But Rogues Cove (out of Las Vegas) will be there (a grand bunch they be too) -- and many of the Port Royal Privateers will join up with Rogues Cove for the weekend. The faire is pirate friendly so feel free to come in yer best shore clothes. It's a nice smaller-sized faire. Don't let it's size fool you -- there's lots goin' on there, and many wonderful merchants just ripe for the raidin' ... er ... tradin'. Safe harbours and full tankards, --Jamaica Rose

You can find plans for making a leather baldric in the May 1999 issue of No Quarter Given. It's a special design that's comfortable and hangs attractively on the shoulder. It's available in the new NQG Collected Volume no. VI. It gives patterns for cutting the leather pieces, with instructions on how to put them together. I'm not a leatherworker - but I've been told ya only need basic leatherworking skills for this project. Blackheartedly yrs, --Jamaica Rose "Those who live by the sword, get shot by those who don't."

Every year round about early October, Two Harbors in Catalina plays host to Buccaneer Days. I haven't been there for several years now, but I hear rather than a true pirate festival, it's more a gathering of boaters who don Halloween-type pirate costumes, wear eye-patches. fly Jolly Rogers, and swill lots of beer. For other California events, there's the Pirate Festival at the San Juan Capistrano Mission, on the Saturday before Halloween (commemorating the 1818 raid of Hippolyte Bouchard and his crew of pirates), the Gold Coast Pirate Festival in late September, and the Toshiba Tallships Festival in Dana Point, while not a pirate event is very welcoming of pirates. Find out more about these, and other events at: http://www.noquartergiven.net/calendar.htm --Jamaica Rose "Piracy's a dirty job, but someone's gotta do it."

There are, and have been, many events in the New England waters (and other areas as well). For a list of upcoming pirate get-togethers, consult the "On the Horizon" webpage at: http://www.noquartergiven.net/calendar.htm It might also behoove you to join up with a crew in yer port. They'll know about upcoming events, and if there be none, they might even stir up their own action. For a list of crew acceptin' new recruits, go to: http://www.noquartergiven.net/crews.htm Safe harbours and full tankards, --Jamaica Rose "Proud member of the Jolly Roger Glee Club and Boarding Party"

Might be better if a rendezvous time were set up -- certain hours when others agree to meet up in the Chat Room together. Might even assign particular topics at a certain time. Would others be interested in this? What times would be best for everyone? I'm guessing evening hours or sometime on the weekend. But evening hours are not so friendly if we have any crewmembers from around the world. Weekend hours might not be good for those who are out and about on weekend (in other words, those who have a life). Once in a while I'd be glad to host a chat topic and help field questions. Maybe others would like to volunteer to do the same thing. Such arranged topics in the Chat Room could be announced in advance via the No Quarter Given email newsletter, as well as in the forum. Might help get more participation in the Pyracy Forum. What topics would interest you? Safe harbours and full tankards, --Jamaica Rose "Practice random acts of pillaging and plundering."

Ahh -- Teach -- my old sweetheart -- now there was a man! His flagship the Queen Anne's Revenge was quite a vessel too. To learn all that you wanted to, and more even, about the QAR here is the official website: http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/qar/ I know the head underwater archeologist on the project (David Moore) -- and though they have found no conclusive proof -- like a bell with the name of the ship on it -- all the facts and evidence so far points to the QAR. He's about 99% sure it's the QAR. Blackheartedly yrs, --Jamaica Rose

I do like "Against All Flags" -- love Maureen O'Hara's boots, that Scottish governess, and Anthony Quinn. Unfortunately -- Errol Flynn was a little past his prime and it showed. Long time ago I saw "The King's Pirate" with Doug McClure, and I rememer liking it alot. But at the time I had a terrible crush on Doug McClure so that may have greatly influenced my opinion (fell in love with him first as Trampas from The Virginian). I figured out later the movie was a re-make of "Against All Flags". Would like to see it again sometime to update my opinion (and get a fresh dose of a young, handsome Doug McClure). But my favorite pirate movies are: "The Buccaneer" - the second version with Yul Brynner (the first version is good too, with Frederick March, but this one is better as far as I'm concerned) -- this is one of the few pirate movies that show an historical pirate with any sort of accuracy. Charlton Heston as Andrew Jackson, is great too. And Lorne Greene has a small role as an obnoxious character -- very fun to watch! and "Swashbucklers" -- starring Robert Shaw as Red Ned Lynch -- gosh he was a hunk too, and Genevieve Bujold as the heroine -- there's a great sword fight with her in her petticoats in the tide against Lynch. Also one of the Bridges lads make a great comic relief (can't remember if it's Jeff or Beau -- but it was one of Lloyd's offspring). Then there's the Kola Nut guy (if yer old enough to remember the commercials) -- Geoffrey Holder -- with his collar of knives. Very intimidating. And a very young, hunky James Earl Jones. Peter Boyle makes a really great bad guy. And I remember the lad with the stainless steel, long, sharp fingernails -- he shows up in my nightmares once in a while. Blackheartedly yrs, --Jamaica Rose "Don't blame me! It was sinking when I got there!"

You can see a photo of the Kalmar Nykel, but I'm not sure if it's the ship in the foreground or the background. http://www.noquartergiven.net/ae_philly.htm More tall ships can be seen if you follow the various links at: http://www.noquartergiven.net/aebattles.htm Also, more tall ships at: http://www.noquartergiven.net/clash.htm http://www.noquartergiven.net/danapt97.htm http://www.noquartergiven.net/ships.htm http://www.noquartergiven.net/pip2001pg2.htm http://www.noquartergiven.net/pip2002pg2.htm If these aren't enough tall ships for you, you can find all sorts of links to other tall ship websites at: http://www.noquartergiven.net/ports.htm#Tall Ship Sites Fair wyndes, safe harbors and full tankards, --Jamaica Rose "A lemon a day keeps the scurvy away!"

Aye, I did notyce that Bilgemonkey makes a lot of posts, yet says nothin' wurth readin'. Ifin I catch up with the scurvy squid-suckin' scallywag, he might just wish all we did wuz make 'im walk the plank! If I'm gonna take the time to check out the posts made here, sure wish they were actually worth takin' the time to do so.

Now this is something different -- we get ranked by the number of our replies? We should get ranked by the QUALITY of our replies! Huzzah! --Jamaica Rose "It's not the length of the quill, but the penmanship that counts!"

If yer wanting to have a rip-roaring party, you'll find a treasure chest full of party ideas in our article "Throwing a Buccaneer Bash" at: http://www.noquartergiven.net/articles.htm As for gaming rules, try: http://www.lepg.org/games.htm Or there's an article in the May 1997 No Quarter Given issue called "Games Pirates Played" - includes rules to "Shut the Box" and others. While that issue is no longer available as a single back issue, it is available in the NQG Collected Volume 4 (1997) Blackheartedly yrs, --Jamaica Rose