A collection of original holiday songs and stories from Them Eastport Oyster Boys including: An Annapolis Christmas 1783, The Twelve Dog Days of Christmas, The Eastport Boat Parade of Lights March, Eastport Carol of the Shells, Oyster Shells and more.

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#		Title	Length	Sample
1		Greensleeves	2:41
2		Eastport Parade of Lights March	2:17
3		God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman	1:05
4		The 12 Dogs Days of Christmas	3:37
5		Deck the Halls	0:31
6		The Eastport Carol of the Shells	1:19
7		Winterlude	0:26
8		An Annapolis Christmas, 1783	2:31
9		General Washington's Christmas Dance	1:46
10		It Came Upon a Midnight Clear	0:48
11		Christmas in the Islands	0:41
12		Oyster Shells!	2:13
13		Silent Night	1:03

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Under the glow of October's full moon and a dim string of white lights, Jeff "Jefferson" Holland sets up the plot for the coming tall tale from his seat near the pilot house of buyboat Half Shell. Kevin "Brother Shucker" Brooks plays light banjo for mood.

'Tis the story of vile pirate captain Richard "Dick" Clark, renamed Captain Doubloon for the sake of good storytelling. In verse, Holland's eyes go squinty and his voice turns pirate's snarl as he sings of how a cabin boy saved Annapolis from pillage. And of how sea nettles were born of pirates' blood.

The audience smiles broadly at the yarn, their imaginations stoked. Some of the few kids on board wonder aloud whether pirates still roam about. Holland smiles through his thick beard.

This lyrical tale of Dick Clark the pirate is but one of many spawned by Them Eastport Oyster Boys, equal parts Holland and Brooks. Before the night is done, they will sing the tale of Chessie, a 42-ton Chesapeake Bay retriever with 80-knot breath and a tail that makes six-foot wakes when it wags. Sing the recipe for Mama's beaten biscuits. Sing about the three elements (a good hat, a good dog and a good boat!)to a full Eastportorican life.

"We have fun celebrating where we live," says Brooks. Since the early '90s, the Oyster Boys' collaborative creativity has yielded songs ranging -aquatic vegetation to a deck shoe chantey to a tango about sub aquatic vegetation to a reggae about sailing. They even composed Maritime Republic of Eastport's national anthem. "Eastport's an eclectic and diverse area, and the music that we do kind of reflects that, from tangos to waltzes to reggae to Dixie to rhythm and blues, beside... Jeff and I have short...err... attention spans...," explains Brooks.

An Oyster Boy Christmas was originally created as a radio formatted show yet has rapidly become one of the Bay regions most loved seasonal concerts. From the colonial taverns of Annapolis, to the rural Eastern Shore, to the concert halls of the Mariners Museum in Newport News "An Oyster Boy Christmas" has become a must see holiday tradition in and around the Chesapeake's waters.

We hope you enjoy "An Oyster Boy Christmas", our gift to all who keep the spirit of the season alive.

Happy Holidays!!!!!