Johnny Depp And Keith Richards Record Pirate Album
Johnny Depp has recruited The Rolling Stone’s Keith Richards and a host of other rock legends for a pirate-themed album.
“Son of Rogue’s Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys” is a double-disc collection of traditional pirate songs to be released on Tom Waits’ Anti Records in February.
Other guest stars on the album include Iggy Pop, Courtney Love, Sean Lennon, Broken Social Scene and many others. You can see the full list of collaborators in the track list below.
The album follows a similar 2006 compilation, but producer Hal Willner says: “It is a very different record than volume 1. This one seems… happier? Not as much about torture, sodomy and death, which will disappoint some but, we don’t need to repeat ourselves do we?”
This isn’t the only piece of rock action Depp has gotten lately.
At the weekend, he appeared as a performer at Alice Cooper’s 12th annual Christmas Pudding concert in Phoenix, alongside Sebastian Bach, L.A. Guns, and Don Felder of the Eagles.
One month ago, Depp also appeared on stage with Cooper during his show in Los Angeles.
Here’s the track list for “Son of Rogue’s Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys” (via Gibson):
Disc 1:
1. “Leaving of Liverpool” (Shane MacGowan w/Johnny Depp & Gore Verbinski)
2. “Sam’s Gone Away” (Robyn Hitchcock)
3. “River Come Down” (Beth Orton)
4. “Row Bullies Row” (Sean Lennon w/Jack Shit)
5. “Shenandoah” (Tom Waits w/Keith Richards)
6. “Mr. Stormalong (Ivan Neville)
7. “A–hole Rules the Navy” (Iggy Pop w/A Hawk and a Hacksaw)
8. “Off to Sea Once More” (Macy Gray)
9. “The Ol’ OG” (Ed Harcourt)
10. “Pirate Jenny” (Shilpa Ray w/Nick Cave & Warren Ellis)
11. “The Mermaid” (Patti Smith & Johnny Depp)
12. “Anthem for Old Souls” (Chuck E. Weiss)
13. “Orange Claw Hammer” (Ed Pastorini)
14. “Sweet and Low” (The Americans)
15. “Ye Mariners All” (Robin Holcomb & Jessica Kenny)
16. “Tom’s Gone to Hilo” (Gavin Friday and Shannon McNally)
17. “Bear Away” (Kenny Wollesen & The Himalayas Marching Band)
Disc 2:
1. “Handsome Cabin Boy” (Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention)
2. “Rio Grande” (Michael Stipe & Courtney Love)
3. “Ship in Distress” (Marc Almond)
4. “In Lure of the Tropics” (Dr John)
5. “Rolling Down to Old Maui” (Todd Rundgren)
6. “Jack Tar on Shore” (Dan Zanes w/Broken Social Scene)
7. “Sally Racket” (Sissy Bounce (Katey Red & Big Freedia) with Akron/Family)
8. “Wild Goose” (Broken Social Scene)
9. “Flandyke Shore” (Marianne Faithfull w/Kate & Anna McGarrigle)
10. “The Chantey of Noah and his Ark” (Old School Song) (Ricky Jay)
11. “Whiskey Johnny” (Michael Gira)
12. “Sunshine Life for Me” (Petra Haden w/Lenny Pickett)
13. “Row the Boat Child” (Jenni Muldaur)
14. “General Taylor” (Richard Thompson w/Jack Shit)
15. “Marianne” (Tim Robbins w/Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs)
16. “Barnacle Bill the Sailor” (Kembra Phaler w/Antony/Joseph Arthur/Foetus)
17. “Missus McGraw” (Angelica Huston w/The Weisberg Strings)
18. “The Dreadnought” (Iggy Pop & Elegant Too)
19. “Then Said the Captain to Me” (Two Poems of the Sea) (Mary Margaret O’Hara)