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Fisherman's Friends
It was a story the British press loved when a bunch of old friends in the
Cornish seaside village of Port Isaac got together to sing unaccompanied sea
shanties for tourists at the harbour and were suddenly signed by Universal
Records for a reported £1 million advance and became overnight celebrities. With
the exception of Yorkshireman John McDonnell, each member of the group was born
and grew up in Cornwall where they were all fishermen, coastguards or
lifeboatmen, along with other jobs.
Led by ex-policeman and children's author Jon Cleave, they proved a popular
attraction, ...
