Award winning NZ Pirate - Captain Festus McBoyle - Mr Cheese if you Please.

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17 Jul

A rather hot topic indeed – Identification.

Lots of opinions on this but I believe best each to their own.

Definitely not a topic I set out to write about but in hindsite, something I’d actually encountered first hand.

My second guitarist and co-writer on a number of quirky songs started out as Mr Henry Hubbard - 100% light fingered and very much a Man.

He left the Troupe around 2013 for personal reasons only to return again in 2018. This time he identified solely as a Rat – Mr Cheese if you Please.

Now not being one to judge and very much preferring to celebrate difference and diversity within family and community, I welcomed him back into the Pirates with open arms – But there was one definite clause firmly set in place – Do not steal my Cheese Mr Rat!

This song is the last single before Album # 5 – Captain Festus McBoyle – The Prose and Cons is to be released into the world in all its glory on August 23rd.

New Single - Mr Cheese if you Please - Captain Festus McBoyle

Produced by Rich Manic and Amos Clarke

Engineered by Amos Clarke @ sHOWpONY Studio, Auckland

Mixed by Rich Manic and Amos Clarke

Mastered @ sHOWpONY Studio, Auckland

Written by Rich Manic

Lead Vocals – Rich Manic

Piano Accordian – Larissa Lofley

Backing Vocals – The Ilford Workingmen’s Club Choir

PRESAVE LINK - https://music.drm.co.nz/mciyp-cfb

RELEASE FOLDER - https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/15gQ9uge2Bq_aB11VOqn-RzCysyOBzRHE?usp=sharing

SHOWREEL LINK – https://youtu.be/96wDhkdLxsY?si=VgQhSWESg7OLoa6N