Join the Shark Alley Hobos as they salute Mikie Lee Prasad in the original sea shanty, "Raise a Glass"!
A sea shanty inspired by the accidental ingestion of blowfish (“fugu” in Japanese) while on vacation in Japan. Perhaps the first time “tetrodotoxin” has been used in a song--and probably the last…
A love song of sorts. Based on urban legends told in hospital hallways...a new Hobo song for your Halloween mix! Scary because it might be true...
Performed by the Shark Alley Hobos
Artwork by Smokey Joe (aka Ken Jacobs)
For Halloween, singer songwriter multi-instrumentalist Che Prasad is releasing a new song on El Che Records entitled “No Such Thing As Frankenstein”. The song imagines what it would be like if Dr. Frankenstein was married, and the stresses that building a monster would have on a relationship. Che Prasad explains “It’s also about child rearing”. He
For Halloween, singer songwriter multi-instrumentalist Che Prasad is releasing a new song on El Che Records entitled “No Such Thing As Frankenstein”. The song imagines what it would be like if Dr. Frankenstein was married, and the stresses that building a monster would have on a relationship. Che Prasad explains “It’s also about child rearing”. He quickly adds that being married to him is nothing like being married to Dr. Frankenstein. His wife was not available for comment.
The cover art was done by Marin artist Ken Jacobs (the Shark Alley Hobos's own Smokey Joe!) and features a Frankenstien-enhanced image of Che’s own daughter, Indigo. A girl with a love of science, Indigo said, “I hope the song is not about me”. Indigo is Che’s only child.
Che Prasad also notes that “The Shark Alley Hobos’ last full album was a musical tribute to the movie Jaws and had many of the same challenges that piecing together a Frankenstein monster might have”.
Enjoy Che's new Halloween single!
A social distancing sea shanty by the Shark Alley Hobos!
Music and lyrics by Che Prasad
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The Shark Alley Hobos pay tribute to the Purple One with this sea shanty infused version of When Doves Cry. Stay tuned to the end for the rousing “Purple Danny Boy”…
While making their first (and last) appearance at the Northern California Pirate Festival, the Hobos were missing their fallen leader Mike Lee. Squinty and One Eyed Jack remembered
The Shark Alley Hobos pay tribute to the Purple One with this sea shanty infused version of When Doves Cry. Stay tuned to the end for the rousing “Purple Danny Boy”…
While making their first (and last) appearance at the Northern California Pirate Festival, the Hobos were missing their fallen leader Mike Lee. Squinty and One Eyed Jack remembered that they had always wanted to form a Prince tribute band called Darling Mikki and the Beautiful Ones. While reminiscing over a Mai Tais and a giant turkey leg, Squinty and One Eyed Jack grew tired of watching the other Hobos watching the belly dancing act—and began to dream big. What if the Hobos did the entire Purple Rain album sea shanty style? Within minutes, the sea shanty version of When Doves Cry was born! Will the dream of Purple Rain sea shanty style--maybe with belly dancers--ever be realized? Probably not, but reality has never stopped the Shark Alley Hobos…
Raise a glass to the Purple One and sing along with the chorus!
Performed by the Shark Alley Hobos
Written by Prince
Cover art by Smokey Joe (aka Ken Jacobs)
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Dumpstah Dave (aka Dave Bell) at Bellboy Recording Studios
El Che Records 2017
An original sea shanty in honor of our dearly missed captain, Mikie Lee, featuring a verse about each Hobo..and Mikie himself counts us in!
The Shark Alley Hobos get back to their roots with the traditional sea shanty Sally Brown. A tale of love, lust and loss. Every choirboy-turned-pirate’s fantasy is to share a bed with Sally Brown…or Sally Brown’s daughter!
Enjoy this bawdy, rowdy version of a classic sea shanty!
Traditional sea shanty
Performed by the Shark Alley Hobos
Cover art
The Shark Alley Hobos get back to their roots with the traditional sea shanty Sally Brown. A tale of love, lust and loss. Every choirboy-turned-pirate’s fantasy is to share a bed with Sally Brown…or Sally Brown’s daughter!
Enjoy this bawdy, rowdy version of a classic sea shanty!
Traditional sea shanty
Performed by the Shark Alley Hobos
Cover art by Smokey Joe (aka Ken Jacobs)
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Dumpstah Dave (aka Dave Bell) at Bellboy Recording Studios
El Che Records 2017
Men of the Cloth
Lyrics and music by Che and Mikie Lee Prasad
Performed by the Shark Alley Hobos
Cover art by Ken Jacobs
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Dave Bell at Bellboy Recording Studios
El Che Records 2017
Men of the Cloth was written by Mikie Lee and Che while they were in England taking a songwriting course from one of the Shark Alley
Men of the Cloth
Lyrics and music by Che and Mikie Lee Prasad
Performed by the Shark Alley Hobos
Cover art by Ken Jacobs
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Dave Bell at Bellboy Recording Studios
El Che Records 2017
Men of the Cloth was written by Mikie Lee and Che while they were in England taking a songwriting course from one of the Shark Alley Hobos’ music heroes, Ray Davies from the Kinks. Mikie and Che were assigned the task of writing a song for the two priest characters for a musical based on the 1963 British movie The Servant. Ray laughed out loud during the performance which Che and Mikie thought could be a good sign or bad sign but were too afraid to ask…
This Shark Alley Hobos song has a few surprises. The coolest one is that the bridge is sung by our dearly missed leader Mikie Lee (from a demo he and Che recorded in England while writing the song). It was an honor to sing along with Mikie once again! At the very end of the song you can hear Mikie and Che walking the grounds of an English castle talking about nothing in particular, a conversation that is now a treasured moment in time.
The song features some archaic phrases that might need some explaining such as:
Men of the Cloth: priests
Admirals of the red: heavy drinkers
Beat your gums: idle chatter
Tooth music: making loud sounds while eating
We hope you enjoy this new song that reunites Mikie Lee with his crew of Hobos!