Dear Mr. Bok,
I have loved your music now for many years. I also like to play songs on my guitar and dulcimer at home. One of my favorite melodies is Naskeag Harbor. Does it exist in a song book somewhere or just on sheet music? I have looked high and low on the internet and haven't found it. thought I would go to the source.

Thank you.

Deb
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I don't think it has been written , Deb, but I'll ask Tom Judge, the fellow who made the tune. Gordon

Hi Gordon, My posting sent in Oct. must have been one of the lost - so here I am again. I first heard about you in Sept. at a B&B in Lubec. We met a couple from California - they traveled to Maine just to attend one of your concerts. When I returned home I checked your wedsite and ordered some cd's. I love Maine and the Maritimes, folk music and songs of the sea. You are a wonderful addition to my life.

This year we will be in Maine in June and I have already ordered tickets to see you in Jonesport on the 23rd.
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Thanks, Sandy. Say hello after the concert if you have time.
Gordon

Sorry if there's any confusion here, folks...we switched to a new host, and some emails and postings have gotten repeated or even lost in the ether. We hope you'll be patient with us.

Thanks
Gordon

Gordon and Carol, Thank you for touring. We look forward to hearing you live. Your music is timeless and so New England and The Maritimes. All the Best, Lou and Maura

I was raised on your music . . . I remember listening to Bay of Fundy at my father's home almost before I could speak. I just wanted to thank you for all that you have given, it has touched my life profoundly

Happy New Year to you & Carol. A beautiful, clear, mild morning on Long Island Sound with "Other Eyes" to begin a new year. Thank you.

The question was from Laura Driscoll in Massachusetts:

what was the name of the sweet song that had the refrain about "one more time before i go"?i want to learn it-again-thank you so much-laura

Or maybe it would be on your set list from the Newburyport concert, Oct 1.
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Can't identify it from the setlist,Laura; sorry about that.
Gordon

Wildbirds is your latest that touches our souls, of many throughout the years. We lost our dear little parrot, of 28 years that knew your music just as well as we do. His name was Pecker and he was unique. Everyone who met him felt a connection. When playing your music, he would sway to the rhythm and often join in vocally to the sound of your voice. He became animated especially when Ed and Ann joined you. We would love a copy of the lyrics to Wildbirds and we'd like to share the following prayer that we acquired after an early morning balloon ride. We buried our little guy with a copy and recitation of it.
Baloonist's Prayer:
The winds have welcomed you with softness.
The sun has blessed you with warm hands.
You have flown so high and so well.
That God has joined you in your laughter,
and set you gently back
Into the loving arms of Mother Earth.

Dear Mr. Bok,

Your music has meant a lot to me since I first arrived in the Maritime world of Nova Scotia thirty years ago, and I have just ordered CD's of two of your albums to replace long-lost cassettes I have pined for for years. I am the editor of the Shambhala Sun, a Buddhist magazine based here, and I would be very happy to give you a subscription if you send me a mailing address. From the great integrity and heart of your work, I think you might like it.

Very best wishes, Melvin McLeod
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Thank you, Melvin.
GB

dear dear gordon-we saw and heard you last night in newburyport at first parish.it was beautiful.my love had seen you before but i had not-it was a treat for both of us-especially since he is now on o2 and just got out of the hospital.what was the neame of the sweet song that had the refrain about "one more time before i go"?i want to learn it-again-thank you so much-laura ____________________________
Laura, I'm afraid I'll need a few more words to identify that song. Gordon

Hi Gordon, looking at your site reminds me of the days when my mom, Jean Finke, arranged concerts for you, and for Ann and Ed, in California. Do you ever get out here any more?
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Christa, give my best to your mother, aand yes, I sing on the west coast every few years. Stay well,
Gordon

My siblings & I took Dad to a concert you were giving in Kennebunk on his 80th birthday. He was always a huge fan of yours, so when he died a few months after his 90th birthday, we decide to sing Isle au Haute Lullaby at his memorial service on Monhegan next week. I've just suggested that song for your next album because I learned it from a songbook & have always imagined you singing it rather than Ann.
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We recorded it last month, Susan

Dear Gordon, I became acquainted with your music at the Meadowlark Music camp in Maine, August 2010, and am forever grateful for that experience. Is there a piano and cello arrangement of "Sherry's Song" that I can purchase? I would love to perform that at one of our noontime concerts at work. Best, Paul Butler
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Sent the tune & chords to you lastz week...hope you got it. GB

Dear Gordon,
Best wishes from Cornwall, where you have many friends.
All the best, Mike

You will sing at the CCOBristol this fall. I would rally enjoy the song you sang years ago in Damariscotta-it related to nuclear energy. The chorus had something to do with writing your mother and watering your plants. Actually will enjoy anything you choose to sing.
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That song is called (I think) " In case of Nuclear Attack ", Mary, and was written by Jan Harmon. I never learned it, and the only one I know who sings ity is Lois Lyman, of Lincolnville. Hope that helps.
Gordon

Been trying to find an album or the lyrics to a song about "that silly old fool will go down on the bay" except I have forgotten the song's exact title. Have loved that song for years but can only remember the first verse.
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It's called Mrs. MacDonald's Lament, Charlie, and it's on a Folk Legacy album called Peter Kagan and the Wind.We sell that album at Timberhead music.
Gordon

blessings and gratitude always...thank you for sharing Go East as you do, Gordon.
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Thank you, dear.
GB

I just wanted to say that I have always revered Gordon's music since 1972 when I and Tom Dwyer hitchhiked to Maine from New Jersey, and camped out on Gordons kitchen floor in Rockport for a week or so and participated in a local concert. I have been playing Fundy Bay, which is my father's favorite of Gordon's tunes, for close to 40 years, and it is still one of my favorites too.
Nice to see you still doing well after all these years.

Dear Gordon, More than 32 years ago my then partner and I heard Peter Kagan and the Wind and, ironically, a very dear friend named Joyce Briere did the photo of you on the cover of that album.My son, Kagan, turns 32 this year and that song and my son has been and always will be a deep stream running through my life. Thank you.

To Deena from Ithaca:
Thanks for that information, Deena. I did get one of those guitar cusions, and it works better than the one I cobbled up. Enjoy the summer.
GB