David Proctor (1)

Even Lieutenant Bligh would not dare set sail without a fiddler, though the one he found was a nearly blind troublemaker. . .
Picked this up in the sale bin at Mystic Seaport. The focus is on the British side of the maritime tradition of music-making at sea. The wealth of photos and engravings will please the casual reader and the scholar will appreciate the bibliography. Have not found another treatment of the subject with this depth.