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:We had Black neighbors on each side of our house on Third Street. This was a new experience for me, and a good one. Neighbors on one side were of an old family that had been living in Eastport for about six generations. On the other side was Willie Brown and his wife and daughters. Their economic status was not at the same level as our other neighbors. It was my first glimpse into the nuances of our African-American community. Willie was a wiry man, a retired laborer from North Carolina. Every summer morning, Willie would take his bucket and his long-pole net and head down to the docks at the old McNasby oyster company building. I was eager to learn all about crabbing, so I would tag along with him and that's how the song was born.
:I can't recall how I got to know David and Ginger, but they liked the song and performed it on their first record album, "Out on a Limb." They told me about another musician who was writing songs about the Chesapeake Bay, Janie Meneely. It turns out that Janie and I already knew each other as contributors to the Daily Planet, but neither of us had any idea that the other was writing music about the Bay. Not long after that, we formed the folk group "Crab Alley" with Chris Noyes and we performed together for about 10 years and recorded two albums of original and traditional music. In the early 90s, Kevin Brooks joined us as a bass player. After Crab Alley broke up, Kevin and I started playing as a duo, and that's how [[The Eastport Oyster Boys|Them Eastport Oyster Boys]] got started.
David & Ginger Hildebrand's recording made for their premier LP "Out on a Limb" in 1984.
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