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The Longest Johns
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A capella folk band with GSOH. Have shanties, will travel. Bookings email - [email protected]
Pieces of Eight - STRICKEN is out NOW!
https://www.thelongestjohns.com/
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What’s this? I came here for sea shanties, what’s this new-world guitar filth? Well it’s Robbie’s side project with members of Skinny Lister and Mad Sin. Their debut self-titled EP is out now on 7” vinyl (and streaming). Check their instagram page @BEECHWOODKNIVES for where to get your mitts on one!
November 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Found a delightful recording of Parting Glass with Natalie Holmes that we did back on the Pieces of Eight tour! Longer versions available as permitted by various platforms

#TheLongestJohns #NatalieHolmes #Acapella #PartingGlass #Harmonies
November 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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As a little Wednesday bonus, we've put the enjoyable outtakes from filming Paddy Lay Back up on Youtube (and in LANDSCAPE!) for your convenience! Go check 'em out!
youtu.be/xFMM_UQVnLc

#TheLongestJohns #Outtakes #BehindTheScenes #Funny #Highlights
Thumbnail for the Paddy Lay Back - The Outtakes video, showing a collage of Robbie, Andy, and JD all expericing some kind of exciting misadventure. where each of them is in the process of falling off a mountain board.
November 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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As we ready ourselves for a little Winter hibernation, there will soon be *rather exciting* news about our plans for 2026. If you'd like to be sure you don't miss out, please head on through and subscribe to our mailing list!
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#TheLongestJohns #Folk #Shanty #Music #2026
A sample image of the previous newsletter, showing the kinds of information contained within the November update! There's news of new march arriving in the store, the latest video, an announcement of the next upcoming stream and highlights from the last one, as well as links to the podcast. This is a screenshot showing where someone might, if they so choose, go and enter their name and email address to subscribe to the mailing list. Keen-eyed viewers may note that the typo has been fixed. You're welcome.
November 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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HEY🫵! Do you have a bit of change rattling around in your virtual pocket? We'd love to send you over to www.twitch.tv/desertbus who are closing out their 19th marathon, raising money for Child's Play Charity! Go wish them well and give if you can!❤️
@desertbus.org

#DesertBus #Charity
Logo for Desert Bus For Hope 2025, showing that text sitting on the horizon, where a stylised crisp blue Arizona sky hangs above an endless stretch of road, vertically dividing the desert. Above all this hangs a pine tree air-freshener, Freshy, who's been a frequent tormentor of the various shifts this week.
November 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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I've no idea what a Sletter is but we've got a new one, and if you'd like to know more about it, you can subscribe to our mailing list through the bio site and make sure to get all the important news when it drops! Which.. will be soon👀
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#TheLongestJohns #Folk #Shanty
A simple screenshot of the fields on the TLJ bio site where you can subscribe to the newsletter! There is a typo, it says "sate" instead of "date". That's fine.
November 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Bit of a special unboxing of the Pieces of Eight vinyl release here (headphone warning), which if you've survived, you can get your own from the store! shop.thelongestjohns.com

#TheLongestJohns #PiecesOfEIght #FolkMusic #Shanty #Vinyl
November 18, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Come on down to shop dot the longest johns dot com where we have the shanties for you! Have friends or make them through the magic of communal song!
Blessed with company? You're a shanty band now, buddy!
Don't? Rousing songs will beckon them to your fo'c'sle (living room)!
shop.thelongestjohns.com
A picture with a faded, pastel-toned image of a sailboat at sea, overlaid with text saying: Off work late? Bored but nothing to watch on television? TRY SINGING 70 to 80 SHANTIES sing them with your friends imagine the sea neighbours love shanties and will thank u for 70 or 80 of them you will certainly not regret singing 70 too 80 shanties An image of the Pieces of Eight CD and (separately) vinyl products now available for preorder in the store. The CD case bears the stylised skull image in a tarnished golden colour, while the two CDs themselves are a black with the text of the song titles spiralling around the middle. The vinyl cover also bears the stylised Po8 skull image, while the discs themselves are shown as a bright golden colour. An image of the 3-part harmony songbook, showing the stylised skull image on the front cover (in tarnished gold) on a black background, and an inset image showing the inside of the book and back cover, as evidence that the book does, in fact, contain both song music and lyrics, as well as little bits of text about each of the songs written by members of the band!
November 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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As you might expect, there were one or two outtakes from filming Paddy Lay Back, so we compiled them into... THIS!
Then go check out the full thing:
youtu.be/vVhods7zeko

#TheLongestJohns #FolkMusic #Shanty
November 13, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Busy times!
We've..
- Completed Pieces of Eight
- Got a new merch drop ready
- Released a new video
- Got a livestream next week
and there's always more just beyond the horizon...
found.ee/thelongestjo...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVho...

#TheLongestJohns #Folk #Shanty #Po8
A collage of all eight images for the pieces, assembled around the central completed coin. There's a lot to describe here, but the coin itself is a golden disc with a stylised skull in the middle, around which are arranged eight different images that depict the different titles and themes of the various pieces. There's a whale, a tavern, mountains, a cave, a lighthouse, tentacles.. and a couple of others that I'm not sure how to describe! The eight coin segments are shown on different backgrounds such as sand, a table with cards, a map, a pan, a cave, salt, blue scales, and purple tentacles. A thumbnail image for the video Paddy Lay Back including the title text. It shows Robbie in a black/white/grey checked shirt lying down on some herringbone brickwork with painted yellow lines behind him. He's got a rather shocked expression on his face, mouth and eyes both wide open in surprise. An image of the Pieces of Eight CD and (separately) vinyl products now available for preorder in the store. The CD case bears the stylised skull image in a tarnished golden colour, while the two CDs themselves are a black with the text of the song titles spiralling around the middle. The vinyl cover also bears the stylised Po8 skull image, while the discs themselves are shown as a bright golden colour. An image of the 3-part harmony songbook, showing the stylised skull image on the front cover (in tarnished gold) on a black background, and an inset image showing the inside of the book and back cover, as evidence that the book does, in fact, contain both song music and lyrics, as well as little bits of text about each of the songs written by members of the band!
November 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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We've got some new Pieces of Eight merch landing in the store VERY SOON, and you can get preorders in right now if you should desire! CD, vinyl, a songbook, PLUS a limited edition coin and pin set! Go check 'em out
shop.thelongestjohns.com

#TheLongestJohns #PiecesOfEight #Po8 #Merch #Folk #Shanty
An image of the Pieces of Eight CD and (separately) vinyl products now available for preorder in the store. The CD case bears the stylised skull image in a tarnished golden colour, while the two CDs themselves are a black with the text of the song titles spiralling around the middle. The vinyl cover also bears the stylised Po8 skull image, while the discs themselves are shown as a bright golden colour. An image of the 3-part harmony songbook, showing the stylised skull image on the front cover (in tarnished gold) on a black background, and an inset image showing the inside of the book and back cover, as evidence that the book does, in fact, contain both song music and lyrics, as well as little bits of text about each of the songs written by members of the band! A photograph of the golden Pieces of Eight coin available in the store. On one side it shows the stylised skull flanked by text saying The Longest Johns and Pieces of Eight, then on the other side is the same skull but surrounded by the eight different illustrations that partnered with each released piece. The Pieces of Eight pin set, which is eight individual segments of a circular coin, in shiny golden metal. In the centre of the segments is the stylised skull, and around them, one on each segment, are the illustrations that went with each individual piece.
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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50 years gone, but the legend lives on: today marks the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, beautifully memorialised by Gordon Lightfoot in a song that we had to pay our own tribute to.
youtu.be/BuW3FKYOCDs

#TheLongestJohns #EdmundFitzgerald #FolkMusic #Shanty
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Good news!
This FRIDAY you can get
-Pieces of Eight!
-A new video!
-A special Bandcamp Po8 listen party (head to Bandcamp and click where the arrows show in the third picture!)
found.ee/thelongestjo...

#TheLongestJohns #PiecesOfEight #Po8 #HAUPBSFS #Folk #Shanty #NewMusic
A collage of all eight images for the pieces, assembled around the central completed coin. There's a lot to describe here, but the coin itself is a golden disc with a stylised skull in the middle, around which are arranged eight different images that depict the different titles and themes of the various pieces. There's a whale, a tavern, mountains, a cave, a lighthouse, tentacles.. and a couple of others that I'm not sure how to describe! The eight coin segments are shown on different backgrounds such as sand, a table with cards, a map, a pan, a cave, salt, blue scales, and purple tentacles. A behind-the-scenes shot of JD and Andy standing outdoors on some tarmac in a car park, with some hedges in the background and cloudy blue skies overhead. They are both wearing winter coats, JD giving a cheeky glance to the camera over his left shoulder while Andy has his arms folded and is looking with a bit of a smirk on his face. A screenshot of the TLJ Bandcamp page for Pieces of Eight showing the band's logo across the top, and the Po8 coin design with a stylised skull in the middle, and big red arrows and a circle indicating the space where you should click if you want to join the Pieces of Eight listening party on Friday 7th of November at 8pm GMT/UTC. There is a small bit of text on the bottom right of this image (and generally in the right side of the page) where you should click to express your interest in joining and be reminded when it goes live!
November 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Alright, it's all go this Friday:
1 - The complete Pieces of EIght collection goes live
2 - There's a new video coming
3 - We'll be having a Bandcamp listen-along party as well!
found.ee/thelongestjo...
thelongestjohns.bandcamp.com/merch/pieces...

#TheLongestJohns #PiecesOfEight #HAUPBSFS #Folk
An overhead picture showing Andy from The Longest Johns with a somewhat uncomfortable, bemused frown on his face (including squinting eyes) as he appears to be lying down on some tarmac and grass. There also appear to be a few scattered golden coins strewn through the shot.
November 4, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Well I think we can call that a (sorry, sorry I'm REALLY sorry).... critical success!
Okay no more TTRPG puns.
Huge thanks to @highrollersdnd.bsky.social for letting us be a part of the show! ❤️

#TheLongestJohns #HighRollers #TTRPG #Tabletop #Shanty #FolkMusic
A picture from the High Rollers Live show at St George's in Bristol, taken looking up at the stage from the front left. On the stage is a series of Halloween adornments including jack-o-lanterns and what look like pink worms or snakes. Then on the stage, from left (foreground) to right (background) is Robbie wearing a breastplate, and holding his right hand up high towards the ceiling, majestically displaying a drumstick as if 'twere a mighty sword, Andy also holding a drumstick but with less splendour and wearing a red robe, and then JD wearing some kind of billowy pirate garb and wielding a wooden mallet. A distant shot of TLJ performing on stage, taken from the back of the room. Robbie still wearing his breastplate is playing a mandolin, Andy in his robe is pickin' on a banjo, and JD is singing and playing the guitar whilst continuing to billow in his pirate getup. Behind them is a massive screen where The Longest Johns and the Voyage album artwork are being projected, and the audience can be seen in the bottom half of the shot and flanking up the sides in the raised galleries overlooking the room. GREEN! This is a shot from the High Rollers game where TLJ were also included as one of the characters. It is thoroughly bathed in green light, while all the players are sat at tables spanning the stage, all dressed in a variety of costumes appropriate to their characters.
November 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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PLEASE BE VIGILANT! Am now a broken man on a Halifax pier!!

Happy Halloween folks! Who's coming to St George's tonight for some High Rollers?! Say hi if you catch us!

#TheLongestJohns #Halloween #Shanties #FolkMusic
A picture showing a chocolate bar (could be Mars? Could be Snickers?) being pulled apart in the middle, revealing SHOCK a king's shilling and a letter of marque! There is text saying "PLEASE CHECK YOUR HALLOWEEN CANDY WITH CARE, I was shocked to find a shilling and letter of marque from the king!!!"
October 31, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Shant tools.

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#TheLongestJohns #CowTools #Memes #FolkMusic #Shanty
A rough black-and-white sketch showing, in the background, a ship with three billowing sails moored up, partially occluded by the landscape. In the foreground is a three-headed LongestJohnsm'n, a triple-wide being with three heads astride its extended shoulders. Andy and Robbie's eyes are depicted with a thin horizontal line. Instead of their regular dungarees, they are instead shown with some kind of cow print on their skin, and arms ending in hooves. In their pouch is a slightly bizarre, indefinable object. Then in front of then is a table, upon which is arranged a series of yet more inscrutable shapes. To explain what they aren't would be to ruin something of the joke of the Far Side comic that this is imitative of, Cow Tools.
October 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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THIS FRIDAY, you can get:
Dungeons
and
Dragons
and
@highrollersdnd.bsky.social
and
The Longest Johns
ALL in one tidy package!
See you there?

#TheLongestJohns #HighRollers #DnD #Bristol #DungeonsAndDragons #Tabletop #TTRPG
An image for the High Rollers live show, Haunted Tides & Terrible Tales, featuring special guests The Longest Johns. It includes the date 31st of October 2025, at St George's in Bristol. In the middle are drawings of the fantasy characters who will be played.
October 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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This is just to say ❤️THANK YOU❤️ for giving us 50 MILLION plays on Apple Music! That's an absurd number, and we're tremendously grateful to you all for the love and support. And speaking of streaming, a reminder to mark November 7th in your calendars

#TheLongestJohns #HAUPBSFS #Shanty #Folk #Apple
A simple graphic showing a picture of the Longest Johns against a cardboard-brown background, with text stating 50 million all-time plays on Apple Music.
October 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Sometimes it's just a matter of perspective...
Find out what we've been looking at on, ooh, say, Friday 7th of November over on Youtube?

#TheLongestJohns #FolkMusic #Shanty #HAUPBSFS
A picture of blue sky, stippled with particles of white cloud A picture of a rather battered grey concrete and gravel patch of ground.
October 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Congratulations everyone, you've made it to another Friday,. Your reward is... this, from the archives! Treat yourself to a good weekend. Yeehaw.🤠

#TheLongestJohns #FridayFeeling #WayfaringStranger #ImGoingHome
October 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Did you know we have a newsletter? There's always new news on the horizon and if you want a convenient summary every month to help keep up, simply head to bio.site/TheLongestJo... and drop us your details!

#TheLongestJohns #FolkMusic #Shanty
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October 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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You still have a move action available if you want to join us at St George's in Bristol for High Rollers' Haunted Tides & Terrible Tales! It's approaching fast so I'm going to need a dex saving throw to see if it hits.
www.aegpresents.co.uk/event/high-r...

#TheLongestJohns #HighRollers #Yogscast
An image for the High Rollers live show, Haunted Tides & Terrible Tales, featuring special guests The Longest Johns. It includes the date 31st of October 2025, at St George's in Bristol. In the middle are drawings of the fantasy characters who will be played.
October 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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While we've got some Pieces of Eight merch news coming early next month, perhaps you'd like a reminder of what else we have in the store? Like these cool Moby Duck or Hamvil shirts, or the stunning Voyage playmat and tokens...
shop.thelongestjohns.com

#TheLongestJohns #Merch #MtG #Tabletop
A spectacular Moby Duck shirt depicting the most epic battle between underequipped mariners in small wooden boats, and a giant yellow floatie duck with vicious, barbed teeth, while raging seas swirl around them and lightning splits the sky. "The Longest Johns" is written across the top in a pretty metal font. The design is shown on four shirts of different colours - white, black, yellow, and blue. A design for a Hammer and the Anvil shirt. It shows a blacksmith working at an anvil in front of a roaring fire, next to a curled-up dog sleeping at his side. Above him hangs a lantern with a crow leaning over, watching his work. The whole thing is rendered in a crosshatched style. The design is shown on four shirts of different colours - cream, yellow, orange, and white. A picture of the Voyage album art mouse/playmat (dimensions 61x36cm). It shows the sky sailor standing at a lean over the edge of his ship, supporting himself from a rope, while looking out towards the flying island, his destination. In the background are stormy skies and another flying island. The whole scene is cast in sunset colours of pastel-toned orange and peach. Who wants fruit salad. A compilation of the Trading Card Booster Pack contents, showing a selection of Tokens and Basic Lands that can be used with your tabletop card game of choice, so long as your choice is Magic: The Gathering. It contains tokens for Plant, Beast, Soldier, The Monarch, and Treasure. It also contains cards for Mountain, Island, Swamp, Plains, and Forest, perfect for all your mana needs.
October 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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We're assembling the pieces into one exciting collection, but it's taking a little time to cook... album and merch news will be coming in early November!
Thank you for your patience ❤️

#TheLongestJohns #PiecesOfEight #Shanty #FolkMusic #InfinityGauntlet #PhotoshopSkillz
A lovingly-rendered photomanipulation of the infamous Infinity Gauntlet from such films as Marvel, EXCEPT (and here's the subtle part), it's super wide with like 8 fingers, and on the knuckle of each is, instead of a stone (because who has eight stones, that's silly, and please ignore the Time Stone still on the thumb because your artist was rushing and missed that one), a Piece of Eight, from gigashanty collection Pieces of Eight by The Longest Johns. And in the middle of the back of the hand, instead of the Mind Stone, is the skull from the middle of the Pieces of Eight logo, when fully assembled. Maybe the Time Stone can still be there because we're saying that news is coming in November, and maybe you want to manipulate time to get there faster?
October 20, 2025 at 4:05 PM