St Thomas-St John * Remembering All Ah We *: Morgan Whalen

Morgan Whalen

Visiting musician, driving around in his "Van Whalen".

Click here for Morgan's music, playing at Horsefeathers at the Red Hook Docks in the 80's

7 comments:

blank said...: I remember a Morgan Whalen from St Thomas. A great singer, is this the same guy?; January 02, 2008
Island Sailor said...: That's him ! I did a bit of Internet searching, but only came up with this site for Morgan :

http://www.bigquack.com/scab/bands2.htm

You have to scroll down almost 2/3's of the way to "The Morgan Whalen Group/Dalux" where you'll find a pre-St Thomas writeup. Morgan is in both photos there.; January 06, 2008
Anonymous said...: I recall Morgan drove around St. Thomas in a van. The locals dubbed it ...

"Van Whalen" !; February 16, 2008
Anonymous said...: Morgan is a great musician, he used to pay for his passage on sail boats by being the troubador. I would run into him up in Newport, Rhode Island every summer.; August 22, 2008
Anonymous said...: Whoa! This is a flash from the past.
I'm a singer/guitar player and
knew Morgan quite well. I played
his open mike nite at Barnacle Bill's a number of times. We go back even further than that though... Russian River in N. Cal.
'73, Roseburg, Ore. '75. Then in
'84 I was the pub singer at The
Pub on the Square in St. George's, Bermuda and in he walks...maybe one of the trips he made with you! I wonder where I'll run into
him next?
My Island years were the best of
my life...would love to swap some stories.
Reggie Workman; January 09, 2009
Anonymous said...: Morgan left St. Thomas just after I did in 1997 last I heard he was in Florida. Sad news about my old broadcasting mate on Radio One WVWI Nicky (Mighty Whitey) Russell I will miss those jammin sessionsa round the island especially at Barnacle Bille, Hi Bill.; November 22, 2010
Island Sailor said...: Came across a website for musician Don Panzik. Keywords that rang a bell : Red Hook's "Slip Away' and 'New York, New York', Morgan Whalen, mid-80's.

http://www.donpanzik.com/entertainer.html; February 23, 2012

St Thomas - St John, U.S. Virgin Islands ~ Remembering All-Ah-Wee

Recalling the many people in the 70's and 80's, up to the mid - 90's who gave Red Hook and The East End the character it had (including some from downtown and St. John).

Why "mid-90's" ? Hurricane Marilyn in 1995 changed our work and play patterns, our lives and energies. As one person expressed it, Hurricane Hugo in '89 was an adventure; Marilyn was a royal P-I-T-A.

Some long time island residents left after '95, plus rebuilding and development, forever changed the simplicity and laid back character of Red Hook we reveled and thrived in.

Many though are still sailin', lymin', workin', drinkin' and dancing on as we speak . . . in St Thomas-St John-BVI's, down island or wherever they may be.

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Please email and suggest people or places that should be included here.

Open those shoeboxes of photos and have a sit down session with your scanner ! If you don't have a way of posting your photos to the Internet, let me know and I'll help you.