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    3 CD box set with 40 songs about Olympia WA plus a detailed 80 page book with the history behind the songs and a plethora of great photos. With over 100 Olympa musicians. Stunning!

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I had the idea of Virginia singing this one. She said yes and she and Nick really took it over from there. We thought ACCORDION! (it’s nautical, right?) We got Luz Gaxiola and then Julie Bennett, rehearsed maybe once and then cut the whole thing live in my living room. Perfect!
A week later I called Virginia and asked if she could whistle. She said yes. Boom. Complete. They did a great job.

Mosquito Fleet. Retrieved from olympiahistory.org/mosquito-fleet/
O’Connell, Emmett. Olympia Reserve Fleet
Operated for 30 Years in Budd Inlet - Thurston Talk Retrieved from www.thurstontalk.com/2014/03/02/olympia-reserve-fleetoperated-30-years-budd-inlet/

lyrics

Mothballs and mosquitoes
In ye olde Budd Bay
Mosquitoes and mothballs
Have all gone away

The roads were not great round old Puget Sound
Your own horse and buggy barely got you round town
The watery highway was sure hard to beat
Scores of small steamers were the mosquito fleet
From Percival Landing, the fleet went to sea
People and freight moved as far as BC
To Tacoma for business, or just to sightsee
Cars would replace them by 1930

The mothball fleet had moored there since the Second World War
Cargo ships, troopships, fuel ships, and more
For 26 years they were part of Budd Bay
One hundred eighty-five ships in a tidy array
Some folks said the mothballs messed up the vibes
But others just shrugged and went on with their lives
A team kept them shipshape up to the gunwales
So in just twenty days, they'd be ready to sail

Mothballs and mosquitoes
Where have they gone
The bay is still here
But the ships have moved on
Instead of the water that kept us alive
We follow the flowalong Interstate 5

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from Olympia - A True Story, released October 14, 2022
Julie Bennett - Drums and Percussion; Luz Gaxiola - Accordion, plus Nick and Virginia

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Tom Dyer and The True Olympians Olympia, Washington

The True Olympians were formed shortly after Tom Dyer moved back to his hometown Olympia in 2006. Their focus is primarily recording, though they do play yer occasional live show. Current members: Tom - vox, guitar etc,, Gene Tveden- bass, b-vox, Joe Cason - keys, b-vox, Lisa Ceazan- vocals, and Jeff Parkhurst - drums, b-vox. Jeff is the band's 4th drummer. ... more

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