I am terrible at blogging. I get ideas for posts but don't post them right away so then it seems like yesterday's news. This is a record label blog so maybe it isn't appropriate to post about things that other blogs are covering besides with our two new releases coming out at the same time I feel like I shouldn't cover anything but that. So here is another Tullycraft post.
I find myself spending lots of time in Thrift Stores looking for the usual things like old records, vintage clothing, hi-fi equipment... Last year I was shopping for Halloween outfits and I found this sweater. I couldn't believe my luck. Not only is it a Tollycraft Yacht article of clothing but it is a baby blue V-neck sweater that actually fits. I mean I just can't imagine anything more twee than that other than maybe that shirt that Courtney owns. If you have ever asked Sean where they came up with the name Tullycraft he will usually down play saying it is just a word they came up with. I originally thought it was a play off his last name Tollefson until I found out that there were wooden boats that were branded Tollycraft. So it seems like that is where Sean and Co got the name so I decided to check it out on Wikipedia. The wiki entry goes as follows:
Tollycraft was a US powerboat manufacturer which is no longer in business.
Tollycraft was founded in 1936 as a wooden boat builder by Robert Merland Tollefson (better known as Tolly). In 1962 the company switched to building their boats from fiberglass. Tollefson sold the company in 1987, and it was bankrupt by 1993. Although it attempted to resume operations, the company was dead by 1997.
Tollycraft was known to make high quality boats ideally suited to the waters of its home in the Pacific Northwest.
So this is speculation and Sean has never confirmed this or if he is related to "Tolly" but it seems like a pretty big coincidence.Tullycraft have their CD release show this Thursday. I will be there wearing this sweater , dancing and singing my lungs out. Please join me. Oh here is "If You Take Away the Make-up (Then The Vampires, They Will Die)" from the new album.
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