"Land Ho!” was adapted from a modified poem of Jim’s, and Robby came up with the lick and drop tuning. In 2023, Robby told LOUDER SOUND that both Jim’s father and grandfather were naval men, and the song goes together with “Ship of Fools.” Both tracks involve seafaring and life on the ocean.

“I always thought he wrote it about his own grandfather, but you’d have to ask him." -Robby Krieger

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Photos by Ethan Russell.

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