David Littlefield

David Littlefield worked at Mystic Seaport for twenty-four years in the Interpretation Department as a chanteyman and interpreter of historic vessels and exhibits. He conducted extensive research on the lives of sailors aboard whale ships with a focus on the Charles W. Morgan. He also sailed on the Mystic Whaler for fifteen years as a performer of maritime music.
He is a composer of maritime songs which have been covered in Germany, UK, and USA. In the late 1980s and 90s he performed with the seminal maritime quartet Forebitter, bringing newly researched historic songs and complex harmonies to audiences both here and abroad. Currently David is performing with the the trio Different Tack.