Editorial Reviews The music is grounded in the work song tradition, from the rugged days of lumberjacks and wooden sailing schooners. Murdock comes alongside with ballads of contemporary commerce and revelry in the grand folk style. Lee's fans have discovered a sweetwater treasure in his songs about the Great Lakes, finding drama and inspiration in the lives of sailors and fishermen, lighthouse keepers, ghosts, shipwrecks, outlaws and everyday heroes. With a deeper understanding of the folk process, Lee's repertoire combines historical research and contemporary insights. Making folk music for the modern era, Lee Murdock's work is a documentary and also an anthem to the people who live, work, learn and play along the freshwater highways of North America. From the liner notes of the title song, Lee Murdock writes: Sometimes in the summer, when it is very still, Lake Superior settles down and its surface takes on a mirror-like quality. At night, the stars can look so close in the clean air, and when they reflect off of this "mirror", it creates the illusion of sailing in space, with stars above you and below you. Captain Ed Baganz related this phenomena to me when he spoke of his years of service sailing for the Pittsburgh Steamship Company (aka "Tin Stackers"). He also related how hard it was to be away from family and friends, wheeling his way down the Lakes season after season. I know how much thinking I do behind the wheel, myself. And I don't even have to deal with port and starboard, most of the time.
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Lee Murdock has uncovered a boundless body of music and stories in the Great Lakes. There is an amazing timelessness in this music. Great Lakes songs are made of hard work, hard living, ships that go down and ships that come in.
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Lee Murdock's eleventh CD, continues his musical journey on the Great Lakes, from the days of sail to contemporary 21st century events and issues. 14 new songs.
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ASIN: B000066STD Release Date: 2002-04-26 |
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Lee Murdock's eleventh CD, continues his musical journey on the Great Lakes, from the days of sail to contemporary 21st century events and issues. 14 new songs.From the liner notes of the title song, Lee Murdock writes: Sometimes in the summer, when it is very still, Lake Superior settles down and its surface takes on a mirror-like quality. At night, the stars can look so close in the clean air, and when they reflect off of this "mirror", it creates the illusion of sailing in space, with stars above you and below you. Captain Ed Baganz related this phenomena to me when he spoke of his years of service sailing for the Pittsburgh Steamship Company (aka "Tin Stackers"). He also related how hard it was to be away from family and friends, wheeling his way down the Lakes season after season. I know how much thinking I do behind the wheel, myself. And I don't even have to deal with port and starboard, most of the time.
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Beautifully Done.......2004-01-20
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