Released May, 2002
Total Playing Time:  59:15
Available on CD or Cassette

Lee Murdock's eleventh CD, Standing at the Wheel, includes 14 maritime songs depicting life on the Great Lakes, from the days of sail to contemporary 21st century events and issues. Two original guitar instrumentals, three original songs by Lee Murdock, three by other contemporary songwriters, and five from the Ivan Walton Collection at the University of Michigan.

Murdock is a collaborator on a new book of traditional songs, Windjammers: Songs of the Great Lakes Sailors, just published by Wayne State University Press. This book contains nearly 80 traditional songs from the Great Lakes that were collected from 1930-1950’s.

Songs (click on mp3 links to hear short audio clips)

Let the Light from the Lighthouse (Shine on Me) [traditional]
Reuben Ranzo [traditional]
Standing at the Wheel [lee murdock] => [mp3 (Live performance, 7.67 MB, 6:44)]
Drop the Mitt [lee murdock]
Sailing into History [lee murdock] => [mp3, 281 Kb]
The Ballad of Seul Choix [carl behrend]
Scrubber Murohy [traditional]
In a Handy Four-Master [traditional] => [mp3 (complete song, 2.37 MB, 1:59)]]
Marquette Range [stephen jones]
A Trip in the Lavindy [traditional]
Regatta [lee murdock] => [mp3, 316 Kb]
Raise the Pipes in Glory [lee murdock]
Rolling Home [traditional]
The Men and the Old-School Craft [alfred burritt/lee murdock] => [mp3 (complete song, 3,87 MB, 5:29)]

The Musicians

Lee Murdock [six and twelve string guitars]
Jim Cox [bass]
Drew Carson [mandolin, Hawaiian guitar, mandola]
Peter Seman [fiddle, harmonica]
Jeff Thomas [percussion]
Mark Dvorak [banjo]
Liz Carson, Rich Prezioso, and Jacquie Manning [backing vocals]
The Dock Wallopers: Russ Hurst, Wally Koch, Steve Lindenmeyer, Bill Pufahl, Rob Williams and Mike Dale [vocal chorus]