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1. Music: MP3
Files
Download these four songs
with our blessings --
(We're a small
music company, we don't fear "giving away" samples of
Lee's recordings.)
These three
files are full-length high quality MP3 files. Right-click on the
filename, and save the file to your computer. Enjoy!
You may also
follow the Music Link to hear short
snips of many other songs.
Standing at the Wheel
This
is a Live performance - not available on any of Lee's CDs.
Includes Lee's spoken introduction, a
story learned from Commodore Ed Baganz, who sailed on the
Great Lakes for over 50 years.
The
song was written by Lee Murdock, and is performed solo, with
just voice and guitar, and a live audience in the radio studio.
This
performance was recorded on Saturday, August 4, 2001, at WFMT
Radio in Chicago, for their live performance series, Folkstage.
www.midnightspecial.org
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Length:
6:44
File
Size: 7.67 MB |
In a Handy Four-Master
This
song, a halyard chantey, comes from the Walton collection
of traditional music from the Great Lakes, housed at the Bentley
Historical Library in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Captain Henry Erickson
wrote it out for Professor Walton when he was in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, the summer of 1932. At the time, Captain Erickson
was in his early sixties and retired from active duty, having
worked on salt water and fresh, on sailing vessels and stem.
This
traditional song, and others from the Walton Collection, can
be found in the book, Windjammers.
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In
a Handy Four-Master
Length:
1:59
File
Size: 2.37 MB
Taken
from
Lee Murdock's CD, Standing at the Wheel |
The Men and the Old-School Craft
I
found this poem in the Walton Collection, too, and I set
it to music. Lyrics by Alfred Burritt; music by Lee Murdock.
This
poem was printed in the Evening Telegram of Toronto
on February 11, 1933. Originally, Professor Walton was so
taken with the melancholy imagery that he felt it would
be a good ending for his book. Though it didn't make it
into the Windjammers book, I obliged him by using this song
to close out my latest CD, Standing at the Wheel.
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