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.
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Standing at the Wheel - 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.
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.
The Men and the Old-School Craft - Length: 5:29, File Size: 3.87 MB, Taken from Lee Murdock's CD, Standing at the Wheel
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