Album Notes

The Lost Lake Sailors is dedication reads:

A musical tribute to all of those lake sailors lost at sea, lost in their careers, lost in spirit or lost from the
pages of history.

(THE MERMAID OF ONTARIO):
Who but Shel Silverstein would rhyme,
Chair-i-o

with

Ster-e-o

and get away with it!!

(CHARLES CONRAD ON THE SS BADGER)
For those taking the ferry across Lake Michigan, Lee's performance of this original song by Tamarack's Alex Sinclair is a love story-in-song that stays with you for many fond voyages.

(WHEN THE WILLIE WENT DOWN)
The shipwreck diver will enjoy Lee's performance of this Larry Penn song about the Prince Wilhelm II, a shipwreck which is now said to be haunted.

(SAINT MARTIN ISLAND)
"Saint Martin Island lays to the entrance of Green Bay ..." as the song begins, tells the story of a haunted lighthouse and island, just off Washington Island near Door County.

(THE WARD LINE)
Some of the sailors lost to the pages of history are honored in this traditional song, about black sailors working on the Great Lakes ore trade.

This CD also marks Lee Murdock's return to featuring some instrumental guitar music on each CD.