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Lee Murdock : Great Lakes Chronicle
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Great Lakes Chronicle is the two-CD set containing live performances by Lee Murdock, solo and with the Blue Water Band. A few songs include spoken word introductions
Genre: Folk: Gentle
Release Date: 1998
Great Lakes Chronicle Record Label: Depot Recordings
  • Download Album (MP3) - $15.00
  • Buy CD - $25.00
Preview Song Name Time Format Price Select
The Great Lakes Song 4:26 $0.99
The Persia's Crew 6:29 $0.99
Low Bridge, Everybody Down (The Erie Canal Song) 5:15 $0.99
Lost on the Lady Elgin 5:30 $0.99
Queen of the Beach 4:42 $0.99
The Mules that Walked the Fo'c's'le Deck 3:54 $0.99
White Squall 6:10 $0.99
Shores of Lake Michigan/May Day (Bannockburn) 4:27 $0.99
No Nets Will Be Found 5:31 $0.99
The Christmas Ship 9:13 $0.99
Cold Winds/Living Gale 6:32 $0.99
Requiem for the Mesquite 5:34 $0.99
The Illinois and Michigan Canal 5:38 $0.99
The Ghost of Red Monroe (recitation) 8:22 $0.99
Watching Lake Michigan Roll 5:47 $0.99
Banks of Cold Waters 4:10 $0.99
Voices Across the Water 7:05 $0.99
The Longing that I Feel 6:35 $0.99
Safe in the Harbor 6:11 $0.99
Encore: Christmas Medley 7:09 $0.99
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Album Notes

Great Lakes Chronicle ... Lee Murdock in concert, solo and with the Blue Water Band

A one-of-a-kind collection, this two-CD set contains 20 songs, 1 hour and 59 minutes of music. This collection was edited from five performances by Lee Murdock, sometimes solo, sometimes with the Blue Water Band, comprised of the same musicians who appear on Lee's recordings:

Drew Carson, mandolin and other instruments; Don Stiernberg, mandolin; Jim Cox, bass; Peter Seman, violin and harmonica; Dave Humphreys, bass.

Five of these songs were featured on a popular sampler distributed in 1998 -- this CD contains those five songs and the other fifteen songs in this live collection.

Special features available only on this CD include Lee's live re-telling of the story of The Christmas Ship, the Rouse Simmons, which was lost on its way to Chicago in 1912 with a load of Christmas trees and garlands. This popular story has been made famous in recent years by several new books, and a special one-hour "Storm Stories" episode which aired in November and December on the Weather Channel.

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REVIEWS

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author: Lauren Zimmerman
This recording is a great way to sample the total Lee Murdock experence. From his own The Christmas Ship, to Stan Rogers White Squall, to Eric Bogle's Safe in the Harbour, you feel the power of the Great Lakes. At the same time, the history of the ships is taught to both young, my kids love the songs; to those of us who grew up on the lakes, loving the many moods and personalities of the waters. Lee captures this and so much more. Thank you for keeping our heritage alive.
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