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Fertile Ground by Lee Murdock
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fave it Folk Blues | Guitar Blues
12 tracks | 50 minutes
Released Mar 2006
on Depot Recordings
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:29 Fertile Ground lyrics BUY MP3 03:29 Fertile Ground lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:29 Fertile Ground
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:38 St Louis Tickle lyrics BUY MP3 03:38 St Louis Tickle lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:38 St Louis Tickle
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:24 The Eastland lyrics BUY MP3 04:24 The Eastland lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:24 The Eastland
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:24 Trouble in Mind lyrics BUY MP3 04:24 Trouble in Mind lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:24 Trouble in Mind
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:07 Carolan's Quarrel with the Landlady lyrics BUY MP3 03:07 Carolan's Quarrel with the Landlady lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:07 Carolan's Quarrel with the Landlady
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:50 Lakes of Pontchartrain lyrics BUY MP3 05:50 Lakes of Pontchartrain lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:50 Lakes of Pontchartrain
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:57 The Bigler's Crew lyrics BUY MP3 04:57 The Bigler's Crew lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:57 The Bigler's Crew
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:03 Gilderoy / Flowers of the Forest lyrics BUY MP3 03:03 Gilderoy / Flowers of the Forest lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:03 Gilderoy / Flowers of the Forest
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 06:57 Lady Franklin's Lament lyrics BUY MP3 06:57 Lady Franklin's Lament lyrics "GIFT MP3" 06:57 Lady Franklin's Lament
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:02 Dollar Down and A Dollar Week lyrics BUY MP3 03:02 Dollar Down and A Dollar Week lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:02 Dollar Down and A Dollar Week
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 01:55 Charles O'Connor lyrics BUY MP3 01:55 Charles O'Connor lyrics "GIFT MP3" 01:55 Charles O'Connor
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:26 The Christmas Ship lyrics BUY MP3 05:26 The Christmas Ship lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:26 The Christmas Ship
A rich recording weaving exquisite guitar instrumentals, a touch of blues, Irish, and ragtime, and some songs of the sea to foreshadow Murdock's later dive into maritime music.
Bio / Background
Lee's fourth recording, Fertile Ground is strong on instrumental guitar music, with the ragtime "St Louis Tickle" and several traditional Irish, Scottish tunes, including two by Turlough O'Carolan.
Fertile Ground featured a number of maritime tunes to foreshadow his later "plunge" into Great Lakes maritime music: The first release of "The Christmas Ship," plus a haunting vocal chorus singing "The Eastland," a song written by Tom & Chris Kastle, to a melody by O'Carolan.
Two more traditional songs with a maritime background are also featured -- "Lady Franklin's Lament" and "Lakes of Pontchartrain."
The title song was written by Doug Miller when he worked as founder of the Adler House in Libertyville, Illinois. It's a lovely song which deserves to be heard, sung and recorded by more folks.