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Safe in the Harbor by Lee Murdock
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fave it Traditional Folk | Celtic
13 tracks | 65 minutes
Released Mar 2006
on Depot Recordings
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:38 The Downtowner Motel lyrics BUY MP3 04:38 The Downtowner Motel lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:38 The Downtowner Motel
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:36 Lost on the Lady Elgin lyrics BUY MP3 04:36 Lost on the Lady Elgin lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:36 Lost on the Lady Elgin
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:28 Yankee Brown lyrics BUY MP3 02:28 Yankee Brown lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:28 Yankee Brown
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:24 White Squall lyrics BUY MP3 05:24 White Squall lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:24 White Squall
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:49 The Spirits of Long Point lyrics BUY MP3 03:49 The Spirits of Long Point lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:49 The Spirits of Long Point
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 07:54 Rendezvous lyrics BUY MP3 07:54 Rendezvous lyrics "GIFT MP3" 07:54 Rendezvous
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:14 Keeper of the Light lyrics BUY MP3 05:14 Keeper of the Light lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:14 Keeper of the Light
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:53 Watching Lake Michigan Roll lyrics BUY MP3 05:53 Watching Lake Michigan Roll lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:53 Watching Lake Michigan Roll
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:39 You Damned Old Piney Mountains lyrics BUY MP3 02:39 You Damned Old Piney Mountains lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:39 You Damned Old Piney Mountains
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:42 The Gallagher Boys lyrics BUY MP3 05:42 The Gallagher Boys lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:42 The Gallagher Boys
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:21 Joshua Johnson lyrics BUY MP3 04:21 Joshua Johnson lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:21 Joshua Johnson
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 06:57 Indiana / Eleanor Plunkett lyrics BUY MP3 06:57 Indiana / Eleanor Plunkett lyrics "GIFT MP3" 06:57 Indiana / Eleanor Plunkett
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:30 Safe in the Harbor lyrics BUY MP3 05:30 Safe in the Harbor lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:30 Safe in the Harbor
1993 release by Lee Murdock, this CD has a decidedly Irish feel, backed by Liz Carroll, John Williams and other fine Chicago Irish musicians, Howard Levy, Small Potatoes and others.
Bio / Background
The strong thread of Irish heritage and music "just happened by accident" on Safe in the Harbor. Two traditional tunes are featured from the Irish fishermen who settled on Beaver Island, Michigan, "Yankee Brown" and "The Gallagher Boys." The immigrant's longing for home are beautifully expressed in my cover of Andy Mitchell's "Indiana." I've tagged this with another O'Carolan tune, "Eleanor Plunkett."
Milwaukee's first Irish immigrants are remembered in the classic song by Henry Clay Work, "Lost on the Lady Elgin," with singing by Phil Cooper, Margaret Nelson, Jim Terry and Tracey Lee Roberts (of The Gaping Maw). Hundreds perished in this 1861 shipwreck of an excursion boat which was carrying Milwaukee Irish men, women and children back to their home after a Chicago debate by the candidates, Mr Lincoln and Stephen A Douglas.
The tribute to Stan Rogers can be heard in Lee's cover of "White Squall" and Eric Bogle's song, "Safe in the Harbor," which was written as a eulogy for Stan.
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