Also on Rick Lee's album :There's Talk About a Fence" on the Waterbug label. Rick's notes follow:

3. "The Ballad of Harbo and Samuelsen," 6:38, © 1988, Jerry Bryant Jerry.Bryant@kp.org, Old Fashioned Music, BMI, 63 Hildreth Ave., S. Hadley, MA 01075

Rick Lee, vocal and keyboards; Andy May, guitar; recorded by Huck Bennert at Wellspring, Concord, MA

Long before hearing Jerry Bryant, I learned this version in Norfolk, VA, from the Seattle-based duo, William Pint and Felicia Dale pintndale@aol.com

"I had to write this song (1985) because it was astounding to me that these two men had accomplished such a feat over 100 years ago and NO ONE REMEMBERED. I am amazed at the perserverance, guts and stamina it took for them to cross the ocean in an 18 foot open boat, without the benefit of freeze-dried food, GPS navigation systems, radios, flashlights, nylon, aluminum, and everything else modern adventurers take for granted. My hope is that my song will allow an awareness of Harbo and Samuelsen's achievement to reach a wide audience, and will provide an inspiration for folks to keep trying no matter what obstacles confront them." -- JB

--Charlie Baum