Tracks 18 and 19 continue to haunt me as this CD continues to play in my van. It's a good test of any CD to see how long one will play it on the road, what tracks one only listened to once and then skips over, and which ones one wants to hears again, and again.

Track 18 is a lovely quiet song with guitar led by Richard with Peter on fiddle called "The Pretty Maid Milking Her Cow." The tune reminds me of "Over the Water to Charlie" but what the song does is capture a romantic moment.

Track 19 is a riverboat shanty led by Peter with an intricate chorus that most folks will find accessible, and hard to get out of their head once they begin to listen. I'm eager to see further notes on this one.

I also like Richard's rendition of the Great Lakes ballad "Red Iron Ore" which not many people sing. It's a great journal of one crew's experience, no disaster but graphic descriptions of what went on day to day. I do miss the "Down Derry Down" chorus between verses but fully understand why that chorus might be dropped -- so that the track didn't end up being more than 6 minutes long.

There's more tracks to review but these are the ones I've digested so far.

Charley Noble