On his newest CD, Hank Cramer weaves traditional and contempoorary songs into a rich picture of life in the American and Canadian West. The CD features several sea-shanties, Hank"s stock-in-trade as actual shantyman aboard the square-rigger "Lady Washington". He sings plaintive ballads of life on the frontier from some of his favorite writers. These include Ian Tyson"s "Four Rode By", the story of a Canadian outlaw gang; John Sparrow"s "Narrow-Gauge Line" about the mountain railroads of Colorado; and James Keelaghan"s spine-tingling "Cold Missouri Waters", about smokejumpers facing death in Montana"s wilderness. Hank is joined on this project by guitarist David Rea (previously with Ian & Sylvia, Mountain, and Gordon Lightfoot)who adds brilliant accompaniment to Hank"s booming voice.