Roots Music Report

Credits:

Lyrics

Lost Patrol
Lyrics and music by Dan Loncke and Peter Boyer

1. From Fort McPherson in 1910
Inspector Fitzgerald with three other men
Headed to Dawson with dogs breakin’ trail
Patrolling the north and hauling the mail

2. The snow was waist deep, the sky bleak and grey
The landmarks obscure so they lost their way
The icy peaks taunted the valleys below
As they fought to survive the hunger and cold

CHORUS: In the Richardson Mountains at 50 below 
The Lost Patrol wandered through valleys unknown
The wolves howl in chorus, to the northern lights glow
For the brave Mounties who never came home

3. Jack Dempster found them a few miles from home
They lay where they’d fallen in a blanket of snow
On each frozen face the story was told
Of their last dying days, lost on patrol


BRIDGE: When trails lead to nowhere, don’t take a wrong turn
Hard lessons come, when they’re too late to learn
The Lost Patrol perished alone, one by one
Life’s full of choices that can’t be undone
 

MUSICIANS
PETER BOYER: Acoustic Guitar,, Harmonica
JK GULLEY: Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Banjo, Mandolin
MATT LIMA: Acoustic Bass
TOMAS BOUDA: Acoustic Bass
GARY KRELLER: Accordion
MARK MARIASH: Drums, percussion
SEAN MCCANN: Bodhran
ROLY PLATT: Harmonica on Blue Shelby Mustang
DALE RIVARD: Dobro

VOCALS
PETER BOYER: Lead
SEAN MCCANN: Special guest on Stay The Course
JK GULLEY, GARY KRELLER, BOBBY NICHOLAS, ROBERT NOECKER AND MIKE NOLLERT:
Background Vocals

SONGWRITERS
All songs written by Peter Boyer with co-writers as noted below. SOCAN
With Dan Loncke: Lost Patrol
With Bart Lavis: Ol Beater Trucks
With Christine Boyer: Old Guys With Guitars

ENGINEERING & PRODUCTION
JOHN K. GULLEY: PRODUCER, MIXING, MASTERING
ALL songs recorded, mixed and mastered at Blue Gull Studios, Waterloo, ON