A country narrative ballad in the voice of Jed, the country storyteller — the SEASONED TAKE, the definitive version. Acoustic guitar fingerpicking, pedal steel, upright bass, porch-light warmth. The story of the old man: four seasons on the boat, the captain's own father, first career in forestry then teaching, makes guitars in the off-season, skis, sails, fishes for fun. The son became captain, but the old man taught him how to be an Alaskan and a man. Three chords and the truth, told slower this time — the way the old man does everything. Steady, proud, breathing.