Musical Tribute to a Westporter and His Boat

The 26-foot oyster fishing boat Gloria (pictured at anchor Monday in Gray’s Creek), owned by the late Westporter Alan Sterling, is the subject of a song “Gloria” by Connecticut singer-songwriter Chris Bousquet in his just released five-song EP called “Into the Light Within.” The lyrics include these lines: “When the wind is ending/Like a dredge descending/Gloria, won’t you land upon the bow and lead us home/Gloria, won’t you stand upon the bow and lead us home/Lead us home.” Bousquet said he never met Sterling, who died in July 2014, but was inspired by his story and his aching for his late longtime girlfriend Gloria. The song can be heard here. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Helen Klisser During for WestportNow.com