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Stanley Allison Rogers (November 29, 1949 – June 2, 1983) [1] was a Canadian folk musician and songwriter who sang traditional-sounding songs frequently inspired by Canadian history and the working people's daily lives, especially from the fishing villages of the Maritime provinces and, later, the farms of the Canadian prairies and Great Lakes. [2]
From Fresh Water is a 1984 posthumous album by Stan Rogers.It was one of a series of concept albums Rogers intended to do about the regions of Canada. From Fresh Water is about the Great Lakes area of Canada, while Fogarty's Cove was an album about the Maritimes, and Northwest Passage was about the western provinces and the North.
White squalls are the culprits of many sea stories and have been blamed for a few tragedies. A white squall was the reported cause of the loss of the schooner Paul Pry off Cape Schanck, Australia, on September 3, 1841. [2] In May 1986, the Pride of Baltimore, a modern 137-foot (42 m) schooner, was reportedly
For the Family is a 1983 studio album by Canadian folk artist Stan Rogers.. In a departure from Rogers's earlier collections of typically original compositions on his own Fogarty's Cove label, this album features renditions of traditional Canadian folk songs as well as songs written by Rogers's uncle Lee Bushell and grandfather Sidney Bushell. [2]
Northwest Passage is a 1981 album by Stan Rogers. "Northwest Passage" compares the singer's own travels across the prairie provinces to the exploratory adventures of Sir John Franklin, Alexander Mackenzie, David Thompson, and Henry Kelsey. "The Idiot" is about a man from the Maritimes working in Alberta who yearns for his home.
Fogarty's Cove is a 1977 folk music album by Stan Rogers. [1] It was his first album, released by Barnswallow Records, which was then purchased by Stan Rogers and made into Fogarty's Cove Records. The CD was one of several Stan Rogers albums reissued in 2011 by Borealis Records. The reissued CDs featured completely new cover artwork.
From Coffee House to Concert Hall is a 1999 folk music album by Canadian folk singer Stan Rogers.It is a compilation album of live performances and studio recordings unreleased before Rogers's death in 1983. [2]
Lines and phrases from singer-songwriter Stan Rogers are worked into the text, e.g. "You never had to tell him twice or find him work to do" from White Squall. "The Change" is similar to the phenomenon described in Steve Boyett's 1983 novel: Ariel: A Book of the Change, and the subtitle "A Book of the Change" is identical to Ariel's subtitle.