Mountains, Yukon Territory, Canada
Some of my favourite stories as a young boy were those of
explorers and adventurers and conquistadores. I went through a patch where I
couldn’t get enough of books like Ice Station Zebra and other stories that took
place in the ice and snow of Canada’s frozen north.
This fascination with the Arctic continued and became
stronger when I went to University in Minnesota where snow and ice is on the
ground in large quantities for months on end.
So when I first heard Stan
Rogers record Northwest Passage
it hooked me instantly. It was as if I had been waiting for this music. Like Gordon
Lightfoot, another old Canadian favourite, Stan Roger’s songs paint glorious pictures of the wild and fabulous
Canadian landscape. And the tough people—oil workers, farmers, lonely housewives,
fisherfolk--who inhabit it.
What make’s Stan such
a wonderful folk singer, beside his storytelling, is his snug baritone that’s
as deep and wide as Hudson’s Bay. You
can’t help but melt or sit up straight and listen to Stan Rogers when he sings.
Stan’s music came to an end when he died tragically at the age of 33 in an airline fire in Cincinnati in 1983.
Track
Listing:
01 Northwest Passage
02 The Field Behind The Plow
03 Night Guard
04 Working Joe
05 You Can't Stay Here
06 The Idiot
07 Lies
08 Canol Road
09 Free In The Harbour
10 California
Listen here.
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Friday, September 16, 2011
The King of Canada: Stan Rogers
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3 comments:
Thank you for introducing us to Stan how many years ago... Still a listening favorite of ours!
Anytime I think of Stan, I say Goddamn Air Canada! Stan and Tom Connors are the most Canadian artists!
vilstef,
agree! I do 't know Tom Connors. Will check him out.
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