Stan has long been a favorite of mine......amazing talent.....writer....singer....performer and from what people have expressed.....an extremely nice genuine person! Top tier music......
THANKS HARRI! As always you find the deep meaning of this track. Stan touches anyone/everyone. Stan's passing in an Airplane fire was an incalculable loss. He defined what it was to be Canadian for so many people. My indigenous half wishes he took up the issue but his song writing, voice and finger picking are genius. Lock Keeper is a metaphor. Stan uses the idea of the sea going man compared to the land bound man to describe life as a touring musician. The lure of the road versus the lure of home.
Stan is considered an honorary Nova Scotian- his parents left their native NS and went to Ontario for work. They returned to Guysborough county most summers when he was growing up, hence his love of the sea and the working man. There is a Stan Rogers Festival every summer in Canso, NS. Try "The Mary Ellen Carter" for an uplifting song, it helped me keep going after being laid-off from my job.
Being a Canadian from Newfoundland, Stan Rogers is a legend in this neck of the woods. Many of his songs hit-close-to-home here. IMO, he is in the conversation with Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen and Gordon Lightfoot as Canada's greatest songwriters and vocalists. So very sad that he left us so early in career. I highly recommend listening to "45 Years" by him. His voice and haunting. For song-writing, I highlight recommend "The Mary Ellen Carter" and "The Witch of the Westmoreland".
What a beautiful voice and a profound song. This brought back wonderful memories of visiting Songo Lock in Naples, Maine, where I vacationed with my best friend and her family throughout my childhood and teens. Thanks Harri and Adam 🌺✌️
Sailing into Bermuda we played "The Flowers of Bermuda", fortunately with a different outcome. He also does songs about hockey ("Flying"), the War of 1812 ("The Nancy", "Billy Green The Scout" true story, "MacDonnell On The Heights" true story), refinery work ("The Idiot"), the environment ("Tiny Fish For Japan"), conscientious objectors ("Harris And The Mare"), rural life ("Watching The Apples Grow", "The Field Behind The Plow") and many, many more before his career, which was just starting to take off, was cut short when he died in a burning plane in 1983 at the age of 33.
Oh man, I've been hoping you'll listen to this one! To answer your question, Stan did have a family, and the lock-keeper would have understood him very well if they'd met in person.
Stan's "Lock Keeper" was inspired by the Welland Canal and Saint Lawrence Seaway that are pivotal to Great Lakes freight transportation. Beautiful song!
One of my favorites. Keep going with Rogers. You won't regret
Stan has long been a favorite of mine......amazing talent.....writer....singer....performer and from what people have expressed.....an extremely nice genuine person! Top tier music......
More Stan Rogers please. Any song by him will do ❤❤
THANKS HARRI! As always you find the deep meaning of this track. Stan touches anyone/everyone. Stan's passing in an Airplane fire was an incalculable loss. He defined what it was to be Canadian for so many people. My indigenous half wishes he took up the issue but his song writing, voice and finger picking are genius. Lock Keeper is a metaphor. Stan uses the idea of the sea going man compared to the land bound man to describe life as a touring musician. The lure of the road versus the lure of home.
Thanks for sharing. Love the song
What a fantastic voice.
He went back into that burning plane to help others.
Love, love, love Stan Rogers! Thanks for sharing this one, Harri. 🙂
Thank you. My favorite Canadian singer songwriter.
Gorgeous voice
An extraordinary talent. "Mary Ellen Carter" and "Witch of Westmorland" are two of my favorites. Thanks for showcasing and reacting to him!
He sounds like a mix of gordon lightfoot and roger whittacker.
Stan is considered an honorary Nova Scotian- his parents left their native NS and went to Ontario for work. They returned to Guysborough county most summers when he was growing up, hence his love of the sea and the working man. There is a Stan Rogers Festival every summer in Canso, NS. Try "The Mary Ellen Carter" for an uplifting song, it helped me keep going after being laid-off from my job.
Harri has reacted to "The Mary Ellen Carter" by Stan.
Song of the Csndle, my favorite song by him.
Being a Canadian from Newfoundland, Stan Rogers is a legend in this neck of the woods. Many of his songs hit-close-to-home here. IMO, he is in the conversation with Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen and Gordon Lightfoot as Canada's greatest songwriters and vocalists. So very sad that he left us so early in career. I highly recommend listening to "45 Years" by him. His voice and haunting. For song-writing, I highlight recommend "The Mary Ellen Carter" and "The Witch of the Westmoreland".
Harri has reacted to Stan's "The Mary Ellen Carter," "White Squall," and "Northwest Passage."
Just beautiful to listen to reminds me a little bit of Gordon Lightfoot.
What a great song this is thanks for sharing Adam. And thank you, Harri.
The Mary Ellen Carter. Music to restore hope.
My favourite Stan Rogers rendition is “The Last of Barrett’s Privateers”.
Stan wrote that song because he was tired of singing the chorus in the Sea Shanty's hanging out with the Friends Of Fiddlers Green.
Its not a rendition. He wrote barretts
What a beautiful voice and a profound song. This brought back wonderful memories of visiting Songo Lock in Naples, Maine, where I vacationed with my best friend and her family throughout my childhood and teens. Thanks Harri and Adam 🌺✌️
Sailing into Bermuda we played "The Flowers of Bermuda", fortunately with a different outcome. He also does songs about hockey ("Flying"), the War of 1812 ("The Nancy", "Billy Green The Scout" true story, "MacDonnell On The Heights" true story), refinery work ("The Idiot"), the environment ("Tiny Fish For Japan"), conscientious objectors ("Harris And The Mare"), rural life ("Watching The Apples Grow", "The Field Behind The Plow") and many, many more before his career, which was just starting to take off, was cut short when he died in a burning plane in 1983 at the age of 33.
Oh man, I've been hoping you'll listen to this one! To answer your question, Stan did have a family, and the lock-keeper would have understood him very well if they'd met in person.
Stan's "Lock Keeper" was inspired by the Welland Canal and Saint Lawrence Seaway that are pivotal to Great Lakes freight transportation. Beautiful song!
Please react to Emma by Hot Chocolate.
I don't like it, shit 😂
Go back under your bridge..