My dad was Robert Cusick, the man who sang this song to inspire him to live through that terrible night in the lifeboat. We lost him two weeks ago, and I sang this at his funeral. Thank you Stan for giving me an extra 30 years with him. I'm sure they're raising a jar together on the other side......
Hello Carol. I see I am 4 years belated, but I offer you my sincere condolences on the loss of your father. I was recently suicidal after a confluence of things, and 13 years as a Paramedic has done a lot of damage to my psyche. But enough about me, Your Dad's story and Stan's song are inspirational, and 34 years after Stan died, his music is still saving lives. I wish you all the best, and I am willing to bet, Stan and Robert are indeed raising a jar together on the other side.
CarolMuzik, so sorry for your loss. Thanks to Stan, many lives have been saved. Stan's song has helped my spirit to rise out of darkness time and again. We are blessed by the lives of both men. Robert Cusic's tireless work helped to start the Coast Guard's swimmer rescue program, and get survival suits put in all merchant ships. And Stan, well, those who listen here know, love, and honor Stan's legacy. May you be blessed in your life.
Hi Carol, Sorry for your loss for sure, but your Dad was exceptional as well. Thanks for praising Stan and we all wish he and your Dad weren't gone. Thanks so much for posting.
Captain Robert M. Cusick, died peacefully in his sleep in New Hampshire on Thursday, September 12, 2013. He was 90 years old. Hero Chosen by The Goddess
I directed the live concert video in this clip for the Philadelphia Folk Festival in August of 1982. It was my first year directing for that event and I requested the Stan Rogers set because I was such a fan. It helped to know the music in advance when it came to pointing the cameras. Great to see it again in this context.
Is there a full concert recording and has it been released? I’ve only seen clips of this song and Northwest Passage which appear to be part of the same performance
Kevin, this is incredible information. This video and song have been a deep part of me from my youth, through my time in the navy and now later on in life. I had no idea this was from Fest, some 15 years after seeing it for the first time myself. I performed for the first time at Fest last summer, and my life has taken quite a turn since. I won't go into specifics, but at this very moment the song is once again very important to me. It feels like some sort of spirit directed me to read the comments this time, and I'm glad I did. To now know that this performance of Stan's, perhaps the way I can only know him, took place at the same event which I have an emotional connection as well. Stan passed before I was born, and in fact this documentary was released the same year I was born, but I'm eternally grateful for his music and spirit. And now to you Kevin, for being another link between myself and this song which has kept me going for years. Cheers. PS I wish I could post a pic but I am literally wearing last year's Folk Fest t-shirt right now!
You just can't compare Stan's talent and his voice to any other. They say the reason he stayed on that burning plane was because he was helping others to get out and got caught in the flash fire that ultimately consumed the aircraft. May he R.I.P.
You can see the boys are having a lot of fun here and man, does Garnet look young! I guess he's about 25 or so, wow. I'm pretty sure this was Philadelphia Folk Fest, maybe 1981. They all look happy, maybe cause doing this song meant the end of the show. Ha! A rare moment, we have so little film of Stan. Thanks to whomever recorded this video, you saved us (and especially me) a fine example of what made Stan so memorable a performer. Thanks! Nathan Rogers
For those who don't already know, although Stan is gone, he lives on in his brother Garnet, and son Nathan, who both share their gifts with us as entertainers, and who each is a special talent in his own right. Also, every July, folk/blues/country/bluegrass musicians from many countries gather in Canso Nova Scotia to celebrate his music, and music in general. It's called Stanfest.
@@TomDufall See, we think that version is way too cheery for such a serious song. But, to each their own, eh? If you haven't heard it, the Longest Johns cover of The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald is really good tho.
Not only did it save his life, but because he and a couple of others followed up after the sinking of the MARINE ELECTRIC, many other mariners have been saved. Look for the book, "Until the Sea Shall Free Them". And I'm one of them.
@@dorianrichards924 He absolutely would have wrote a phenomenal song about it. Now we just need a a new breed of Canadian folk singers to come about and sing about it for him! May he rest in peace.
@@SilentSam69 The fire started 'behind the lavatory that spread between the outer skin and the inner decor panels' in what they believe was an electrical fire. The plane did an emergency landing in Cincinnati. When the doors opened they all started piling out - but apparently about 90 seconds later, the oxygen ignited a flash fire inside the plane. Stan and 22 others died - and 23 lived. As a result of this tragedy, new aviation regulation ensured lavatories were installed with smoke detectors and running lights were added along the floors of planes.
This is a great song, and as Liam Clancy used to say, sing it to yourself when there's smiling bastards lying to you everywhere you go! In other words, DON'T LET THE BASTARDS GET YOU DOWN!!!!! RISE AGAIN!!!!
Thank you so much. My Dad was an inspiration to many, a bit of a legend himself, and sorely missed by all who knew him. I'm grateful that, in part thanks to this song, I had him all those years.
reading the comments on videos with this song actually made me cry. dont throw your life away, people care about you, and you can count me part of them.
***** Robert Cusick's daughter would dispute that. She is here on RUclips under the username Carolmuzik. Why don't you go ask her if her father used "poetic license" about the sinking of the Marine Electric.
+Troy Easson ---Read The Sea Shall Free Them by Robert Frump, beyond listening to the words of Cusick in the video above and you will learn that Robert Cusick loved listening to Stan's music and it was this "tale" this "...song that came into Bob Cusick's mind and he could not get rid of it" (Frump). In the tale the ship was "sunk due to a careless owners cheapness and how the crew went back to raise it from the depths".(Frump) Too often mariners are put at risk by cheap owners not keeping up proper maintenance on old boats that should be retired, old boats they depend for their lives on. Stan Rogers is a genius at recreating truths through tales. There are many sailors who have been there and that is why the songs hit home, why they are so powerful. Beyond that he has a gift for speaking to universal experience and in the end...yes Bob Cusick fought for his life with this song and today it is inspiring many others through tough times. Stan Rogers was also going to write a song about Cusick but he died in a plane fire before he could. This absolutely crushed Cusick when it happened, put him in a "deep funk". Cusick is mentioned in one of his songs though. I never doubt the origin of Stan Rogers songs, they come from his heart. It was said he was clear of the fire but turned back to help others get out. Chapter 22 and 23. Some one needs to write a song about both these men. Book is one of the best, but they need a song too.
I was lucky enough to have seen Stan at the Birchmere about 6-8 months before his death, and during a break in the performance, talk to him for 10-15 minutes. He was such a warm person. This world sure could use more people like him!!
I heard his son Nathan do this about a year ago at Bill's Blues in Evanston, IL. Nathan's voice is a near-perfect replica of his late dad's. It was truly uncanny--not a dry eye in the house. Catch one of his concerts if you can--for his own wonderful music as well as reminiscences of Stan.
I'm 24, listen predominately to metal, alternative and heavy music but, I LOVE Stan. You can't deny pure raw talent and passion. He'll live as an inspiration to Canadians, Maritimes and music lovers everywhere. He's a true legend and, in my opinion, the greatest Canadian musician of all time.
It is the "Mary Ellen carter", of course. We sing this song at the end of the Winnipeg Folk Festival on Sunday night. That begins tonight. In my opinion, the most stirring song he wrote. But then, there's "Down to Old Mauri", "Barrett's Privateers", "Forty-Five Years From Now", "Northwest Passage", "Make and Break harbour", ... oh my Goodness, where do you draw the line?!! Had he lived, who can imagine!
So sorry to learn about your father. I'd like you know that his earnest and dramatic testimony in conjunction with Stan's performance has been a huge inspiration to me for many years. Whenever I look to share this song with others, particularly seamen, I always search for the version with your father's introduction. My sincere condolences.
To Stan Throughout my life music was an ever important and growing passion for me, inspired at an early age by the sounds I know associate with my parents and grandparents. Through my mother came tastes of inspiration music and pop, providing the theme music of so many of my childhood memories. Then came rock through my father, Queen becoming perhaps my all time favourite band. The sounds of country and gospel music radiated from my grandparents lounge which, along with these other sounds, set me down paths of musical discovery I’m glad I was not ignorant to. As the years passed my repertoire and ear evolved with many favourite artists coming, going and staying. Of all the genres artists like Leadbelly, Hank Williams, Luke Kelly and the like came to the forefront of my mind, captivating me through the simplistic but Meaningful writing, relayed in voices that new true pain and hardship, all the highs and lows of life alone and forsaken. I still remember when your music came into my life; a mistaken click on a RUclips video and the sound of Barrett’s Privateers came belting into my mind, forever changing my journey through music. It became an inspiration, as every song that I heard sound better than the last. Not a fault I could find among them. Never had I found an artist that could put such eloquent word to music in what seemed like effortless work. It roused visions of working class life and seafaring which, although I can stake no claim to being through the works, inspired me as if I too had faced tremendous trial and monotony. All this at a time when I was broken, my mind ever working against me. When I was down your music, your legacy, was there to raise me up or ease my mind. Never have I felt such a strong connection to music or a musician. It’s as though every song is sung to me personally, conveying stories meant for the most sincere listeners. How I needed those sweet sounds then. How I still need them. I listened to all of your albums, hurting me as the realisation of just how few you recorded. Your early death breaks my heart. Twenty years before my birth you died, saving people you’d never met, would never have known, like a true hero. The kind everyone should know. Your beautiful soul lives on through those life’s you helped save and the ones you touched through your actions and your music. Many a time I’ve been brought to tears thinking of the songs that have gone unsung and the life you never had. If I could bring back any singer it would be you, even if you never picked up a twelve string again. You deserved a full life. One that saw you gain far more attention and notoriety than what you have. It pleases me to see more people find your name and be amazed at your music. That adds to the tears. Your music means more to me than any other, for its sincerity and composition. I can proudly belt out Barrett’s Privateers or Northwest Passage, Straight and True or The Idiot. They are songs of work, strife and overcoming odds. They became like medicine, healing my mind and soul as they brought me out of a dark place. If I hadn’t had your music I don’t know how I would have faired. Some may find that pathetic, that I’m lousy or pretentious but Stan, I couldn’t care less. If your music was the only music I could hear for the rest of my life I’d die happy. It’s feels so much more personal than any other musician I’ve ever loved, much more. Mary Ellen Carter is an inspiration to me just the same as it is to many. As is 45 Years. They make me feel anything is possible, through commitment and work it all comes to the surface. It’s music I love to share with people. I could sit on a boat all night, belting away your tunes. It’d be truly beautiful. Thinking back, I found your music at one of the lowest points of my life. I was depressed, struggling so much in school. Reeling in the wake of the household my step father had left behind. My grandmother soon passed and my life just seemed so low. I can honestly say your music carried me through that. Mary Ellen Carter was unbelievable motivation to me and I know it has been for so many others. Fuck, I’m scared to think of how I would have coped without it. Through your music I was connected to so many other beautiful musicians but you’ll remain as the dearest to my heart. You’re loved, you’re listened to and you’re gravely missed. They say there are three deaths; the first when the body dies, the second when your buried or cast to the four winds, and the third when your name is said for the last time. Be reassured, for your third death won’t ever come as your name will be talked of for centuries.
I'm a southern man from Georgia First time I herd Stan I was all aboard Bless him and his nation His music has thought me much but being a good man with words of worth This is the lesson I hold dear Rise again
From what I heard when the plane landed and as people were being evacuated he helped lead people to the exits saying "Follow the sound of my voice." Rest in Peace Stan.
I think losing control of the song is the hardest part about playing it. There are so many words, fired in rapid succession, that you have to basically expend all of your energy keeping the song active and engaging. I always play it near the end of my shows so I don't have to do that much after it, it takes so much out of me.
"And you to whom adversity has delt the final blow, with smiling bastards lying to you everywhere you go, turn to and put out all your strength of arm and heart and brain."
I had the great honour to relate Mr. Cusick's story on the Marine Electric today and how much this song has meant to me as story of hope, survival, and ultimately inspiration to salvage oneself from "the storms of life". 10 years in the Merchant Marine, and also 29 years in the National Guard, this song has always defined to me how one may work through adversity and still live. Thanks for this video and thanks to Carolmuzik for sharing about her dad.
Our main sail is in to be mended and there are repairs we need to do on our dinghy and trailer before we can sail again so we pacify ourselves by listening to sailing songs while we paint and remodel our new shop. That's how we discovered Stan Rogers. We are SMITTEN.
Got here through air crash investigation.Had never heard of Stan before learning of his death on air Canada onboard fire.Talented man tragically taken too soon.RIP Stan
This may seem odd to some but it makes sense to me! Dedicating Stan Rogers' passion, for the strength of people who are oppressed, to the people on the march from northern Saskatchewan for murdered and missing aboriginal women, their friends, families, communities! Rising again, and again, and again! 💪❤️🌎
Oh no, it doesn't seem strange at all. Your words make a lot of sense, even to me a man who lives in a strange far away place across the ocean. May The Mary Ellen Carter rise again for all of us!
RIP Stan Rogers (1949-1983) A victim of smoke inhalation onboard Air Canada Flight 797 after it safely landed at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, Boone County, Kentucky due to an in-flight fire.
Your dad got to tell his story and, in turn, inspire and move countless people. He has helped many people and you and your family should be proud of this. His role may be small, but he does have a role in Canadian folk history now. That's more than many of us. Celebrate his life. :)
I was raised on Irish folk music, & my mom often played Gerry Timlin's version of this - I didn't know that he hadn't actually written it 'til recently. I keep coming back to this stellar performance - I can feel the urgency welling up in Stan, almost to the point of bursting, & although he's at his most alive here I almost wonder if a part of him subconsciously sensed that this may be his only chance to do this song justice for posterity. I'm glad he took the opportunity - I'm beyond inspired.
There are so many times when I feel like life has gotten to me, but this song always comes to mind and it strengthens me and I give the day another kick and i don't give in.
stan rogers came to me years ago with this documentary, this performance blew my mind because you saw how much the performance meant too him. thank you far saving this for us and admirers yet too come
This is one of those songs I keep for the time when life kicks you in the teeth and things seem too hard....rise again, rise again....with smiling bastards lying to you everywhere you go....thank you Stan, for all the music, but thank you for this one above all others....
This song saved lives two times over! I was at the San Francisco shanty sing not long after hurricane Sandy. A survivor of The Bounty sinking was there. He said that b/c of Robert Cusick's survival, the Coast Guard extended the amount of time they would look for survivors in the Atlantic--and he was rescued because of that time extension.
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With Ariel Rogers' permission, I've turned Stan Rogers' epic Canadian folk song, The Mary Ellen Carter, and turned it into a 44 chapter novel. Available now at Amazon.com. Rise Again, is the story of the Mary Ellen Carter. Enjoy.
i had the pleasure of being an invited Performer at StanFest, back in 2000, in Canso NS, sang and played with great Musicians, Includinding Nathan Rogers and Bill Garrett , and as Stan would say, ".....when you have the ocean in front of you all the time, you can't leave it alone..." Cheers to the Chetabouctou Shore!
What privilege it would have been, to have seen this man live in concert slappin away on them strings like no other. And his songs have words; so powerful, that no words in the world can describe. He's the best...
+Christian Hache (Forwardpointofview) We saw Stan and the band perform twice, and trust me, it was an honor. It was like watching history and the future in one moment. Sorrowfully, the future was not long, but oh so special.
I saw Stan at one of the two shows that became the Live In Halifax album. This song was incredible, but the story he told prior to The Idiot (on the album) is one of my favourite introductions to a song.
I am so very sad that this man and his awesome, beautiful talent are gone. His songs ring in my blood, they are part of my heritage, from Ireland, Nova Scotia, Boston...I am so upset that he is no longer with us. His music is absolutely incredibly beautiful. Damn. So happy though that recordings survive!
God bless you Stan. It’s been 45 years since I met you at Fiddler’s Green and I weep every time I hear you sing. Your passing is a huge loss for us all.
I saw several of Stan’ performances on large and small stages. I was preparing to go on a maritime province tour with Garnett and Stan, and several other bands.-the Great Canadian Folk Music Express . When I got the call that shocked me as deeply as any ever has. Such a loss. Garnett and the rest of us did the tour with heavy and empty hearts. Touring New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island in 18 shows. We were all in shock and grief. But this song held us together and always lifted everyone. Over the last forty years I have heard it played at many friend’s funeral. I hope it will be played at mine. Such a loss and such a gift. … Rise again. Love you Garnett and Stan ❤
There was never a finer song writer nor balladeer than this here Stan Rogers. If you’re not pounding the table and roaring after this tune, you weren’t bloody listening!
Stan Rogers re-defined Canadian - no, American - folk music. An Ontario boy, he had a strong connection to the Maritimes region of Canada through his parents and grand parents. Today (June 2) is the 25th anniversary of his untimely death in an airline fire in Cinncinatti (on his way home to Canada) after a concert in Dallas. A great loss to folk music everywhere!!
I saw .Stan Rodger’s performance at the Winnipeg Folk Festival in 1982 one word describes it IMPRESSIVE! Little did anyone realize that in a months he would be gone! A huge loss to Canada an the World! But fortunately his music lives on Rise Again!!
GREAT Story and I LOVE this great tune! I was in a discouraging part of my life years ago and this tune also helped me to get through my challenges. Today I sing it with great JOY. RISE AGAIN...
What makes this song amazingly great is what some have pointed out as a problem with the song -- you never really know if they were successful. But that is the point ... what counts is not success, but trying ... rising again and again ...
Carolmuzik Thank God and rest your father's soul. My dad left in '93. He was a US Marine who served two tours in Vietnam. I am now a retired Gunnery Sergeant USMC. My dad would have loved this song and your father's story. May they ALL raise a jar together and we as well when we join them in fiddler's green.🍻
I just watched the Air Disasters episode of the Air Canada plane fire which killed Mr. Ross and many others. Folk music has always been my favorite, having been raised on the music of The Limeliters, The Kingston Trio and Peter, Paul and Mary, among others. I came to RUclips to listen to Stan’s music and was immediately hooked. He had a wonderful voice and ability for story telling and his death was a huge loss for the world of music as a whole. My condolences to his family and friends and everyone affected by his far-too-early death. 😢❤️🎶
I saw Stan play. At my elementary school! He did Barrett's Privateers (with permission from the principal). Stan's passion was highly contagious for me and I have never forgotten the fire in him when he sung; if anything will help me through these times it will be that passion however, this song is more appropriate now. Full COVID strong-love-comfort found here
Thank you for this. I was fortunate enough in the late 70's to have Stan at my house in Smithville, Ontario. He was such a fine musician and a real fine man, and I was sorry to see him perish in that plane fire.
I wish this performance and the one of "Barrett's Privateers" from the documentary were available in full quality on a CD, and I say that despite much of the latter song being incomplete. Because these are probably my favorite performances of the songs I've heard. So energetic.
Could of left the same comment, listening to metal, all that. i went to see Garnet Rogers 4 days ago, and nothing had ever made me feel like that. From laughter to tears, and back again.
If you go to Google Videos, and type in "One Warm line," it'll take you to a 45 minute documentary of Stan's life. Well worth the Watching! Praise Be for the Voice and Wit of Stan Rogers!
My dad was Robert Cusick, the man who sang this song to inspire him to live through that terrible night in the lifeboat. We lost him two weeks ago, and I sang this at his funeral. Thank you Stan for giving me an extra 30 years with him.
I'm sure they're raising a jar together on the other side......
Hello Carol. I see I am 4 years belated, but I offer you my sincere condolences on the loss of your father. I was recently suicidal after a confluence of things, and 13 years as a Paramedic has done a lot of damage to my psyche. But enough about me, Your Dad's story and Stan's song are inspirational, and 34 years after Stan died, his music is still saving lives. I wish you all the best, and I am willing to bet, Stan and Robert are indeed raising a jar together on the other side.
CarolMuzik, so sorry for your loss. Thanks to Stan, many lives have been saved. Stan's song has helped my spirit to rise out of darkness time and again. We are blessed by the lives of both men. Robert Cusic's tireless work helped to start the Coast Guard's swimmer rescue program, and get survival suits put in all merchant ships. And Stan, well, those who listen here know, love, and honor Stan's legacy. May you be blessed in your life.
Hi Carol,
Sorry for your loss for sure, but your Dad was exceptional as well. Thanks for praising Stan and we all wish he and your Dad weren't gone. Thanks so much for posting.
Damn. Damn.
I know they are having one right now.
Captain Robert M. Cusick, died peacefully in his sleep in New Hampshire on Thursday, September 12, 2013. He was 90 years old. Hero Chosen by The Goddess
Bless him! What a blessing
I directed the live concert video in this clip for the Philadelphia Folk Festival in August of 1982. It was my first year directing for that event and I requested the Stan Rogers set because I was such a fan. It helped to know the music in advance when it came to pointing the cameras. Great to see it again in this context.
Is there a full concert recording and has it been released? I’ve only seen clips of this song and Northwest Passage which appear to be part of the same performance
Kevin, this is incredible information. This video and song have been a deep part of me from my youth, through my time in the navy and now later on in life. I had no idea this was from Fest, some 15 years after seeing it for the first time myself.
I performed for the first time at Fest last summer, and my life has taken quite a turn since. I won't go into specifics, but at this very moment the song is once again very important to me.
It feels like some sort of spirit directed me to read the comments this time, and I'm glad I did. To now know that this performance of Stan's, perhaps the way I can only know him, took place at the same event which I have an emotional connection as well.
Stan passed before I was born, and in fact this documentary was released the same year I was born, but I'm eternally grateful for his music and spirit. And now to you Kevin, for being another link between myself and this song which has kept me going for years. Cheers.
PS I wish I could post a pic but I am literally wearing last year's Folk Fest t-shirt right now!
You just can't compare Stan's talent and his voice to any other. They say the reason he stayed on that burning plane was because he was helping others to get out and got caught in the flash fire that ultimately consumed the aircraft. May he R.I.P.
I just saw that episode on the program called mayday. And they showed his photo as one of the 23 people that died on that plane. So sad😢
I think about this, what a good man he was, and what a genius we lost, quite often
You can see the boys are having a lot of fun here and man, does Garnet look young! I guess he's about 25 or so, wow. I'm pretty sure this was Philadelphia Folk Fest, maybe 1981. They all look happy, maybe cause doing this song meant the end of the show. Ha! A rare moment, we have so little film of Stan. Thanks to whomever recorded this video, you saved us (and especially me) a fine example of what made Stan so memorable a performer. Thanks!
Nathan Rogers
For those who don't already know, although Stan is gone, he lives on in his brother Garnet, and son Nathan, who both share their gifts with us as entertainers, and who each is a special talent in his own right. Also, every July, folk/blues/country/bluegrass musicians from many countries gather in Canso Nova Scotia to celebrate his music, and music in general. It's called Stanfest.
and 10 years after this comment, stanfest is still going and it's still great :)
@@flynns32547Amazing 🎉❤
Am I the only one who gets "butterflies inside me" when this man sings? Legend!!!!!
You truly are not the only one :)
Take good care.
You are not alone;-)
👁️🙏🏻👁️
No, you're not the only one, brother.
And tears in my eyes.......
It gives me chills every time to hear him sing that line "with smiling bastards lying to you everywhere you go," in this performance. Awesome.
It has not become any less relatable with time
This version has a lot more energy to it than the studio version
It was a great performance!
Both are legendary friend
I like the cover by The Longest Johns because it's very upbeat/driving.
@@TomDufall See, we think that version is way too cheery for such a serious song. But, to each their own, eh? If you haven't heard it, the Longest Johns cover of The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald is really good tho.
Not only did it save his life, but because he and a couple of others followed up after the sinking of the MARINE ELECTRIC, many other mariners have been saved. Look for the book, "Until the Sea Shall Free Them". And I'm one of them.
The fire on the plane that killed Rogers was by far the largest blow to ever hit the musical world.
Do you know started the fire?
I feel like Stan would have wrote one hell of a song about that tragedy, it was totally his style.
@@dorianrichards924 He absolutely would have wrote a phenomenal song about it. Now we just need a a new breed of Canadian folk singers to come about and sing about it for him! May he rest in peace.
Those modern folk singers are known as The DreadNoughts
@@SilentSam69 The fire started 'behind the lavatory that spread between the outer skin and the inner decor panels' in what they believe was an electrical fire. The plane did an emergency landing in Cincinnati. When the doors opened they all started piling out - but apparently about 90 seconds later, the oxygen ignited a flash fire inside the plane. Stan and 22 others died - and 23 lived. As a result of this tragedy, new aviation regulation ensured lavatories were installed with smoke detectors and running lights were added along the floors of planes.
RIP Stan, you were taken way too soon.
at 33...damn, Stan we miss you...
Murdered by Cpt. Cameron of flight 770 when the crew failed to drop off oxygen mask so the passages could breathe.
This is a great song, and as Liam Clancy used to say, sing it to yourself when there's smiling bastards lying to you everywhere you go! In other words, DON'T LET THE BASTARDS GET YOU DOWN!!!!! RISE AGAIN!!!!
"No matter what you lost. Be it a home, a love, a friend. Like the Mary Ellen Carter, rise again." RIP Jack Layton
This song has saved my life at least twice. RIP Stan, I hope to sing with you on the other side.
That's great to hear. You can see the entire documentary on Vimeo - vimeo.com/ondemand/stanrogers
Thank you so much. My Dad was an inspiration to many, a bit of a legend himself, and sorely missed by all who knew him. I'm grateful that, in part thanks to this song, I had him all those years.
Are you Stan’s daughter??
@@JohnvanGurp Robert Cusick, the sailor at the beginning.
reading the comments on videos with this song actually made me cry. dont throw your life away, people care about you, and you can count me part of them.
The story at the start of this video is incredible! Just like Stan saved lives the day he died, he saved this man's life too.
*****
don't
you feel like a total asshole now?
***** Robert Cusick's daughter would dispute that. She is here on RUclips under the username Carolmuzik. Why don't you go ask her if her father used "poetic license" about the sinking of the Marine Electric.
+Troy Easson ---Read The Sea Shall Free Them by Robert Frump, beyond listening to the words of Cusick in the video above and you will learn that Robert Cusick loved listening to Stan's music and it was this "tale" this "...song that came into Bob Cusick's mind and he could not get rid of it" (Frump). In the tale the ship was "sunk due to a careless owners cheapness and how the crew went back to raise it from the depths".(Frump) Too often mariners are put at risk by cheap owners not keeping up proper maintenance on old boats that should be retired, old boats they depend for their lives on. Stan Rogers is a genius at recreating truths through tales. There are many sailors who have been there and that is why the songs hit home, why they are so powerful. Beyond that he has a gift for speaking to universal experience and in the end...yes Bob Cusick fought for his life with this song and today it is inspiring many others through tough times. Stan Rogers was also going to write a song about Cusick but he died in a plane fire before he could. This absolutely crushed Cusick when it happened, put him in a "deep funk". Cusick is mentioned in one of his songs though. I never doubt the origin of Stan Rogers songs, they come from his heart. It was said he was clear of the fire but turned back to help others get out. Chapter 22 and 23. Some one needs to write a song about both these men. Book is one of the best, but they need a song too.
arslonga vitabrevis
A group by the name Dramtreeo wrote a song called "Take Your Pay" about the Marine Electric.
Absolutely brilliant book!
I was lucky enough to have seen Stan at the Birchmere about 6-8 months before his death, and during a break in the performance, talk to him for 10-15 minutes. He was such a warm person. This world sure could use more people like him!!
I think the reason metalheads like Stan and Garnet Rogers is that they have magnificent imagery in their songs.
I heard his son Nathan do this about a year ago at Bill's Blues in Evanston, IL. Nathan's voice is a near-perfect replica of his late dad's. It was truly uncanny--not a dry eye in the house. Catch one of his concerts if you can--for his own wonderful music as well as reminiscences of Stan.
I'm 24, listen predominately to metal, alternative and heavy music but, I LOVE Stan. You can't deny pure raw talent and passion. He'll live as an inspiration to Canadians, Maritimes and music lovers everywhere. He's a true legend and, in my opinion, the greatest Canadian musician of all time.
It is the "Mary Ellen carter", of course. We sing this song at the end of the Winnipeg Folk Festival on Sunday night. That begins tonight.
In my opinion, the most stirring song he wrote. But then, there's "Down to Old Mauri", "Barrett's Privateers", "Forty-Five Years From Now", "Northwest Passage", "Make and Break harbour", ... oh my Goodness, where do you draw the line?!! Had he lived, who can imagine!
Never forget : SS Marine Electric. RIP
Garnet Rogers is so freaking talented.
So sorry to learn about your father. I'd like you know that his earnest and dramatic testimony in conjunction with Stan's performance has been a huge inspiration to me for many years. Whenever I look to share this song with others, particularly seamen, I always search for the version with your father's introduction. My sincere condolences.
An absolute legend. Gone so terribly soon but what a legacy! Love you, Stan. Your music echoes in our souls forever.
“Rise again! rise again!”...a spoken spell to save a lost soul. May Godbless Stan Rodgers!!
Stan was gone before his time, like so many of the greats.
What a steamroller of an inspirational song. Profound
To Stan
Throughout my life music was an ever important and growing passion for me, inspired at an early age by the sounds I know associate with my parents and grandparents. Through my mother came tastes of inspiration music and pop, providing the theme music of so many of my childhood memories. Then came rock through my father, Queen becoming perhaps my all time favourite band. The sounds of country and gospel music radiated from my grandparents lounge which, along with these other sounds, set me down paths of musical discovery I’m glad I was not ignorant to. As the years passed my repertoire and ear evolved with many favourite artists coming, going and staying. Of all the genres artists like Leadbelly, Hank Williams, Luke Kelly and the like came to the forefront of my mind, captivating me through the simplistic but Meaningful writing, relayed in voices that new true pain and hardship, all the highs and lows of life alone and forsaken. I still remember when your music came into my life; a mistaken click on a RUclips video and the sound of Barrett’s Privateers came belting into my mind, forever changing my journey through music. It became an inspiration, as every song that I heard sound better than the last. Not a fault I could find among them. Never had I found an artist that could put such eloquent word to music in what seemed like effortless work. It roused visions of working class life and seafaring which, although I can stake no claim to being through the works, inspired me as if I too had faced tremendous trial and monotony. All this at a time when I was broken, my mind ever working against me. When I was down your music, your legacy, was there to raise me up or ease my mind. Never have I felt such a strong connection to music or a musician. It’s as though every song is sung to me personally, conveying stories meant for the most sincere listeners. How I needed those sweet sounds then. How I still need them.
I listened to all of your albums, hurting me as the realisation of just how few you recorded. Your early death breaks my heart. Twenty years before my birth you died, saving people you’d never met, would never have known, like a true hero. The kind everyone should know. Your beautiful soul lives on through those life’s you helped save and the ones you touched through your actions and your music. Many a time I’ve been brought to tears thinking of the songs that have gone unsung and the life you never had. If I could bring back any singer it would be you, even if you never picked up a twelve string again. You deserved a full life. One that saw you gain far more attention and notoriety than what you have. It pleases me to see more people find your name and be amazed at your music. That adds to the tears. Your music means more to me than any other, for its sincerity and composition. I can proudly belt out Barrett’s Privateers or Northwest Passage, Straight and True or The Idiot. They are songs of work, strife and overcoming odds. They became like medicine, healing my mind and soul as they brought me out of a dark place. If I hadn’t had your music I don’t know how I would have faired. Some may find that pathetic, that I’m lousy or pretentious but Stan, I couldn’t care less. If your music was the only music I could hear for the rest of my life I’d die happy. It’s feels so much more personal than any other musician I’ve ever loved, much more. Mary Ellen Carter is an inspiration to me just the same as it is to many. As is 45 Years. They make me feel anything is possible, through commitment and work it all comes to the surface. It’s music I love to share with people. I could sit on a boat all night, belting away your tunes. It’d be truly beautiful.
Thinking back, I found your music at one of the lowest points of my life. I was depressed, struggling so much in school. Reeling in the wake of the household my step father had left behind. My grandmother soon passed and my life just seemed so low. I can honestly say your music carried me through that. Mary Ellen Carter was unbelievable motivation to me and I know it has been for so many others. Fuck, I’m scared to think of how I would have coped without it. Through your music I was connected to so many other beautiful musicians but you’ll remain as the dearest to my heart. You’re loved, you’re listened to and you’re gravely missed. They say there are three deaths; the first when the body dies, the second when your buried or cast to the four winds, and the third when your name is said for the last time. Be reassured, for your third death won’t ever come as your name will be talked of for centuries.
That was so beautiful. Thank you.
I'm a southern man from Georgia
First time I herd Stan I was all aboard
Bless him and his nation
His music has thought me much but being a good man with words of worth
This is the lesson I hold dear
Rise again
Happy that you enjoyed his work. Thanks Josh!
Nobody can sing like that unless they have that "heart of oak" Tristan Jones talked about. Magnificent singer!
This song is without question the "Like a Rolling Stone" of the folk world. Folk.......the man's music transcends any label...
42awww true!
+42awww STAN IS THE BEST IMO :)
From what I heard when the plane landed and as people were being evacuated he helped lead people to the exits saying "Follow the sound of my voice."
Rest in Peace Stan.
I think losing control of the song is the hardest part about playing it. There are so many words, fired in rapid succession, that you have to basically expend all of your energy keeping the song active and engaging. I always play it near the end of my shows so I don't have to do that much after it, it takes so much out of me.
"And you to whom adversity has delt the final blow, with smiling bastards lying to you everywhere you go, turn to and put out all your strength of arm and heart and brain."
I had the great honour to relate Mr. Cusick's story on the Marine Electric today and how much this song has meant to me as story of hope, survival, and ultimately inspiration to salvage oneself from "the storms of life". 10 years in the Merchant Marine, and also 29 years in the National Guard, this song has always defined to me how one may work through adversity and still live. Thanks for this video and thanks to Carolmuzik for sharing about her dad.
Our main sail is in to be mended and there are repairs we need to do on our dinghy and trailer before we can sail again so we pacify ourselves by listening to sailing songs while we paint and remodel our new shop. That's how we discovered Stan Rogers. We are SMITTEN.
Night drive lyrics
I will never stop loving this.
What a beautiful voice for the Maritimes. It makes me sad that he didn't get to have a full life. RIP
+Pat King voice and story together, a gift for us all.
Got here through air crash investigation.Had never heard of Stan before learning of his death on air Canada onboard fire.Talented man tragically taken too soon.RIP Stan
This may seem odd to some but it makes sense to me! Dedicating Stan Rogers' passion, for the strength of people who are oppressed, to the people on the march from northern Saskatchewan for murdered and missing aboriginal women, their friends, families, communities! Rising again, and again, and again! 💪❤️🌎
Oh no, it doesn't seem strange at all. Your words make a lot of sense, even to me a man who lives in a strange far away place across the ocean. May The Mary Ellen Carter rise again for all of us!
The unique sound of that 12 string guitar just fits this song.
This song is damn amazing , I can't explain how it gets into your soul and as soon as it's over...you gotta listen to it again
So true. He's a legend.
Remembering Stan's death on this date in '83 by listening yet again to this immortal song.
RIP Stan Rogers. For you were taken WAY too soon. But know that this my favorite of all of your songs, is still beloved so many years after.
No words can really describe the impact of this man and his music; only tears.
RIP
Stan Rogers
(1949-1983)
A victim of smoke inhalation onboard Air Canada Flight 797 after it safely landed at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, Boone County, Kentucky due to an in-flight fire.
Your dad got to tell his story and, in turn, inspire and move countless people. He has helped many people and you and your family should be proud of this. His role may be small, but he does have a role in Canadian folk history now. That's more than many of us. Celebrate his life. :)
I was raised on Irish folk music, & my mom often played Gerry Timlin's version of this - I didn't know that he hadn't actually written it 'til recently. I keep coming back to this stellar performance - I can feel the urgency welling up in Stan, almost to the point of bursting, & although he's at his most alive here I almost wonder if a part of him subconsciously sensed that this may be his only chance to do this song justice for posterity. I'm glad he took the opportunity - I'm beyond inspired.
There are so many times when I feel like life has gotten to me, but this song always comes to mind and it strengthens me and I give the day another kick and i don't give in.
stan rogers came to me years ago with this documentary, this performance blew my mind because you saw how much the performance meant too him.
thank you far saving this for us and admirers yet too come
Damn it, why do we have to lose the wonderful ones so damned young? RIP, Stan Rogers (samira commenting here)
I know...Stan was amazing.
Makes my fingers hurt watching it... but I'm pickin' up my guitar tonight :)
This is one of those songs I keep for the time when life kicks you in the teeth and things seem too hard....rise again, rise again....with smiling bastards lying to you everywhere you go....thank you Stan, for all the music, but thank you for this one above all others....
We listen to it a lot too!
This song saved lives two times over! I was at the San Francisco shanty sing not long after hurricane Sandy. A survivor of The Bounty sinking was there. He said that b/c of Robert Cusick's survival, the Coast Guard extended the amount of time they would look for survivors in the Atlantic--and he was rescued because of that time extension.
The DVD is great, well worth a buy. This song brings a tear to my eye, without fail.
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I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who feels this way.
If any music has a shot at truly being timeless it would be Stan's. His music feels so original. Like it could be covered in a million different ways.
With Ariel Rogers' permission, I've turned Stan Rogers' epic Canadian folk song, The Mary Ellen Carter, and turned it into a 44 chapter novel. Available now at Amazon.com. Rise Again, is the story of the Mary Ellen Carter. Enjoy.
i had the pleasure of being an invited Performer at StanFest, back in 2000, in Canso NS, sang and played with great Musicians, Includinding Nathan Rogers and Bill Garrett , and as Stan would say, ".....when you have the ocean in front of you all the time, you can't leave it alone..." Cheers to the Chetabouctou Shore!
What privilege it would have been, to have seen this man live in concert slappin away on them strings like no other. And his songs have words; so powerful, that no words in the world can describe. He's the best...
+Christian Hache (Forwardpointofview) We saw Stan and the band perform twice, and trust me, it was an honor. It was like watching history and the future in one moment. Sorrowfully, the future was not long, but oh so special.
I saw Stan at one of the two shows that became the Live In Halifax album. This song was incredible, but the story he told prior to The Idiot (on the album) is one of my favourite introductions to a song.
He was something else. I don't know of anyone who's music just never fades away,it's always there as popular as ever.
Your dad's strength is inspirational. My condolences for your loss.
I am so very sad that this man and his awesome, beautiful talent are gone. His songs ring in my blood, they are part of my heritage, from Ireland, Nova Scotia, Boston...I am so upset that he is no longer with us. His music is absolutely incredibly beautiful. Damn. So happy though that recordings survive!
God bless you Stan. It’s been 45 years since I met you at Fiddler’s Green and I weep every time I hear you sing. Your passing is a huge loss for us all.
I love the introduction. Makes me proud to be from New England. On another note, Stan Rogers, died way before his time. Still sad.
I saw several of Stan’ performances on large and small stages. I was preparing to go on a maritime province tour with Garnett and Stan, and several other bands.-the Great Canadian Folk Music Express . When I got the call that shocked me as deeply as any ever has. Such a loss.
Garnett and the rest of us did the tour with heavy and empty hearts. Touring New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island in 18 shows. We were all in shock and grief. But this song held us together and always lifted everyone.
Over the last forty years I have heard it played at many friend’s funeral.
I hope it will be played at mine.
Such a loss and such a gift. … Rise again. Love you Garnett and Stan ❤
This one's for anyone who doubts the power of song. Excellent.
Brilliant song!!! May they Rest In Peace...Stan Rogers and Robert Cusick.
This song seemed to come around on the tape player a bit more often when we were rebuilding after hurricane Irene... Thanks Stan, you were a big help.
There was never a finer song writer nor balladeer than this here Stan Rogers. If you’re not pounding the table and roaring after this tune, you weren’t bloody listening!
The hairs on the back my neck rose up to this. that don't happen often.
Stan Rogers re-defined Canadian - no, American - folk music. An Ontario boy, he had a strong connection to the Maritimes region of Canada through his parents and grand parents.
Today (June 2) is the 25th anniversary of his untimely death in an airline fire in Cinncinatti (on his way home to Canada) after a concert in Dallas.
A great loss to folk music everywhere!!
I saw .Stan Rodger’s performance at the Winnipeg Folk Festival in 1982 one word describes it IMPRESSIVE! Little did anyone realize that in a months he would be gone! A huge loss to Canada an the World! But fortunately his music lives on Rise Again!!
There are good Canadian singer/songwriters, and there are great Canadian singer/songwriters. And then there's Stan Rogers. A national treasure.
GOAT
In my opinion Stan was one of those people who are discreetly sent by God to Earth. He was too good for us, rest in peace.
GREAT Story and I LOVE this great tune! I was in a discouraging part of my life years ago and this tune also helped me to get through my challenges. Today I sing it with great JOY. RISE AGAIN...
The best and most important attribute of RUclips is the affirmation of life,
which we can all use much more of. This video is a spectacular example.
What makes this song amazingly great is what some have pointed out as a problem with the song -- you never really know if they were successful. But that is the point ... what counts is not success, but trying ... rising again and again ...
live your life as if every day is your last. it could get stolen like this. what a wonderful voice. what a wonderful man.
Carolmuzik Thank God and rest your father's soul. My dad left in '93. He was a US Marine who served two tours in Vietnam. I am now a retired Gunnery Sergeant USMC. My dad would have loved this song and your father's story. May they ALL raise a jar together and we as well when we join them in fiddler's green.🍻
I just watched the Air Disasters episode of the Air Canada plane fire which killed Mr. Ross and many others. Folk music has always been my favorite, having been raised on the music of The Limeliters, The Kingston Trio and Peter, Paul and Mary, among others. I came to RUclips to listen to Stan’s music and was immediately hooked. He had a wonderful voice and ability for story telling and his death was a huge loss for the world of music as a whole. My condolences to his family and friends and everyone affected by his far-too-early death. 😢❤️🎶
Incomparable! One of my heroes! Few can match the versatility and creativity of this Canadian Folk Music Icon. RIP, Stan. Miss you every day!
This song has been a source of strength to me as I try to stay clear of the pancreatic cancer for which I had surgery 4 1/2 years ago today.
Great stuff, keep it up
@@feelsman7837 Thank you, still here and kicking. 40 days shy of 5 years.
@@feelsman7837 2 months shy of 6 years post-surgery, and still All Clear.
Stan is undoubtedly... the man
I saw Stan play. At my elementary school! He did Barrett's Privateers (with permission from the principal). Stan's passion was highly contagious for me and I have never forgotten the fire in him when he sung; if anything will help me through these times it will be that passion however, this song is more appropriate now. Full COVID strong-love-comfort found here
Thank you for this. I was fortunate enough in the late 70's to have Stan at my house in Smithville, Ontario. He was such a fine musician and a real fine man, and I was sorry to see him perish in that plane fire.
This singer give us the taste to work again and agains.
I wish this performance and the one of "Barrett's Privateers" from the documentary were available in full quality on a CD, and I say that despite much of the latter song being incomplete. Because these are probably my favorite performances of the songs I've heard. So energetic.
Stan....you have done so much to keep me hanging on when life was shit...you remain an inspiration...thank you.
"And that song made made the difference in me living through that night."
What more can you ask of a song?
Could of left the same comment, listening to metal, all that. i went to see Garnet Rogers 4 days ago, and nothing had ever made me feel like that. From laughter to tears, and back again.
Long live Stan Rogers!
If you go to Google Videos, and type in "One Warm line," it'll take you to a 45 minute documentary of Stan's life. Well worth the Watching! Praise Be for the Voice and Wit of Stan Rogers!
Don't know music. But Stan Rogers just looks so HAPPY singing this great song. *peace unto his spirit*
Absolutely brilliant performance of an incredible song. I can't sing it without choking up.
freak of nature...love his music so. Look how young Garnet is in this vid!
i am 60 i have sung the tradition all my life i have never known a talent like Stan----- keep the faith and sing him and remember chas