9/16/2008, 6:03 AM

TV: I get pretty bored with any style of music after twenty minutes to an hour max. I crave variety. (I guess you missed the parts where i emphasized that stan has a variety of styles and subject matter.) But yeah, you're right, it is funny how some kinds of music really annoy "music lovers". These days I really appreciate the video because I will watch all kinds of music being played -- stuff i wouldn't close my eyes and listen to. I appreciate that little bit of mind-opening anyway. But otherwise, sure, I'm just as prejudiced as anybody else -- my jazz has to be very accessible, but not "easy listening"; I'd have to be at an opera or orchestra in real life to enjoy that ( for twenty minutes to an hour); country & western must have no fake accent or pretensions to small town life; etc. etc. It's all bullshit really. If you don't like it, leave it alone. (No smiley face inserted)

9/15/2008, 10:37 PM

It's alright Peter ... Nobody's perfect ... :)

9/15/2008, 9:09 AM

"Yes, I was just hearing the Burl Ives tone to his voice as well." I was talking to a musical buddy (from as far back as high school!) yesterday and related a story about Stan's voice. He saw Stan playing on the waterfront in Toronto and swears that at about 150 feet from the stage he could hear Stan's voice from the stage rather than through the sound system. Another great Canadian baritone from Crash Test Dummies -- remember this one ( one of my all-time favourites): "> Superman

9/15/2008, 3:12 AM

Thanks, Terry, for the additional Stan tunage. I figured he had to have more to him than sea shanties (even Oscar Brand does other things). He had an almost Burl Ives quality to his voice (I mean that in a nice way). Not enough baritones around. It's a shame that he died so young.

9/14/2008, 4:57 PM

Hugh and Steve thanks for checking in. There's a lot more to Stan than sea shanties. "> Oil Industry

9/14/2008, 11:09 AM

Like Sam, I somehow missed your earlier posting, Terry. I vaguely remember Stan Rogers (these days about the only Canadian import we get is Celine Dion- stop the madness!) I have a bit of a fondness for sea shanties- the more un-P.C., the better. When you've been drinking, there's nothing better than to belt out a few choruses of "Friggin;' in the Riggin'" or "Barnacle Bill". I hadn't heard "Barrett's Privateers", but I have heard "Northwest Passage", and Stan Rogers had a great way of using words, and he really had a talent for re-creating the maritimer song form (even though, according to his brother, he could get seasick walking across a wet lawn- no friend of the water). Besides, anyone with a music festival named after them, has to be pretty good.

9/14/2008, 9:18 AM

Divers and Kurt Thanx for checking into my blog! It's good to see Roger McGuinn in his current iteration, DD. I noticed his interest in "roots" type folk. One of the things that first blew away about Stan Rogers was that his songs sounded like "East Coast" roots but were actually originals that he wrote himself. He has a variety of other styles as well as the Celtic-based East Coast sound. Here's the official website where you can still order $6 VINYL Lp's as well as CD's and cassettes (!!!). The money goes to his widow Ariel. Stan Site $6 LP

9/14/2008, 7:36 AM

Sam, Scott, Deb, Glenn. Thanks for responding. Glenn thanks for the extra info and Northwest Passage and Mary Elllen Carter were the other two Stan songs that I posted. When I was a folkie our band "Fried Beast" used to play Mary Ellen Carter and Fogerty's Cove. "> Fogerty's Cove

9/14/2008, 6:45 AM

Well, you're certainly "boinkers!"

9/13/2008, 10:09 PM

It was Cincinnati as things turned out and it's no rumor that he died trying to save others. I remember interviews with fellow passengers who stated as much. Stan Rogers on Wikipedia. I also searched you tube for more and found several versions of Northwest Passage, which sent shivers up my spine again.. a beautiful song. Thanks again Terry.

9/13/2008, 5:13 PM

Sure looked like they were having fun. Yes, I enjoyed that video. Very Canadian...........That music really grows on a person. Thanks for sharing.

9/13/2008, 3:19 PM

I LOVE it Kranky ! ... don't know how I missed the other post ??? ... must have been counting sheep or sumpin'