Stan Rogers - Music Lyrics Stories Songs of a Lifetime

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It is testament to Stan Rogers' impact as a songwriter that 40 years after his sudden tragic death in a fre aboard an airplane in 1983 at the young age of 33 - people young and old are still singing his songs and celebrating his infuence His songs "Northwest Passage," "Barrett's Privateers" and "The Mary Ellen Carter" are woven into the fabric of North American Maritime culture. Recipient of the Diplome d'honneur by the Canadian Conference of the Arts and a posthumous induction into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2019 are among his many awards. Stan Rogers' legacy was honoured on a postage stamp series issued by Canada Post in 2021. Annually people from across North America fock to the Stan Rogers Folk Festival in Canso, Nova Scotia to celebrate folk music and its namesake's legacy. The music and lyrics of Stan Rogers continue to inspire and infuence musicians around the world. An essential item for any traditional folk music fan,'Stan Rogers, Songs Of A Lifetime' is a limited edition collectible box set that includes the entirety of his songwriting in a beautifully designed book of sheet music with notation and introductions written by Stan and those who worked with him. The book is packaged together with 49- recordings from three albums on fve vinyl discs including the rare re- release'For The Family' frst issued only months after his passing, and for the frst time ever on vinyl,'Coffee House to Concert Hall' and'Home In Halifax'. TheStan Rogers - 'Songs Of A Lifetime' vinyl box set and songbook is a limited edition with only 1000 being manufactured. Tracks: Lookout Hill / Cliffs of Baccalieu / Strings and Dory Plug / The Badger Drive / Cape St. Mary's / Two Bit Cayuse / Scarborough Settler's Lament / Yeastcake Jones / Up in Fox Island / Three Fishers / Guysborough Train / Pharisee / It All Fades Away / Love Letter / Take It from Day to Day / Acadian Saturday Night / Billy Green / Straight and True / The Woodbridge Dog Disaster / Louise's Song / Past Fifty / Evangeline / A Matter of Heart / Famous Inside / At Last, I'm Ready for Christmas / Your Laker's Back in Town / The Puddler's Tale / Music in Your Eyes / Leave Her, Johnny, Leave Her / Down the Road / Bluenose / Make & Break Harbour / Field Behind the Plow / Shriner Cows (Dialogue) / Night Guard / Morris Dancers (Dialogue) / The Idiot / Lies / Free in the Harbour / Band Introductions (Dialogue) / Working Joe / The Legend of Fingal (Dialogue) / Giant / Forty- fve Years / Mary Ellen Carter Intro (Dialogue) / The Mary Ellen Carter / Barrett's Privateers / Sailor's Rest Intro (Dialogue) / Sailor's Rest / Paint Me a Picture / Skyway / Jamie / Love Can't Be Bitter All the Time / The Old Rose & Crown

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