
Just thought I'd add the odd single in here that happens to be my "fave of the week". I guess this could be construde as "trying" to appear as hip as those youngsters out there I keep reading about who have no idea what a "full album" is.......sad days indeed......
Anyway,
Stan Rogers = CANADIAN FOLK LEGEND!! What else can I say? Probably should really just say FOLK LEGEND, as Stan's music was/is heard and loved in many spots around the world.
If I'm not mistaken, I think he came to Peterborough way back in the day when I worked at the old hippy shack called
Moondance. Of course I was a young, thickheaded Rawker back in those days so I had no interest in this bald, old fokie. Having matured and opened my ears the tinest bit over the years, I now regret having missed my chance to see him live (Stan passed in 1983).
I first started to listen to him about 10 years ago, and he's been a regular spin ever since! I recently bought his "Between the Breaks.....Live!" CD and have been playing it a lot. I was particularly taken by this "Harris and the Mare" song. I've heard the studio version many times, and enjoyed it. But there is something about this live version.......perhaps the pristeen sound, the tight band? What really makes it though is Stan's delivery......slow, clear, deliberate.....he really had a way with telling a story.
This ain't no cheapo pop song - this baby clocks in at over 7 minutes, but kids, believe me - it will be worth your precious time!!
This is an MP3 @ 192K - check it out.....
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