I tried to introduce Stan Rogers to American listeners. I’m so glad and proud that they will be able to hear him and his songs and stories of our proud maritimers.
This is the song I listen to in dark times. It never fails to lift my heart. Stan never got to know what his legacy has come to mean for so many. It is up to us, those he left behind, to keep his music alive for all time... I hope you are finding better days....
It has become a tradition at many Canadian Folk Festivals to close out the final night's performance on the main stage with a group sing along of The Mary Ellen Carter. All of the artists who performed throughout the festival join together as a chorus and send everyone home with this song ringing in their ears. A good way to honour Stan and end the festival on a high note at the same time.
The Field Behind the Plow is the story behind many a long gone farmer expressing the joy and the sorrows and heartbreak of farming; keeping and losing their farms.
To crib an article about it, there is a great real life story attached to this song that is inspired: "So inspiring is the song that it is credited with saving at least one life. On February 12, 1983 the ship Marine Electric was carrying a load of coal from Norfolk, Virginia to a power station in Somerset, Massachusetts. The worst storm in forty years blew up that night and the ship sank at about four o’clock in the morning on the 13th. The ship’s Chief Mate, fifty-nine-year-old Robert M. (“Bob”) Cusick, was trapped under the deckhouse as the ship went down. His snorkeling experience helped him avoid panic and swim to the surface, but he had to spend the night alone, up to his neck in water, clinging to a partially deflated lifeboat, and in water barely above freezing and air much colder. Huge waves washed over him, and each time he was not sure that he would ever reach the surface again to breathe. Battling hypothermia, he became tempted to allow himself to fall unconscious and let go of the lifeboat. Just then he remembered the words to the song “The Mary Ellen Carter”. And you, to whom adversity has dealt 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 And like the Mary Ellen Carter, rise again. Rise again, rise again-though your heart it be broken Or life about to end. No matter what you’ve lost, be it a home, a love, a friend, Like the Mary Ellen Carter, rise again. He started to sing it and soon was alternately shouting out “Rise again, rise again” and holding his breath as the waves washed over him. At seven o’clock that morning a Coast Guard helicopter spotted him and pulled him to safety.[1] Only two men of the other thirty-three that had been aboard survived the wreck. After his ordeal, Cusick wrote a letter to Stan Rogers telling him what had happened and how the song helped save his life. In response, Cusick was invited to attend what turned out the be the second-to-last concert Rogers ever performed."
Stan Rogers! Canadian Maritime Folk. What a great voice and great songs! "Barrett's Privateers" is his best-cherished, but "The Flowers of Bermuda" and "Rollin' Down to Old Maui" are worth singing along with.
I first heard this song when I was 20 or so, I'm 63 now, have listened to this and other Stan Rogers songs countless times - and I still can't get through this one without crying.
A lot f us used to do this song at open Mic night. My favorite line is so true in life, "Smiling bastards lying to you everywhere you go." During this time here's what happened to Stan Rogers [Wikipedia]: "Rogers died alongside 22 other passengers most likely of smoke inhalation on June 2, 1983, while traveling on Air Canada Flight 797 (a McDonnell Douglas DC-9) after performing at the Kerrville Folk Festival. The airliner was flying from Dallas, Texas, to Toronto and Montreal when a fire of unknown ignition source within the vanity or toilet shroud of the aft washroom forced it to make an emergency landing at the Greater Cincinnati Airport in northern Kentucky. There were initially no visible flames, and after attempts to extinguish the fire were unsuccessful, smoke filled the cabin. Upon landing, the plane's doors were opened, allowing the five crew and 18 of the 41 passengers to escape, but approximately 90 seconds into the evacuation the oxygen rushing in from outside caused a flash fire."
I don't show emotion easily, but this song gets me every time. I am so glad someone suggested Stan Rogers, and in particular this song. And this is my first time seeing one of your videos. What a wonderful opportunity!
Stan Rogers stands beside Gordon Lightfoot as Canada's two premier composers and singers of ballads that speak of Canada. There are any number of Stan's songs I could recommend but I'll suggest just three : The Last Watch; Forty-five Years; and Lies.
What a great metaphor in this story ! It became a source of inspiration for a nearly-drowned guy who credits his survival to this. Read about his story in the Wikipedia entry for this song under the heading “ Connection to the sinking of the Marine Electric “. While fighting to survive he kept thinking “ Rise Again ! “ !
Pleasantly surprised to find someone reacting to Stan Rogers, one of the great voices of folk song of the 20th century. Though I’m a long way from Canada, my teens and 20s were spent in the folk clubs and festivals of my home town immersed in the music of people like Stan Rogers, and knew many people who covered his songs. It would be great if you took a look at some other great folk singers and storytellers as well, like Martin Carthy, Nic Jones and Archie Fisher.
Canada has certainly given us some beautiful musical gifts, such as KD Lang, Gordon Lightfoot, Neil Young, Anne Murray and others. This gentleman is a new discovery for me in the past few days and definitely joins the list. Thanks again Harri for the diversity of your content 🌺✌️
Yes, it is folk. There is a tradition at the folk festival’s in my part of the world to close the final night with a group song with many performers on the stage. On the Stan Rogers memorial stage in Canmore, Alberta it’s The Mary Ellen Carter.
I’m so excited you explored Stan Rogers! He is a legend in Canada. Has anyone suggested the Tragically Hip to you? They are legends in Canada, too. 38 Years Old and Little Bones are good ones to check out.
Thanks so much for another Stan Rogers song . Love it…you should have heard it at one of his concerts…hundreds of folks bellowing out the chorus with Stan and the band .
More Stan? More instant likes and comments! This is one of my favorites among the many classic Stan tunes. If you want to see two very different takes on a song, do Stan's version of The Flowers of Bermuda and then his son Nathan's of the same song.
One of my favorite renditions is by Stan's son - it rises to an absolutely furious crescendo on the final verse, and you can hear the grief and anger in Nathan's voice. So uplifting.
I love story telling songs like this. Another group that I enjoy are "The Irish Descendants" who are a folk group from Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada. All the members are born of Irish emigrants & were workers in the Newfoundland fishing industry before forming the band in 1990. They do a lot of great traditional Newfoundland music which tell stories. They also do a great version of "Barrett's Privateers".
Here is a link to Stan's "Northwest Passage" th-cam.com/video/FIjFpwsXhuI/w-d-xo.html (It's an excerpt from documentary so there are bits of commentary too but also features Stan and band performing live.)
I discovered Stan Rodger for myself just a few months ago via the Ken Burn Country Music Documentary. I’ve been hoping to find people reacting to his repertoire. I highly recommend the short doc on his life “One Warm Line.”
Loved this since I was a kid. "Northwest Passage" is another great Stan Rogers anthem. This also brings back memories of Moxy Fruvous (The Drinking Song, The King Of Spain, Green Eggs and Ham). As well as The Chemical Workers Song (Great Big Sea?), and 30 Inch Coal by the Men of The Deeps. A lot of which is related to and inspired by old hymnal music played on the Melodeon which is like an accordion. The dissonance of the chords and resolutions. Some things to check out would be Abide With Me by The Kings College Choir, and something like 7 virgins by the Watersons. There's a bunch of country music that comes out of the same tradition. Folk and Country music is great!
Thanks for the video. Such a moving song. The line about “smiling bastards lying to you everywhere you go” gets me every time. And the emphasis Stan puts on those words as he sings them. You didn’t mention the class aspects of this story. I don’t need to be a socialist to appreciate what he is saying about honest working men and the “smiling bastards” who reduce people’s lives to dollars and cents. Inspiring stuff, as you say.
@@dennisking7872 Doc is from my mom's side of the family's neck of the woods so I've been listening him and many others from around those areas for years.
I was confused about this too, but upon multiple listening i think the crew was more than 5 men, but they all gave up and abandoned the ship, while the only 5 men who stayed on made it their mission to resurrect the ship, those ones who left (presumably the drunken captain and the mate) are the laughing drunken rats.
Schooner Faire does an incredible cover, IMHO it's actually better than the original. It has more feeling and gravitas. Stan's is a bit more bouncy and less nautical, if that makes any sense.
so while the story of the ship isn't true it is true at least 3 sailors credit this song with saving their life by turning to sing it in the life raft after their ship sank
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Thank you for exposing more people to Stan's music. He was a treasure, not just to Canadians, but to music lovers everywhere.
Not to mention, died in the most honorable of ways: Saving others. RIP Legend, you live on ❤️
Literally the type of song, rare as it is, that saves people's lives.
I was about to commit suicide when this song came on my headphones. This song saved my life, because I rose again.
I tried to introduce Stan Rogers to American listeners. I’m so glad and proud that they will be able to hear him and his songs and stories of our proud maritimers.
This song helped me from offing myself when I was younger stan has always been a light in the dark for me thank you for this
This is the song I listen to in dark times. It never fails to lift my heart. Stan never got to know what his legacy has come to mean for so many. It is up to us, those he left behind, to keep his music alive for all time... I hope you are finding better days....
It has become a tradition at many Canadian Folk Festivals to close out the final night's performance on the main stage with a group sing along of The Mary Ellen Carter. All of the artists who performed throughout the festival join together as a chorus and send everyone home with this song ringing in their ears. A good way to honour Stan and end the festival on a high note at the same time.
An anthem to perseverance if ever there was one.
The Field Behind the Plow is the story behind many a long gone farmer expressing the joy and the sorrows and heartbreak of farming; keeping and losing their farms.
Beautiful song by Stan!
One of Canada's greatest folk singer-songwriters. His tragic and early passing was a tremendous loss, but his memory and music live on.
Awesome!!! One of my all time favorite songs!
To crib an article about it, there is a great real life story attached to this song that is inspired:
"So inspiring is the song that it is credited with saving at least one life. On February 12, 1983 the ship Marine Electric was carrying a load of coal from Norfolk, Virginia to a power station in Somerset, Massachusetts. The worst storm in forty years blew up that night and the ship sank at about four o’clock in the morning on the 13th. The ship’s Chief Mate, fifty-nine-year-old Robert M. (“Bob”) Cusick, was trapped under the deckhouse as the ship went down. His snorkeling experience helped him avoid panic and swim to the surface, but he had to spend the night alone, up to his neck in water, clinging to a partially deflated lifeboat, and in water barely above freezing and air much colder. Huge waves washed over him, and each time he was not sure that he would ever reach the surface again to breathe. Battling hypothermia, he became tempted to allow himself to fall unconscious and let go of the lifeboat. Just then he remembered the words to the song “The Mary Ellen Carter”.
And you, to whom adversity has dealt 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
And like the Mary Ellen Carter, rise again.
Rise again, rise again-though your heart it be broken
Or life about to end.
No matter what you’ve lost, be it a home, a love, a friend,
Like the Mary Ellen Carter, rise again.
He started to sing it and soon was alternately shouting out “Rise again, rise again” and holding his breath as the waves washed over him. At seven o’clock that morning a Coast Guard helicopter spotted him and pulled him to safety.[1] Only two men of the other thirty-three that had been aboard survived the wreck. After his ordeal, Cusick wrote a letter to Stan Rogers telling him what had happened and how the song helped save his life. In response, Cusick was invited to attend what turned out the be the second-to-last concert Rogers ever performed."
Thank you for sharing this wonderful story. This song has saved many from suicide and they have shared their stories of gratitude.
Great story telling.
I try to go to the Stan Rogers Festival every year.
Canso, Nova Scotia!
Stan fest Canso Nova Scotia!! I go every year. We love him and will always appreciate and respect his songs. Best story teller of our time imo ❤️
Stan Rogers! Canadian Maritime Folk. What a great voice and great songs! "Barrett's Privateers" is his best-cherished, but "The Flowers of Bermuda" and "Rollin' Down to Old Maui" are worth singing along with.
I first heard this song when I was 20 or so, I'm 63 now, have listened to this and other Stan Rogers songs countless times - and I still can't get through this one without crying.
Thank you again Harri -- Stan was an incredible writer and person. You are helping to keep his music alive... and that is a wonderful thing!
Thanks Carol. I've been trying to get someone to react to this for a long time.
Wow I didn’t expect this song. Great choice. Love it thanks. Maybe try his song “Barrett’s Privateers”.
All I need now is a couple pints of beer lol. Seriously tho that is great story song
Newfoundlander here. Stan's heart was with all of us seafarers and fisherfolk. He is legend.
The "guitar that sounds like a banjo" is really a mandolin, a great instrument that is integral to Bluegrass.
A lot f us used to do this song at open Mic night. My favorite line is so true in life, "Smiling bastards lying to you everywhere you go." During this time here's what happened to Stan Rogers [Wikipedia]: "Rogers died alongside 22 other passengers most likely of smoke inhalation on June 2, 1983, while traveling on Air Canada Flight 797 (a McDonnell Douglas DC-9) after performing at the Kerrville Folk Festival. The airliner was flying from Dallas, Texas, to Toronto and Montreal when a fire of unknown ignition source within the vanity or toilet shroud of the aft washroom forced it to make an emergency landing at the Greater Cincinnati Airport in northern Kentucky. There were initially no visible flames, and after attempts to extinguish the fire were unsuccessful, smoke filled the cabin. Upon landing, the plane's doors were opened, allowing the five crew and 18 of the 41 passengers to escape, but approximately 90 seconds into the evacuation the oxygen rushing in from outside caused a flash fire."
Stan's greatest song might be Barrett's Privateers: th-cam.com/video/_58h7sZDAUA/w-d-xo.html
It's another great story.
Great choice, too!
I don't show emotion easily, but this song gets me every time. I am so glad someone suggested Stan Rogers, and in particular this song. And this is my first time seeing one of your videos. What a wonderful opportunity!
Please listen to his younger brother Garnet Rogers sing Night drive. it´s a tribute to his brother. To me it´s one of my favorites ever
I actually prefer Garnet's lyrics..
Watch a live performance of Night Drive. It's magical live.
Garnet Roger’s wrote a nice fat book about their lives. It’s called Night Drive.
Stan Rogers stands beside Gordon Lightfoot as Canada's two premier composers and singers of ballads that speak of Canada. There are any number of Stan's songs I could recommend but I'll suggest just three : The Last Watch; Forty-five Years; and Lies.
Stan Rogers was a Canadian folk icon. Love to see his brilliance shared with the rest of the world.
What a great metaphor in this story ! It became a source of inspiration for a nearly-drowned guy who credits his survival to this. Read about his story in the Wikipedia entry for this song under the heading “ Connection to the sinking of the Marine Electric “. While fighting to survive he kept thinking “ Rise Again ! “ !
Here's the guy, Robert Cusick, telling the story himself: th-cam.com/video/fT-aEcPgkuA/w-d-xo.html
Stan died a hero, saving others from the burning plane they were on.
so glad you found him. canadas finest
Fantastic song and fantastic reaction :)
Pleasantly surprised to find someone reacting to Stan Rogers, one of the great voices of folk song of the 20th century. Though I’m a long way from Canada, my teens and 20s were spent in the folk clubs and festivals of my home town immersed in the music of people like Stan Rogers, and knew many people who covered his songs. It would be great if you took a look at some other great folk singers and storytellers as well, like Martin Carthy, Nic Jones and Archie Fisher.
Fantastic reaction to one of my favourite Maritime songs. You realized and captured the spirit of what Stan was trying to convey and God love ya man!
Canada has certainly given us some beautiful musical gifts, such as KD Lang, Gordon Lightfoot, Neil Young, Anne Murray and others. This gentleman is a new discovery for me in the past few days and definitely joins the list. Thanks again Harri for the diversity of your content 🌺✌️
There are very few reactions to folk artists in general, so it's great to have a Stan Rogers reaction.
Thanks for reacting to this. It is a Canadian classis that is used every year to close off the Winnipeg Folk Festival.
Stan Rogers was a treasure, and I'm delighted to see people appreciate his music! :D
Yes, it is folk. There is a tradition at the folk festival’s in my part of the world to close the final night with a group song with many performers on the stage. On the Stan Rogers memorial stage in Canmore, Alberta it’s The Mary Ellen Carter.
The group song at the top end folk club at the end of the night in Darwin was called an Ugly. 😂
this song can still make me cry
This is one of my absolute favorite folk songs
I’m so excited you explored Stan Rogers! He is a legend in Canada. Has anyone suggested the Tragically Hip to you? They are legends in Canada, too. 38 Years Old and Little Bones are good ones to check out.
Listen to Stan’s brother Garnet. He can tell a great story, too, and is an excellent musician.
You should also listen to "The Jeanie C" and "White Squall". You can't miss with any one of his songs.
Thanks so much for another Stan Rogers song . Love it…you should have heard it at one of his concerts…hundreds of folks bellowing out the chorus with Stan and the band .
aye aye aye mate.... rise again !!!!!!!!!!!!!
All I can say is I just love this!
More Stan? More instant likes and comments! This is one of my favorites among the many classic Stan tunes. If you want to see two very different takes on a song, do Stan's version of The Flowers of Bermuda and then his son Nathan's of the same song.
Great song! Song of the Candle is another favorite of mine.
I love to hear your reaction my friend
Was played at my father's funeral.
I came here from Dr. Osterholm who just talked about Stan Rogers and read out the lyrics on his Covid podcast for all those who lost loved ones.
🙏🏾🙏🏾
Stan Rogers' catalog is deep and wide. There are no duds among his life's work.
He covers a lot of Canada with his work, and they feel like he lived in those areas all his life.
stan's aunt taught me in school ,we went to a 2 room school house that held 13 grades , boylston nova scotia
Great video, thanks for sharing.
One of my favorite renditions is by Stan's son - it rises to an absolutely furious crescendo on the final verse, and you can hear the grief and anger in Nathan's voice. So uplifting.
I love story telling songs like this. Another group that I enjoy are "The Irish Descendants" who are a folk group from Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada. All the members are born of Irish emigrants & were workers in the Newfoundland fishing industry before forming the band in 1990. They do a lot of great traditional Newfoundland music which tell stories. They also do a great version of "Barrett's Privateers".
Id love to see you react to The Idiot by Stan Rogers, easily my favorite song of his
Just watch out for Morris Dancers!
Here is a link to Stan's "Northwest Passage"
th-cam.com/video/FIjFpwsXhuI/w-d-xo.html
(It's an excerpt from documentary so there are bits of commentary too but also features Stan and band performing live.)
I discovered Stan Rodger for myself just a few months ago via the Ken Burn Country Music Documentary. I’ve been hoping to find people reacting to his repertoire. I highly recommend the short doc on his life “One Warm Line.”
I enjoyed listening to this with you!
If he had lived long enough he might have outdone Gordon Lightfoot. Both sang many songs of working people. Both true folk heroes.
Loved this since I was a kid. "Northwest Passage" is another great Stan Rogers anthem. This also brings back memories of Moxy Fruvous (The Drinking Song, The King Of Spain, Green Eggs and Ham). As well as The Chemical Workers Song (Great Big Sea?), and 30 Inch Coal by the Men of The Deeps. A lot of which is related to and inspired by old hymnal music played on the Melodeon which is like an accordion. The dissonance of the chords and resolutions. Some things to check out would be Abide With Me by The Kings College Choir, and something like 7 virgins by the Watersons. There's a bunch of country music that comes out of the same tradition. Folk and Country music is great!
Oh my goodness I LOVE MOXY FRUVOUS!!!
I would love for you to hear groups like the Rankin Family and Great Big Sea
Newfoundland's Pamela Morgan and Figgy Duff, too!
You need to hear Stan's "Northwest Passage". It perfectly represents Canada.
Friends do a cover in Seattle Irish pubs, always brings a tear, of Stan's loss and hope.
Thanks for the video. Such a moving song. The line about “smiling bastards lying to you everywhere you go” gets me every time. And the emphasis Stan puts on those words as he sings them. You didn’t mention the class aspects of this story. I don’t need to be a socialist to appreciate what he is saying about honest working men and the “smiling bastards” who reduce people’s lives to dollars and cents. Inspiring stuff, as you say.
if you like this one, you'd probably love his song "Flowers Of Bermuda"
Wonderful song!
You nailed it ! , now , perhaps, listen to “THE SCARBOROUGH SETTLERS LAMENT “, then for an emotion getter, “FIRST CHRISTMAS “.
If you can listen to the live version of this from "Home in Halifax" the entire audience gets into this song of hope and perserverance.
You deserve Canadian citizenship for this reaction.
I knew a Carol Purcell back home in Mpls. She was wonderful!
There's another song on that album where nobody gets hurt and the ship doesn't sink. Titled Rolling Down to Old Maui.
If you like storytellers then check out Doc Watson "Tom Dooley", "Tennessee Stud", "Sitting On Top Of The World", and "Walk On Boy"
Terrific artist who should be much better known. I love Doc's recording "Alberta."
@@dennisking7872 Doc is from my mom's side of the family's neck of the woods so I've been listening him and many others from around those areas for years.
I was confused about this too, but upon multiple listening i think the crew was more than 5 men, but they all gave up and abandoned the ship, while the only 5 men who stayed on made it their mission to resurrect the ship, those ones who left (presumably the drunken captain and the mate) are the laughing drunken rats.
If you would like a true life story, try Stan Roger's "Bluenose".
Please don't miss Stan Rogers son "Barrett's Privateers ". Thats Jimmy Carter's rant. We dont preach, we rant now.
Schooner Faire does an incredible cover, IMHO it's actually better than the original. It has more feeling and gravitas. Stan's is a bit more bouncy and less nautical, if that makes any sense.
It's a fightin' song. If you're not on your feet at the end, singing along and waving your fist in the air, it has not been successful.
so while the story of the ship isn't true it is true at least 3 sailors credit this song with saving their life by turning to sing it in the life raft after their ship sank