tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39205604750275169732024-03-07T23:14:35.289-07:00Ya’Gotta: Remembering Stan RogersWelcome to the Ya’Gotta blog for Remembering Stan Rogers, the great Canadian Folk Singer and Songwriter.About Ya'Gotta Bob Kenyonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08625896773460678500noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3920560475027516973.post-86470838287780728482016-03-08T11:56:00.001-07:002016-05-15T10:18:21.052-06:00My Memories of Stan Rogers...Canadian Folk Icon!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It was 1980 and the first <a href="http://www.edmontonfolkfest.org/" target="_blank">Edmonton Folk Music Festival</a> was held in Goldbar Park. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There was a long lineup of <a href="http://www.edmontonfolkfest.org/festival-info/past-performers/1980-lineup" target="_blank">performers;</a> some I'd heard of...some I'd seen and some I didn't know much about. Some were folk music icons from the U.S. (Odetta, Jim Post, Doug Dillard Band); others from eastern Canada (Stringband, Mose Scarlett, Sylvia tyson & the Great Speckled Bird); some were western Canadian favourites (Valdy, Sheri Ulrich, Pied Pear) and some local favourites (<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Connie Kaldor, </span><span style="color: #555555;">Fat Chants, Joan MacIsaac, The McDade Family</span>).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There were some performers, that I'm sure most of the audience hadn't heard of. One of those performers was Stan Rogers, playing with his brother Garnet, accompanying him on vocals and the fiddle. They were the most talked about!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I had just finished my Bachelor's degree, at the University of Alberta, where I hung around with folk music intuitive students. My friends, who I attended the festival with; friends I spoke to at the festival, nor myself, knew nothing about Stan Rogers. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">You could tell from his commanding performances and participation in workshops, that he was bound to become a shining folk music star for Canada!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Stan made another appearance at the 1981 </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Edmonton Folk Music Festival</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, that had now moved to it's present side at </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Gallagher Park. Wherever he and his brother played...There was a crowd.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">He didn't play at the 1982 festival, but was making his way to becoming one folk music's top performers. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In 1983 he had gone to the <a href="http://www.kerrvillefolkfestival.org/" target="_blank">Kerrville Folk Festival</a>, in Texas, where many performers go to become famous. Tragically Stan died in an on-board fire, aboard an Air Canada flight, on his way home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">From a <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/radio/rewind/stan-rogers-folk-singer-storyteller-proud-canadian-part-2-1.3239078" target="_blank">Rewind episode</a> on CBC, where you can listen the second of two broadcasts called "Stan Rogers: Folk Singer, Storyteller, Proud Canadian", there are some amazing tributes by some of the best in the industry!</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Peter Yarrow of the folk group Peter, Paul and Mary, called Rogers "an extraordinary talent, the likes of which we haven't seen since Bob Dylan." </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Tom Paxton said Rogers "was to Canada what Woody Guthrie was to the United States."</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Pete Seeger said "Stan Rogers was one of the most talented singers and songwriters in North America."</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Stan has been immortalized in Canadian folk music, in several ways.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The main stage in the park where the <a href="http://canmorefolkfestival.com/" target="_blank">Canmore Folk Festival</a> is named the Stan Rogers Stage.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 8.71px; letter-spacing: 1px; text-transform: capitalize;">The Contenders (</span><a href="http://www.valdy.com/" style="background-color: white; color: #118d78; font-family: Arial; font-size: 8.71px; letter-spacing: 1px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: capitalize;" target="_blank">Valdy</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 8.71px; letter-spacing: 1px; text-transform: capitalize;"> & </span><a href="http://www.fjellgaard.bc.ca/" style="background-color: white; color: #118d78; font-family: Arial; font-size: 8.71px; letter-spacing: 1px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: capitalize;" target="_blank">Gary Fjellgaard</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 8.71px; letter-spacing: 1px; text-transform: capitalize;">) Perform on the Stan Rogers Stage - Canmore Folk Festival – 2006</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 8.71px; letter-spacing: 1px; text-transform: capitalize;">Photo Credit: </span><a href="http://www.yagotta.ca/aboutbob.htm" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 8.71px; letter-spacing: 1px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: capitalize; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out;">Bob Kenyon</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 8.71px; letter-spacing: 1px; text-transform: capitalize;">© 2007</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In 1984 Stan was granted the Diplomme d'honneur from the <a href="http://ccarts.ca/" target="_blank">Canadian Conference of the Arts</a>, the highest award for artists in the country.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Probably the best honour, that Stan received was having the Canso, Nova Scotia festival called the <a href="http://www.stanfest.com/" target="_blank">Stan Rogers Folk Festival</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We all miss you Stan!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://yagotta.ca/new/about-yagotta-bob/" target="_blank">Bob Kenyon</a></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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