Stan Rogers: Northwest Passage
by Chris Gudgeon
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Author: Chris GudgeonForeword: Sylvia Tyson
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-06
ISBN: 1894997018
Number of pages: 268
Publisher: Fox Music Books
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Book Review: Balladeer extraordinaire
Summary: 5 Stars
For true aficianados of Stan Rogers and his works, this book is a gem. Written with compassion and affection, it is a biography of the man and his career, and also contains his song lyrics, an article written for a folk music publication, and a radio play he penned.
I first encountered Stan Rogers' music about two years prior to his tragic death, and have never heard a voice quite as commanding as his coming out of a radio. I actually stopped what I was doing at the time and just stared at the stereo, in shock at the power of that voice. I became a rabid fan that moment. I was lucky enough to meet the man once, and the enduring memory is of a man who shook my hand with a grip of iron - no wilted-wrist handshakes for him! At the time I was involved with running a local coffeehouse, and I cannot impress upon you enough of Stan's sheer charisma. He was one person I'm certain no one ever forgot, once they met him. We were involved in trying to sign him for an appearance at our coffeehouse when we heard of his plane going down in Cincinnati in 1983, and it truly was a physical blow to me. I still miss him. He was a force of nature taken far too soon.
The first half of this book, with a foreword by Sylvia Tyson of Ian & Sylvia fame (if you remember them, you are a true folkie), covers Stan's early years as a musically inclined youth in a musical family (his uncle made guitars as a hobby), his absolute belief in his own music in the face of detractors, and his burgeoning emergence from obscurity only just before his untimely death. He was coming into his own that day in June; all the stars were coming into alignment for him. He had gone through a lot to get to where he was; and this book doesn't sugar-coat anything. He could be difficult, overbearing, even rude; but beneath it all was a talent that could not be denied, and I can vouch for his musicality, his lyricism, and the emotion that he imbued in every song he wrote and sang. Many of them still bring me to tears.
The second half of the book contains the lyrics to Stan's songs, released and unreleased; his article; his play; a bibliography; and a map of the Canada that constituted Stan's world. He wrote of the Maritimes, of Alberta, and of the Great Lakes area (he was principally from the Hamilton, ONT area, but had relatives in Nova Scotia), and he had an innate grasp of what it was to be a man or woman of the land. He wrote as eloquently from the viewpoint of a farmwife gazing at her own face in the mirror as he did from that of an old-timer on a Great Lakes boat who has seen too many greenhorn sailors washed overboard. Stan Rogers was a national treasure, and this book is a true tribute to him and to his music.
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Features Stan's radio playscript The Greenway Curse and his satire The Boss Is Always Right, as well as lyrics to his songs, including many unreleased compositions.History & Criticism Books
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