Rise Again


caroljane

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I never knew Stan Rogers, who died at age 33 like other interesting historical figures. A family friend from Nova Scotia did know him casually, locally he was Stannie.He was well liked there from all evidence.I had tickets for a concert of his but he died before the concert date so we got our money back.

I have looked around on the web and he does not seem to be all that dead.

"To you to whom adversity has dealt the final blow

with smiling bastards lying to you everywhere you go

Turn to and put forth all your strength of arm and heart and brain,

and,,,Rise Again."

-the Mary Ellen Carter

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http://www.iheartmusicvideos.com/AZSYaMusic06slxN/Stan-Rogers-Witch-of-the-Westmoreland.html

http://www.stanfest.com/ Apparently, there is a festival July 5,6,7 2013 in Canso, Nova Scotia ,,,geez can't you guys get some American sounding towns!

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Thank you for showing that. Many years ago my wife used to play Stan Rogers songs all the time. I had forgotten what a rousing sing he was.

The Mary Ellen Carter is one of my favorites.

Ba'al Chatzaf

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Glad you have enjoyed the great good company of Stan too, Baal.

There is a story about the last night of his life (I think it was on the CBC docu)- after a concert, he didn't go to bed early for the next day flight, he hung out with the other musicians, jamming and campfiring, singing his last night away. The nightingale never again to be the lark.

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http://www.iheartmusicvideos.com/AZSYaMusic06slxN/Stan-Rogers-Witch-of-the-Westmoreland.html

http://www.stanfest.com/ Apparently, there is a festival July 5,6,7 2013 in Canso, Nova Scotia ,,,geez can't you guys get some American sounding towns!

Thanks for the Witch of W, (you promised not to release those pictures, tho!)

"O Queen of Air and Darkness

tis true, tis true you say

and I will die tomorrow

But you will die today."

I am such a fool for baritones. I just can't understand how women went mad for tenor voices. If Hvorostrovsky came to TO and I could get near him, my Respectability would be seriously impaired.

I like falsetto the next, explaining my 60s faves.

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In addition to the Rogers, there is another Canadian "Rise Again", the Barra Macniells.

"We rise again in the faces of our children

We rise again in the voices of our song

We rise again in the waves out on the ocean

And then, and then, we rise again."

I sing that with some of my ESL classes. The Hindu students get the reincarnation theme right away. You should see them nodding their heads sideways.

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