Between the Breaks...Live!

Artist: Stan Rogers
Label: Fogarty's Cove
Category: Music

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Format: Live
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 621644000227
EAN: 0621644000227
ASIN: B000003BTX

Release Date: 2007-01-04

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Tracks:

The Witch of The Westmoreland (Archie Fisher)
Barrett's Privateers
First Christmas
The Mary Ellen Carter
The White Collar Holler (Nigel Russell)
The Flowers Of Bermuda
Rolling Down To Old Maui
Harris and The Mare
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Customer Reviews:

Sailing Back In Time, Safe in the Harbor.......2006-05-29

Stan Rogers was the quintessential folk balladeer of the Great Lakes and Canada in the Seventies and Eighties...or at least it seemed so to me, having discovered his music so soon before his tragic death in the early Eighties. This CD is chock full of examples of what made him a great influence on the generation to come. I love Rogers' strong baritone, the take-no-prisoners lyrics in songs like the Mary Ellen Carter (a song that starts out as an ode to a sunken vessel, but ends up being encouragement to anyone facing discouragement), and the musicianship of bandsmen Garnet Rogers, David Alan Edie, Grit Larskins and Curly Boy Stubbs are stellar.

The song selection is terrific except for one note....who would have thought in 1979 how poorly Nigell Russel's computer dirge "White Collar Holler would have aged. It was funny then, believe me!

Between the Breaks-Live.......2006-02-27

This is a universally GREAT album. Every person I have ever played this album for has absolutely loved it. I think it's Stan Rogers best work (due to the live element). A must have. Anyone who likes live, Irish (he's Canadian though), folk, or just guitar music will love this.

Amazing songs.......2004-12-20

Heard Stan Rogers for the first time a few weeks ago when the CBC (in the casual way they have of dropping songs into programs)played "Mary Ellen Carter".
I couldn't believe I'd never heard of the song or of Stan Rogers. Living in Canada is a revelation (in many ways) and not the least has been the discovery of a treasure trove of Canadian artists who get zero attention south of the border. I love this album and have been playing it obsessively since it arrived.

Still the Best Introduction to Rogers' Music.......2003-07-19

This is the Stan Rogers album I heard first, back before his death, and all things considered, I think this incredibly spirited live set is still the best introduction to Rogers' music. Included are the definitive versions of "Barrett's Privateers" and "Mary Ellen Carter," the haunting "First Christmas" (ever a contender as the saddest song ever written), and the thought-provoking lament "Harris and the Mare." And that's not all...

The songs on this album represent Rogers' songwriting talent at full flower and the band is snapping with energy. My only complaint -- gee I wish they'd used a better vocal mic. It's not awful, but fairly typical of the late 70s.

If you like Gordon Lightfoot ..........2003-07-15

you will love Stan Rogers. His music runs along the lines of 'The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald'. Beautiful and haunting folk songs mostly about the hard life of sailors (The Flowers of Bermuda and Rolling Down to Old Maui). This CD has a unigue track on it - "The White Collar Hollar" - which is a modern 'blues' rant by computer programmers from the time of punch cards. I love it. Also, Harris and the Mare is a great tragic song about a peaceful man who's wife is attacked in a bar and none of his friends came to his aid when the attacker pulled a knife on him. I can't come up with the words to express it's eloquence.

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