Northwest Passage by Stan Rogers (rare live recording)

[@Laotzu.Goldbug]

_From the streets of old Victoria to_ _fair old Mabou town_ _From Portage to Spadina listen_ _closely for the sound_ _A voice still echoes softly through_ _the rivers and the plains_ _So don't you dare stop listening and_ _don't forget his name_ _Arise and be merry_ _And sing out while you can_ _The world will never see the likes_ _Of dear old Stan_

[@elliemitchell5442]

"I thought of old Stan Rogers and walked straight out the bar, and started up the Dreadnoughts, and here we bloody are."

[@bigjoeguy]

Dude the high harmony is the most beautiful thing riding along the rolling waves of stan Rogers gravely lows.

[@Canuckmom128]

The guy doing the high harmony is Stan’s brother, Garnett Rogers, an excellent artist in his own right.

[@scottiesguns]

I needed to hear this song tonight. Right in the feels every time.

[@Finvarra]

Stan Rogers is epic. His son Nathan has grown up looking and sounding so similar despite being 4 when Stan died. I feel like he must have turned to the recordings and seen his father like we do, knowing that it was a part of who he is. Nathan has his own tastes and unique approach too of course, but he has all of his father's vocal power.

[@ant-1382]

So Canadian it makes me shiver.

[@ImNotJoshPotter]

Stan Rogers is at least half of the music I listen to 👍🏻

[@ImNotJoshPotter]

@Las Marcel What's this? How is this relevant?

[@BlindObedienceBrutal]

Thank you for uploading this. It’s always a suprrise what one finds on You Tube. I agree with everyone that this is the Canadian song par excellence. There is nothing like it - period. I am pretty tired of life, man, but this does give me goosebumps, and it is still an inspirations in these strange times.

[@Canuckmom128]

Stan’s “Northwest Passage” and Gordon Lightfoot’s “Canadian Railroad Trilogy” are Canada’s alternate National Anthems. “To seek a Northwest Passage, at the call of many men…to find there but the road back home again”.

[@derklebob8161]

I wish modern music was as wholesome as this.

[@jimbobsmith827]

same

[@patriciaspray5126]

Me too. Stan's music makes me so emotional.

[@dinoknight6538]

Look into Kate Rusby's music, it's a similar genre. She's been writing since the late 90s and does a similar thing to Stan Rogers of both singing old songs and writing her own.

[@chrisshaw7235]

As a 100% Canadian, I am so proud of our heritage.

[@conantheseptuagenarian3824]

this song breaks my heart every time i hear it; such unfulfillable longing.

[@conantheseptuagenarian3824]

@WesternPrideWorldwide i see your point.

[@conantheseptuagenarian3824]

@WesternPrideWorldwide ah, it's about courageous pioneers in the 19th century who sought a northwest passage through canada to the pacific ocean, and how many lost their lives.

[@jimbobsmith827]

@@conantheseptuagenarian3824 that is essentially one of the lyrics

[@midnight1963]

Singing of what we’ll all leave this earth... ... a long-forgotten lonely cairn of stones!

[@backingtracksarena]

This song....the goosebumps....this should be Canada's national anthem.

[@buckycool]

I just love Stan Rogers tunes and this one is a gem for sure.Thank you.

[@thunderstruck1078]

Chorus: Ah, for just one time I would take the Northwest Passage To find the hand of Franklin reaching for the Beaufort Sea; Tracing one warm line through a land so wild and savage And make a Northwest Passage to the sea. Westward from the Davis Strait 'tis there 'twas said to lie The sea route to the Orient for which so many died; Seeking gold and glory, leaving weathered, broken bones And a long-forgotten lonely cairn of stones. (chorus) Three centuries thereafter, I take passage overland In the footsteps of brave Kelso, where his "sea of flowers" began Watching cities rise before me, then behind me sink again This tardiest explorer, driving hard across the plain. (chorus) And through the night, behind the wheel, the mileage clicking west I think upon Mackenzie, David Thompson and the rest Who cracked the mountain ramparts and did show a path for me To race the roaring Fraser to the sea. (chorus) How then am I so different from the first men through this way? Like them, I left a settled life, I threw it all away. To seek a Northwest Passage at the call of many men To find there but the road back home again. (chorus)

Holy cow. Thank you for posting this.

[@cross8215]

Wow... Beautiful.

[@JohnMccart777]

Powerful enough to make my ancestors seem close to me as I listened .

[@ruinner]

You brought this song to my attention with your original video on it. Thanks for the reminder!

[@gregoryvess7183]

Garnet’s part gets me every time.

[@tangodown69]

Harmonic genius. His slides to the sharps, paired with his emotion, sometimes make me cry

[@jimbobsmith827]

@@tangodown69 kzbin.info/www/bejne/gWe5kKisfJV0h5o Undoubtedly. This as well. One of my favorite harmonic performances of Garnet in his natural habitat, next to his brother.

[@jeffkahl]

Bless you for uploading this! 🙏🏻

[@Terry-hm4bs]

It's a such a beautiful song! Not the garbage that's out these days! This is real music! Thank you so much for this video!

[@zachariahmccoy1301]

excellent

[@FiachraMoody]

Thank you for sharing this fantastic song.

[@vladimirvendeyes6325]

Very awesome Thanks for introducing me to it

[@every.single.time.2668]

Wow, powerful stuff right there. Only one listen but it has evoked the same strong emotional response I usually only get on the rare occasion that I listen to the Gaelic psalm singing that my granny used to play when I was a kid. Thank you for introducing me to this. 👍🏻

[@michaelpemulis2041]

This is beautiful. Thank you

[@therealskull4786]

if stan sounded like this in his 30s, imagine how he would sound if he were alive today.

[@jeffkahl]

I suspect he would’ve been as legendary as Lightfoot became

[@followingtheroe1952]

Those fucking harmonies man. So much music today is dumbing us down, as if hearing anything more musically complex would put us to sleep or something. I am convinced there is such a thing as an objective aesthetic sense and that our ancestors had it better developed, folk music is so much more complex and deep than modern sounds. The only other time anything comes close to folk are experimental genres which may or may not have developed their distinct sound out of pure accident and "novelty=art" mindset. I am going to plug Ulvesang, a brilliant Nova-Scotian neo-folk band.

[@emmanueldidier321]

Pure genius, that's all.

[@CuratorOfCurios]

Is this about the lost Franklin Expedition?

[@apolloniangerm]

Yes indeed

[@ratatoskr1069]

Nice that you could dig this up!

[@possum9009]

good song

[@halafradrimx]

A band by the name of Unleash The Archers made a metal version of this music. I highly recommend you guys listen to it, as well. Beautiful song.

[@SteveHausmann]

fuck yeah

[@raymondscottbehnoud8986]

💎⚔️🇺🇸

[@hamhock6932]

No more brother wars.

[@justinc4782]

im not too crazy about this version, what makes this song great for me is the high pitched yelp "savage" from the co singer which is barely noticeable here. hearing him do that gives a feel of terror, anguish, brutality. like a last yelp of life before being gutted.

[@Mandolorian1001]

It’s almost like that was the point...

[@robertbalazslorincz8218]

Why does the image feel so sinister like there's a black something across the bridge

[@karl1799]

The timbre of Stan Rogers' voice was truly one in a million. Btw, what are your views on Jared Taylor?

[@JWD1012]

Jared Taylor is the scum of the earth and his name belongs nowhere near Stan Rogers'.

[@westernmaryland1928]

Your welcome. Westernmaryland1928

[@apolloniangerm]

Thanks for all the rare and invaluable recordings you’ve published on your channel!

[@westernmaryland1928]

I just happened to see this. As its okay with me. I am not Canadian, as you can tell by my user name, as I live near DC not in W MD. Most of these concerts were being hoarded by a group of people, one in CA. Would not trade, but I got them. The lady is mad, I released them for all to hear. Very sad, music is to be shared. There is a novel about the raising of the Mary Ellen Carter, approved by Ariel Rogers. Its a great book.