Stan Rogers - Live Concert Video 1983 - Three Fishers, 45 Years.

This video was recorded by Alan Kanter on 5-28-83 at McCabe's Guitar Shop, Santa Monica, CA.
Stan died 5 days later on Air Canada Flight 797.
This is from the 1st show that night. I was doing the house sound and Howard & Roz Larman were recording a live 2 track for future broadcast on their KPFK show FolkScene.
Peter Cole mixed the live 2 track to Sony Beta F1.
Thanks to Peter Cutler for furnishing the audio.
Vocal mics were Sennheiser MD 441u.
Guitar mics were Sony ECM 22p.
Video digitizing, color correcting, editing, audio replacement by Wayne Griffith.
Playing with Stan were:
Garnet Rogers Fiddle.
Jim Morison Bass.
Steven Hayes Guitar & Piano.

[@terryfowleradventures]

First time I heard & saw Stan & his band perform was at the Calgary Music Festival in June 1982 as I was walking with Kate Wolf (who also performed there) out front of the stage and when Stan sang “45 Years”we decided to get married which happened 4 months later. At the end of their set & they began the closing songs, Kate ran backstage to join them. It was the last time I saw Stan but would run into Garnet years later at the Kate Wolf Music Festival where he performed and included Kate’s song “Safe At Anchor” during the weekend festival.

[@chrisd4504]

Stan died before I was even alive.... Yet, I have the privilege of having grown up hearing his music.

[@osr4152]

There is absolutely no difference between his voice in this version and the recorded one. What an incredible talent. So many artists sound completely different without thr studio tricks

[@PythonDad]

I would have thought it was the same recording if not for the piano.

[@cblg959]

I got chills reading this was recorded 5 days before Stan passed. May his soul rest in peace.

[@jimwilliams3816]

1983 jumped out at me when I read it, for that very reason. I still remember where I was standing, I think on Memorial Day Sunday, when it was reported on the radio that he had died. We would have seen him the previous year I think, but the concert was cancelled because the US wouldn’t let him into the country. They were on a “protect US musicians from Canadian competition” jag in those days. Thanks, Reagan admin.

[@jessestewart169]

Wow

[@matthewgelfer4955]

This video is an incredible treasure.

[@commoveo1]

❤️

[@smithyherewego]

I was born in 1996, never heard of Stan until a choice encounter where a member of my rugby team performed a rendition of Barrett’s Privateers. I’d never came across the song previously, but it peaked my curiosity. Subsequently, I discovered Stan and his music. What a voice, what a song writer, what an artist. 45 years will always hold a place in my heart. Gone too soon, RIP Stan. I hope you found the boat you longed for.

[@gympee]

I grew up listening to Stan, not knowing of his passing. I still remember the day I told my dad we had to go to his concert if he ever came through town... Still haven't recovered.

[@maryrochon9753]

@@gympee You should all come to The Stan Rogers Festival every years in Canso Nova Scotia,,,

[@lightatthecape2009]

​@@gympee Pick up Night Drive, Garnet's book about touring with his brother..and check some of Garnet's music...both , incredibly talented.

[@ameliatighe6737]

you tube is incredible. i keep finding people i never heard before. today i the firt time i heard him

[@ItIsJustJudy]

You should check out his brother, Garnet Rogers, whose had a successful career since Stan’s passing. Garnet has a gorgeous voice, too.

[@MelodicTwilight]

"There's God in the trees, I'm weak in the knees, and the sky is a painful blue..." God damn right it is. Lots of love. Thanks.

[@bonechip01]

Stan.....

[@user-fq9qx4rk1q]

Stan Rogers is one of the most powerful musicians to ever touch the hearts of so many . When I heard of his passing, I broke down in tears and it took me several months, in fact years, to recover. His lyrics of Saskatchewan farmers and maritime fishermen and the love song to his wife are so moving. I am so grateful for memories of his life made available such as this concert. Love to the memory of Stan .

[@guisseppistrombopolis9082]

Stan is the cutest...may your sails be full with air and your cup overflowing with rum! Forever 🇨🇦

[@dakota6054]

I was born 5 years after his death, but what an impact his music has had on my life as a whole.

[@rhomacity]

Thank you so much for uploading these videos. I am from Nova Scotia, and there is still a Stan Rogers shaped hole in our lives here.

[@seansky2721]

You have my deepest sympathies. He must have been the greatest personality! Stan's soothing music is a staple in my world. I'm the skipper of a dinky sailboat and a model maker. I consider myself pretty manly. Then you watch Stan and his guys play "45 Years" live and the marshmallow in me rises to the surface. I kiss my wife with dewey eyes. Love and reverence from America.

[@lightatthecape2009]

Sure is

[@chrisd4504]

Honestly.... He died before I was even born, and I absolutely love him. He is a genuine Canadian hero.

[@linengray]

Thank you. I saw him live for the first time at Groaning Board in Toronto. This is the last video of Stan. What a joy to still be able to see. It is a shame it took till 2019 to induct him into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame.

[@waneyedgeworkshop159]

Incredibly moving hearing Stan's baritone golden voice singing Three Fishers. The live production is just perfect in every way. As the fishermen in the song, Stan died in pursuit of his career and work, fishing for folk songs. Nobody can sing this one like he did. Rest his soul.

[@flurkin]

What a tragic loss. He has been my greatest musical influence since my pre teenage days. Still listen to his music daily at age 41

[@bonechip01]

I played this a few times infront of my family members etc. I never explained what it was, or why I knew it. The only common reactions I have observed are reverence, absolute silence, and applause.

[@baker1444]

The audio quality on this clip is absolutely perfect.

[@robertc5387]

I have an old cassette tape of this entire concert that I played into the ground - I never thought that there was actual video of it, and thank you so much for posting it. I never got to see Stan live, which is one of my true regrets, but his music has changed my life for the better. I like to think that somewhere there’s a big stage where Stan continues to play, and one day we’ll all get to see him again. Until that day, thank you, Stan, for all the great music you left us...

[@NK73080]

Hey would you mind uploading this? I would love to see it

[@VellaCharles]

Well said Robert. Canada's Post Office issued a new stamp with Mr. Stan Rogers.

[@RobertTheBruce88]

I don't know any one personally who knows his music, I am not from the East coast, but his music astounds me. His voice and songwriting just seems timeless to me.

[@mikehitchcock3295]

If it wasn't for my first trip to Epcot as a kid, I wouldn't even know his name. Bring him back into the Canada Pavilion...

[@mikelisacarb]

Yes!

[@sheridanalder6375]

Christ I still love Stan Rogers!

[@roxylee]

Stan Rogers songwriting, vocals, and guitar, coupled with Garnet’s violin, just superb music. The storytelling ability he had was amazing. I wish everyone could hear his songs.

[@cstuartcook9390]

I walk in his shadow with every song I write.

[@warrenhuff7349]

This is an absolutely marvelous video. Thanks so much for posting it. I live in Cincinnati and I was here in 1983 when Air Canada Flight 797 made an emergency landing at our airport. We lost the best of the best then.

[@kristoffer-ross]

Garnet: "Of, course, I've been communing with spirits for years, [I'm] used to that." I am among the many lovers of Stan's work who came into this world too late to hear him, and, as are all of them, I am saddened that he was taken so young, but grateful he left so much meaningful work behind him. Wayne Griffith, I thank you for uploading this rare footage. I've been looking periodically for years for something like it.

[@toddwitt4748]

There is a song by John Gorka “How Legends Are Made” about him seeing Stan Rogers at Godfrey Daniels. I never knew of Stan Rogers until a couple of weeks ago.

[@brendarowe8652]

I'm not finished crying

[@DNAPIXELATED]

Im 19, not canadian, not a sailor, literally have no relation but i LOVE stans music and by reading comments on so many videos he seems to have touched so many hearts

[@Whobgobblin]

Wish I had been alive to see this absolute legend live

[@ianmichalski7997]

Don't mind me. Just an American who digs Stan Rogers.

[@ffggddss]

I just wanna se...cond all the positive comments on here. And speaking of that song, it's both ironic and bittersweet to realize that, according to the song, he was 23 when he wrote it (b. 1949 Nov 29, so that would have been late '72, or almost any of '73), and *Now* is just about 45 years from then! And at least we get to see *his* smilin' face still, thanks to the likes of you, Wayne. Let's have a round of applause for Wayne, everybody!! Fred

[@RichardPayne52]

What a voice. Never be another.

[@katherinejohnson-aplin4084]

Garnet’s is a close contender. His music is gorgeous, too. ❤

[@bluebird1239]

I've heard it said that Stan's son has a very similar sounding voice.@@katherinejohnson-aplin4084

[@SpiderMan-gv2gd]

To think he passed 20 years before I even got the chance to enter this world. Truly spectacular, thank you.

[@wsellers1]

I know all of his songs by heart and I sound just like him when I'm on the hyway by myself!

[@georgefisher1995]

Stan would touch all your strings of emotion, singing the somewhat funny Barret’s Privateiers , to “The Scarborough’s Lament” to a sad but true vision for so many of “First Christmas “. Taken to soon.

[@j.b.9581]

Wayne Griffith, THANK YOU for posting this inspiring video. I admit to a tear or two while I watched Stan and his songsters banter, and when Stan's voice rang out. Stan lives on, because of your post.

[@guisseppistrombopolis9082]

J. B. His voice will forever ring true over the din of depression and war to give a peaceful pride to every Canadian and by extension Alaskan, he touches our hearts and souls and that's where he will forever lye in happiness and sadness alike. But he is alive in a way, he always will be

[@111Watersong]

It is a crime that there is no live album of just the trio..... this is as close as we might ever come.....more, please!

[@rowan5188]

There is one! Look up Stan Rogers Home in Halifax!

[@MrHmg55]

There are four on stage here.

[@user-wz2le6gl2s]

What a voice!!!!!

[@ffggddss]

I have a particularly exceptional affection for the music of three singer-songwriters who were all about the same age (born in the 1940's, like I was), all of whom had wonderfully captivating voices, and who all died way too young, in the 1980's. From oldest to youngest: Kate Wolf, Steve Goodman, and Stan Rogers. All three of them, first magnitude, and for me, Stan's star is the Alpha in that constellation. Fred

[@paigeh3410]

Anyone else on the verge of tears throughout the entire performance?

[@alisondickinson]

Oh my, oh my. What a voice, what a presence. How can such talent leave us so soon?

[@garywhitt98]

This is vocal resonance…a gift of a voice.

[@mauricemcnally1361]

Much too late I found stan,, buy am a traveler and as I go by you will hear Stan as loud as my speakers will take!

[@dxhtz]

Incredible document brilliantly produced. Thank You. "and I wanna see your smiling face 45 years from now.."..and killed in an accident 5 days later. Crazy story. At least he got to express that sentiment, is the only consolation.

[@richardmindemann6935]

The Rogers brothers and friends. Best folk band ever.

[@South-xz3kz]

6:25: Simply the finest performance of 45 Years. I love it even more than the Studio version. This footage 5 days before His death is so precious.

[@megatwtwt]

the melodies, the harmonies, the voices, the humour, the stories, the sounds, the audience laughing along with the joy of having found themselves in the warmth of great and kind musicians.

[@PadraigGrimes]

It's hard to believe there is so little video of Stan out there. This is priceless, just a shame at least one full concert can't be found or perhaps doesn't exist.

[@NallDave]

Heaven's folk band has a fine musician.

[@alexanderschestag3247]

A-MA-ZING! I'm sad I will never be able to see him live.

[@charlesa.robinson7722]

Wayne, though I am old enough to have caught Stan performing, I never did. Thanks for this and any other post of Stan so I can now see him perform.

[@CGJUGO80]

The reason we never heard more from Stan is because some brilliant pilot thought he didn’t need to *land immediately* when there was a f*cking *fire on the plane.* Stan was one of the half of survivors who didn’t escape the plane in time before it exploded.

[@redcoat4ever323]

Stunning

[@nmmccrea]

Man, what I wouldn't give to have seen Stan Rogers perform. Alas, he died years before I was born. If you were lucky enough to have seen him, count yourself lucky.

[@joanofartifice]

I’m forever indebted to seeing Stan and Garnet play on the folk music route in New England. It moved me then and still hits my depths. This recording is priceless. Garnet has been coming annually to my area until Covid, ably proving himself as another legendary talent. His self-published book Night Drive describes his and his brother’s development. I bought my copy from Garnet but I’m sure it’s available via a Google search..family business. Thank you for making this recording available.

[@lisatheriot2929]

Thank you so much for this video! I was at the show, and for years, I carried around a cassette of the recording of the show that Roz & Howard Larman aired after Stan's death. It's good to finally have the visual to go with it.

[@catorogers5380]

For some reason forgot Garnet created the music for this...thanks for sharing.

[@edwardcroghan5375]

I've only just (shamefully) discovered Stan Rogers. Wow! What have I been missing? My first thoughts were Gordon Lightfoot, and now I'm hooked. It's such a tragedy and a waste that he died, when he had so much to offer. I'm now a committed fan. Thank you for this video...........

[@carolv8450]

He could have saved himself, but he stayed in the plane trying to save others.

[@BenInSeattle]

Thank you for uploading this video so we could see Stan's smiling face once more.

[@claudiahenry4183]

I got to see Stan live a few times. I had a chance to see him just a few weeks before he died, but I passed because I was busy with my college studies. That is a great regret of mine to this day. I'm so grateful to have these videos from Wayne Griffith, they really take me back to the experience of Stan in an intimate folk club setting!

[@helenlizzystewart4908]

beautiful

[@TomMills]

This is so enjoyable !! Never get sick of listening to the amazing Stan Rogers. Looking forward to Stanfest 2018 this coming summer, where Garnet has been a regular since it's inception back 20+ years now :)

[@danreaume7675]

What an incredible genius.

[@judithbliss7567]

So few videos of a man bigger than life.

[@JohnWilson-bn1xs]

I've been an enthusiastic fol music fan since early 60s, but somehow missed Stan. What a great voice...what a great talent. Thanks

[@lilrawri8446]

John Wilson its insane that he went under your radar

[@tadgoodman]

Love this song. Sing it often in the shower along with northwest passage

[@whippy107]

God I love Stan Rogers

[@vanvulcj]

Wayne I just want to thank you and your friends for being at this incredible concert way back in '83, having the good sense to record it, and now sharing it with the rest of us. Outstanding.

[@mikecarpenter3819]

This song just made me cry

[@camswar]

Truth that god loves some of the best east coast music. Rip you were one of a kind. Way to young.

[@guycherry7978]

A great find - thank you for posting...

[@111Watersong]

More please....more!!!!

[@sarahlifton1073]

I was at this concert and pretty much every other one Stan did at McCabe's! So very, very grateful to Wayne for uploading this and all the other video from that night. All these years later, I remain a huge fan and am in awe of his talent.

[@andrewz4537]

When he said Santa Monica l was guessing McCabe's. Thanks for the confirmation. I was only there as a music store, before it was a venue, l think. I moved to Colorado. I did see some fine musicians drop in, pick up an axe and play.

[@Neptoony]

If there are more videos from this concert please post them. Video was relatively rare in those days....we were still buying his recordings on vinyl! I saw him concert probably close to a dozen times, between a few clubs and festivals. It nearly killed me when my friend called to tell me he died. I can't say we were close friends but we were friendly and he was full of mischievous fun. A terrible flirt and he meant none of it. The music we have, on the recordings, but the sheer presence of him, and with Garnet, and sometimes Jim....they filled a stage, let me tell you. Waves of charisma flowing out over you. And in the smaller clubs, 2-300 seats, it was almost overwhelming. It was breathtaking, in the true sense of the word. God, I still miss him, and it's been damn near 40 years.

[@aai3661]

The very definition of the words " "underrated artist."

[@pf2879]

Awesome. Excellent sound.

[@111Watersong]

Time to load the rest of the concert!!!

[@redaquila2891]

Born in 99, discovered Stan when I was younger due to coming upon Northwest Passage here on KZbin. Found myself working on the lake boats for a time, all thanks to his music. I wish he were around today to thank for his music, because I do greatly believe that I am who I am today due to the songs he wrote and performed. 🇨🇦❤️

[@RyanWright11]

Today I needed this video. I'm so thankful it was here.

[@maureenwalsh-nolan7401]

How we miss him!!! A National treasure, a lovely human being and a wonderful performer ...If anyone has video from his performance in Montreal, similar time frame, PLEASE POST!

[@manu811958]

Thanks for showing this, what a gift Stan was for so many

[@ENGABU1]

Thank you thank you thank you!

[@komfluterchaosprafekt1426]

Impressive Upload..thanks from Germany

[@GaryOslide]

Sublime.

[@E.E.F.]

Such beautiful songs and what a beautiful voice! I am glad I found it here 38 years after this concert.

[@monikacroydon2256]

I just discovered these, while re-visiting Stan's scant youtube videos on June 2, as I always do. I treasure every memory of every time I heard him play. This brings him back in a wonderful way. Thank you so much - please keep posting!

[@mjuhanil]

This is great

[@toddnotobartolo5728]

Thanks Wayne Please keep posting. It be great if you can get the whole show up banter and all. I never got to see stan so this really helps and the banter is priceless. Thanks for your dedication to the art Todd

[@AlabastaJones18]

Thank you so much!! There needs to be more videos posted of Stan Rogers Live

[@parkeskelton656]

Amazing. Thank you. Not that I would have ever missed a Stan Rogers show that I could get to, but I bought tickets and attended all four shows at McCabe's that weekend. No premonition, I just loved Stan that much. And still do.

[@lisatraugott4117]

One day before I graduated college. One day+ 10 years before I graduated grad school 1993. One day + 11 years I married the man who introduced me to Stan Rogers.

[@AlexMaritimer]

Pure magic

[@chrisb9740]

I saw them a few days before this in Bermuda where I too did the sound. Wasn't lucky enough to tape it though. Thank you for this. CB

[@stevenmcclintock5365]

sad...what a great addition to song and life he was. I know his son a bit from Sherbrooke Village and The Road to Stanfest.....good guy, great talent too.

[@jacobthomas327]

Thank you for uploading, until now I had thought I'd seen all the stan I would ever see.

[@schnauzerhead]

Wow, this is amazing. I'm so glad you put this up.

[@4aceshigh1957]

he was a treasure..

[@shanaleon7183]

One of the blessings of this outrageous pandemic is that we met Stan last summer on Pandora. What a gift to the soul his music has been to us, and what a magical talent and true human being he so clearly was. ❤

[@W1ckedshort]

A big voice from a big, big man.

[@oldriverfarm]

So glad I was a fan while he was living.

[@shawnhayden6674]

This is great on so many levels but that bass keeps catching my eye. RIP Stan!