For The Family is a 1983

1983 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1983.-January-April:*January – ZTT Records is founded.*January 8 – The UK singles chart is tabulated from this week forward by The Gallup Organization...

 studio album by Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 folk

Folk music

Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....

 artist Stan Rogers

Stan Rogers

Stanley Allison "Stan" Rogers was a Canadian folk musician and songwriter.Rogers was noted for his rich, baritone voice and his finely crafted, traditional-sounding songs which were frequently inspired by Canadian history and the daily lives of working people, especially those from the fishing...

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In a departure from Rogers' earlier collections of typically original compositions on his own Fogarty's Cove

Fogarty's Cove Music

Fogarty's Cove Music is a record label founded by Stan Rogers in 1976, surrounding the production of Stan's second album, Turnaround. Fogarty's Cove Music is based in Dundas, Ontario, Canada.-External links:* Fogarty's Cove Official Website...

 label, this album features renditions of traditional Canadian folk songs as well as songs written by Rogers' relatives. It was originally released on WRDV

WRDV

WRDV is a U.S. public radio station serving some northern suburbs of the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area. The radio station studio is located in Hatboro and the broadcast tower in Warminster. WRDV jockeys are volunteers and frequently play their own album collections on the air.-Programming:Music...

 DJ Tor Jonassen's "Folk Tradition" record label. It is a studio album, with backing performances by Rogers' multi-instrumentalist brother Garnet Rogers

Garnet Rogers

Garnet Rogers is a Canadian folk musician, singer, songwriter and composer. He began his professional career working with his brother, folk musician Stan Rogers, and arranging Stan's music.-Career:...

 and bassist Jim Morison.

It was released only weeks after Rogers perished in a fire on board an Air Canada flight

Air Canada Flight 797

Air Canada Flight 797 was a scheduled trans-border flight that flew on a Dallas/Fort Worth-Toronto-Montreal route. On , the aircraft developed an in-flight fire behind the washroom that spread between the outer skin and the inner decor panels, filling the plane with toxic smoke...

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The album is now issued by Gadfly Records

Track listing

1. Lookout Hill
2. Cliffs Of Baccalieu
3. Strings And Dory Plug
4. The Badger Drive
5. Cape St. Mary's
6. Two Bit Cayuse
7. Scarborough Settler's Lament
8. Yeastcake Jones
9. Up In Fox Island
10. Three Fishers
    Three Fishers
    "Three Fishers" is a poem and a folk song written in 1851. The original poem was written by English poet, novelist and preacher, Charles Kingsley. It was first set to music by English composer John Hullah shortly thereafter...