From Fresh Water
Encyclopedia
From Fresh Water is a 1984
album by Stan Rogers
. It was one of a series of concept album
s Rogers intended to do about the regions of Canada
. From Fresh Water is about the Great Lakes
area of Canada, while Fogarty's Cove
was an album about the Maritimes, and Northwest Passage
was about the western provinces and the North.
1984 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1984.-Janury-March:*January 21 – "Relax" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood reaches number one in the UK singles chart, despite being banned by the BBC; it spends a total of forty-two weeks in the Top 40.*January 27 – Michael Jackson's...
album by 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...
. It was one of a series of concept album
Concept album
In music, a concept album is an album that is "unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical." Commonly, concept albums tend to incorporate preconceived musical or lyrical ideas rather than being improvised or composed in the studio, with all songs contributing...
s Rogers intended to do about the regions of Canada
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...
. From Fresh Water is about the Great Lakes
Great Lakes
The Great Lakes are a collection of freshwater lakes located in northeastern North America, on the Canada – United States border. Consisting of Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario, they form the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth by total surface, coming in second by volume...
area of Canada, while Fogarty's Cove
Fogarty's Cove
- Track listing :#"Watching The Apples Grow"#"Forty-Five Years"#"Fogarty's Cove"#"Maid on the Shore"#"Barrett's Privateers"#"Fisherman's Wharf"#"Giant"#"Rawdon Hills"#"Plenty of Hornpipe"#"The Wreck of the Athens Queen"#"Make and Break Harbour"...
was an album about the Maritimes, and Northwest Passage
Northwest Passage (album)
-Track listing:# "Northwest Passage"# "The Field Behind the Plow"# "Night Guard"# "Working Joe"# "You Can't Stay Here"# "The Idiot"# "Lies"# "Canol Road"# "Free in the Harbour"# "California"...
was about the western provinces and the North.
Track listing
- White SquallWhite Squall (song)White Squall is a 1984 song by Stan Rogers, about a young crewman being washed overboard from a Great Lakes ship, due to not following safety procedures...
- The Nancy
- Man With Blue DolphinBlue Dolphin (schooner)Blue Dolphin was an auxiliary schooner built in 1926 at Shelburne, Nova Scotia by the Shelburne Shipbuilding Company as an adventure yacht. She served as US Navy auxiliary, IX 65 in World War II and as a postwar research vessel made famous by a Stan Rogers song.Blue Dolphin was designed by the...
- Tiny Fish For Japan
- Lock-Keeper
- Half of a Heart
- MacDonnell on the Heights
- Flying
- The Last Watch
- The House of OrangeThe House of Orange (song)The House of Orange is a Stan Rogers song about The Troubles, in particular about fundraising for the Irish Republican extremists in Canada. The overall sentiment of the song is the IRA is terrorizing not just the British, but also Catholics in Northern Ireland...