For the Family

For The Family
Studio album by Stan Rogers
Released 1983
Recorded October, 1982
Genre Folk
Length 36:10
Label Folk Tradition
Stan Rogers chronology
Northwest Passage
(1981)
For The Family
(1983)
From Fresh Water
(1984)
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For The Family is a 1983 studio album by Canadian folk artist Stan Rogers.

In a departure from Rogers' earlier collections of typically original compositions on his own Fogarty's Cove label, this album features renditions of traditional Canadian folk songs as well as songs written by Rogers' relatives. It was originally released on WRDV DJ Tor Jonassen's "Folk Tradition" record label. It is a studio album, with backing performances by Rogers' multi-instrumentalist brother Garnet Rogers and bassist Jim Morison.

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

The album is now issued by Gadfly Records[2]

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

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