I have previously drawn LP readers’ attention to the music of the late, great Canadian songwriter Stan Rogers. I’m pleased to share with LP readers another of Stan’s classics, Forty-Five Years written for his wife Ariel. Enjoy
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I recall that thread but had forgotten about Stan Rogers. I have been on an Air Crash Investigations marathon, recorded off the Nat Geo channel, and a recent episode was the crash that he died in. I’d been meaning to follow him up — forgetting you had already posted about him. Ta.
I’d never heard of the bloke, Paul, but that’s lovely.
Sounds like Gordon Lightfoot, but a bit more cheerful.
That is a very touching love song. Maybe the right one to drop on the stereo on that wedding anniversary night, lads. And yep, there is a touch of the Lightfoot but a lot deeper of voice, I would say.
What, after Celine Dion and Richard Marx, there’s more?!?