Rock My World Canada, chapter 91: Stan Rogers

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Stanley Allison “Stan” Rogers (November 29, 1949 – June 2, 1983) was a folk musician and songwriter from Hamilton, Ontario. 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 villages of the Maritime provinces and, later, the farms of the Canadian prairies and Great Lakes.

Rogers died in a fire aboard Air Canada Flight 797 on the ground at the Greater Cincinnati Airport at the age of 33.

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