Title: Bunkhouse and Forecastle Songs of the Northwest Artist: Stanley G. Triggs Label: Folkways Records Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 093070356924 Genre: Country, Folk Release Date: 2012-05-30 Number of Discs: 1
For many years working a variety of jobs in British Columbia construction camps, railroad gangs, logging and tugboat crews-Stanley G. Triggs's resume would make any outdoorsman proud. Add folk singer and mandolin player to the list, and you have all the ingredients for Bunkhouse and Forecastle Songs of the Northwest. Triggs eventually turned to photography and music-making for his living, but the repertoire he performed consisted mainly of those "folk" songs he had heard and sung in the logging and construction camps. He became a part of Vancouver's folk revival scene, and someone suggested that he send a demo tape to Sam Gesser, a Canadian producer for Folkways Records. The tracks featured on this album are drawn from Triggs's experiences, and were still commonly heard in the camps at the time of the recording. Liner notes include lyrics and notes on the songs, illustrated with some of Triggs's original photographs of the Canadian Northwest.
Tracks: 1.1 The Oda G 1.2 The Wreck of the Number Nine 1.3 The Blue Velvet Band 1.4 The Homesick Trapper 1.5 The Grand Hotel 1.6 The Kettle Valley Line 1.7 Lardeau Valley Waltz 1.8 Tony Went Walking 1.9 Sandy Morgan's Gin 1.10 The Wreck of the C. P. Yorke 1.11 Meadow Blues 1.12 Brown Eyes 1.13 The Lookout in the Sky 1.14 The Mad Trapper of Rat River 1.15 Lake of Crimson 1.16 Moonlight and Skies 1.17 So Long to the Kicking Horse Canyon 1.18 Pretty Words and Poetry
