Home in Halifax is a 1993

1993 in music

This is a summary of significant events in music in 1993.-January–February:*January 8 – The U.S. Postal Service issues an Elvis Presley stamp. The design was voted on in February 1992....

 live album

Live album

A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio 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 recorded by the CBC

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster...

 during a concert Rogers performed at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium in Halifax

City of Halifax

Halifax is a city in Canada, which was the capital of the province of Nova Scotia and shire town of Halifax County. It was the largest city in Atlantic Canada until it was amalgamated into Halifax Regional Municipality in 1996...

, Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...

 in March of 1982, 11 years prior. The concert was put together as a life radio and T.V. broadcast celebrating Rogers' annual appearance at the Cohn. The stage was decorated with a ship's mast, wheels, lobster traps and fishing nets.

Track listing

1. Bluenose
2. Make & Break Harbour
3. Field Behind The Plow
4. Shriner Cows (dialogue)
5. Night Guard
6. Morris Dancers (dialogue)
7. The Idiot
   The Idiot (song)
   "The Idiot" is a song written by Stan Rogers, found on his albums Northwest Passage and Home In Halifax. On Home in Halifax, Rogers introduces the song by explaining that it is about the movement of people away from the Atlantic Provinces of Canada to the province of Alberta for work...
   
   
8. Lies
9. Free In The Harbour
10. Band Introductions (dialogue)
11. Workin' Joe
12. The Legend Of Fingal (dialogue)
13. Giant
14. 45 Years
15. Mary Ellen Carter Intro (dialogue)
16. The Mary Ellen Carter
    The Mary Ellen Carter
    The Mary Ellen Carter is a song written and recorded by Stan Rogers, intended as an inspirational hymn about triumphing over great odds. It tells the story of a heroic effort to salvage a sunken ship, the Mary Ellen Carter, by members of her former crew...
    
    
17. Barrett's Privateers
    Barrett's Privateers
    "Barrett's Privateers" is a folk song in the style of a sea shanty, written and performed by Canadian musician Stan Rogers, having been inspired after a song session with the Friends of Fiddler's Green at the Northern Lights Festival Boréal in Sudbury, Ontario...
    
    
18. Sailor's Rest Intro (dialogue)
19. Sailor's Rest

Musicians

1. Stan Rogers (6-string, 12-string guitars)
2. Garnet Rogers
   Garnet Rogers
   Garnet Rogers is a Canadian folk musician, singer, songwriter and composer. He began his professional career working with his brother, folk musician Stan Rogers, and arranging Stan's music.-Career:...
   
   (Fiddle, Electric guitar)
3. Jim Morison (Bass)
4. Paul Mills (6-string guitar)