Stan Rogers, late Canadian folksinger, same spirit. Why send? Just seemed to fit the mood. In a good way.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIwzRkjn86w
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Found by accident. An old favorite done as a cover by what might be an oil ship's crew off Africa. Have a laugh. Good medicine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGheV059UBA
Lightfoot, right you are. Thanks. There's another great one and while looking just now I ran across this, Waylon Jennings & about oil field work around the world, old short film by Mobil but interesting. In a way, how it all started. Some good men on it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCyA_Tm0T08&list=PLCIKBWEvKXmgyQHc8rtA2jdyFEXooJaMw
I'm a L48 person, but just becuase you added a great Canadian singer, I have to add Gordon Lightfoot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGiYI3ercf8
typo: Alberta oil sands.
"Free in The Harbour" is about the first generation of roughneckers to the Albert oil sands. "Little Fish to Japan" about the decimation of Canadian commercial fishing. Greatest song: "Northwest Passage." All on YouTube these days. Died in a plane crash fire in '83 because he let everybody else get out first. A hero in Canada, somewhat known in Alaska because of most famous song; not well known beyond that. His brother Garnet Rogers has a great song written years after the accident, "Night Drives." Found on YouTube recently.
I was not familiar with his music. Pretty good stuff, Thank You.