I remember when I first heard the news. I was at the vendors booth at the Washington Folk Festival (this would have been June of 1983), and I asked about Stan Rogers albums. The proprietor said something like "Everyone wants their recordings after they're gone", or similar words. I said "What are you telling me?", and he gave the news about Stan Rogers' death.

I didn't find any mention of his death in my local newspaper, The Washington Post (perhaps it was there, but I didn't find it.) I finally had to go to the The Library of Congress to find a mention in a Toronto newspaper (the headline was something like "Jet Fire Tragedy Spans Canada".)

I had seen Mr. Rogers for the first time within a month or two before his death, at a local club (The Birchmere.)

Don