Official music video for "Home For A Rest" by Spirit Of The West. Available on the album "Spirituality 1983-2008: The Consummate Compendium": smarturl.it/SOTW-Spirituality Official website: www.sotw.ca
totally...i was just watching that video this morning on Stingray Retro and thinking it was weird they were called spirit of the WEST but sounded so east coast.
I’m in Scotland - recently, I went to the wedding of a Scotswoman to a Canadian guy. This song came on and the Canadian crowd went absolutely bananas!! It was so fun to watch lol. Cool song!
And you should see the Canadians here when it comes on. Depending on how late in the evening it’s played, we are sometimes forced to seek shelter from flying beer.
I was at a wedding in Scotland last year. They didn’t play the song at the wedding, but we played it after an after party and same thing they went nuts!
@@filmsensei I wondered that as well so contact them through their official web page: Hugh McMillan replied it's a traditional Irish keyless wooden flute. :)
Every college bar across Canada in the 90s was rocking this tune. There is a bar in Saskatoon that is a very old fire station and the dance floor is on the second floor. When this song played I swore the old floor joists would snap...the whole floor would bounce.
This was the song my wife and I chose for our “first dance” at our wedding. We had everyone join us to share the moment. That was a great party! Thanks, John, for playing such a role in our special day. Rest In Peace, sir. 💔🎵🇨🇦🍺🍷
Multani Lover of Beer How could you not play this at some point, right?! I have never been at any bar, wedding, party, whatever and not seen the dance floor fill when the first notes of this song begin. This is easily one of the most recognizable and loved of all Canadian songs.
The crowd of people who don't dance can get into it too by clapping along. It's a genius move to make it your first dance song or the first song after the formal dances are done, sets the tone for the rest of the night.
My uncle is the guitarist. The whole family is insanely musically gifted. Their music got me through my inpatient stay of 4 months in hospital. John is missed dearly.
As an American… 25 fyears ago I found myself at a very “techno” kinda club in Toronto. Lights came on. This song came on. One of the best memories of my life. The whole techno club went arm in arm and danced to this. Lights coming on… full volume… people starting to go home… but the “last to leave” group all sang this out. We (ex g/f and I) had never heard it… but the crowd pulled us in, arms around shoulders fed us the lyrics. It was amazing. And it’s now. 25 years later… my end of the night song
Thank you so much for sharing that. It’s the type of song that only ever brings back great memories. The band is from Vancouver but the song swoops in with wonderful elements from our eastern provinces. A true coast-to-coast Canadian hug from a homegrown band. Glad you were able to share in the love. Cheers from 🇨🇦
I'm 15 and I had him over for house concerts.. I have a signed guitar from him in a couple CDs and a songs list from one of his tours... there's a picture somewhere of him seeing me a bedtime song, I believe it was "a new normal"
Well it's St. Patrick's Day here in Canada and this will be the most played song in every pub. I keep having to tell people that "no, it's not the Pogues" and "they are not Irish, they are from Vancouver". It's a drinking anthem that everyone knows though.
@Brian Kulchycki it embodies the Irish spirit so much it's hard to believe they're not actually from IRELAND! and yes what a rocking anthem ! HOPE ST Patty's was a wondrous occasion for you GOD luv ye 'all!!
As a Canadian born and raised, i hereby dub thee an honorary Canadian. You can pick up your goodie bag of timbits, a widdled wooden beaver key chain ornament, a toque and one best of The Tragically Hip CD when you visit. I'll tell wild Bill the border guy your comin'.
@@tamaraj4200 Of course we do. It doesn't mean they can't play this type of music.....does it? They're influenced by irish celtic music. Geoffrey Kelly is of Irish decent.
That flute solo is legendary and brings out the wild side of me making me dance even if I'm dead tired after a hard's day work. It never fails. Along with the other instruments it blends in so harmoniously, so perfectly. Awesome Canadian Band. God bless you all.
they were playing at a club I was working at, i went into the dressing room, asked " where are you guys headed next??" they said...home...get some time off...I said" I guess you need....home for...a rest" I got a collective sigh...left b4 someone threw something at me....RIP sir...words...ceremonies...awards...are not enough to honour you, you are part of the fabric of our country now...you will live on forever in your music......thank you
It is true, I am in my 50s and 'stuck' in UK for some 20 years, I have worked and lived in about 10 countries and travelled to about 75 and Canada has is the closest to achieving what no other country has - a true respect for all people, and that is freedom xx
I took my then young teenage boys to see them at the Ottawa Dragon Boat Festival. Spirit of the West were the headliners for the closing concert. The started the musical intro and all 2000 of us went nuts. Then John started with "You'll have to excuse me, I'm not at my best" then pointed the mic at us and we continued to sing the intro, on key, the whole crowd. It was a magical moment from a great concert. I'm so glad I got to see them live. RIP John, you are missed.
I was at a music festival up on Haida Gwaii 20 plus years ago. Spirit of the West was the headliner. Outside concert at night. The concert started and John walked up to the mic and said "We flew 500 miles to be here tonight, you guys can come up a bit closer to the stage." The whole crowd surged forward. What a great concert it was. The local hippies were set up beside the stage keeping time on the drums, at one time there was a bit of a duel going on between the band and the hippies People were dancing everywhere. The grass in front of the stage turned into a mud pit but the people just kept going. It was a hell of a night. Thank you SOTW and thank you especially to John. Rest in peace. Your home now.
This song used to get me pumped when I was in my bar hopping days in the late 90's. It wasn't a night downtown on George Street, in St. Johns, NL until they played this song at Benders. So many memories
I was in my car, coming home from work and I haven't had my radio on. So I turned it on and tuned it to my favorite radio station . they done a couple of announcements and then this song played. It made my night.
An enormous loss to all of us. My thoughts and prayers are with his family. When I was in school in Halifax this song was what always made our evenings. John Mann you are already missed.
This is such a great song from a great Vancouver Band. I play in a band called the Hard Rock Miners, also from vancouver and tonight we will be adding this to our singalong repertoire to be performed at the Princeton Pub in East Vancouver tonight. Come on down, raise your voice and a pint with us, in memory of one of the greats!
I heard this for the first time on a Caribbean cruise at one of the Karaoke nights and just found the lyrics with no name in my notes... it opened up all the memories of why we partied so hard together that night that I was basically left with lyrics on a bar napkin to find 5 years later. Absolute classic, love our neighbors in the great white north 🤘
RIP John, I had a chance to chat with you on a number of occasions and always found you as thoughtful and entertaining as your music. As you and your sounds drift on up into the ether, I wish you the best.
I saw these guys in '95 at UNB/STU in Fredericton. Every song was up tempo from the album cut, and I am pretty sure they had to refinish the hardwood floor afterward.
I was out last night for St. Patricks Day. We went into Toronto and we ended up at The Irish Embassy....A GREAT IRISH BAR. What a great time we had..my son and his 2 friends. The band that was there played this great tune......not quite as good as these lads do it....but it got the whole bar bouncing and dancing..What a laugh.
Met a good friend well dancing and singing to this song, me and him sung it word for word. He asked me where I was from after and I told him Toronto Canada and he just gave me a smile that said everything. Rest In Peace John.
"You'll have to excuse me I'm not at my best" Absolutely gutted to hear #RipJohnMann has passed away. What a voice and what another absolutely tragic and heartbreaking story of an amazing musician cut down due to a brutal illness too soon. Please do yourself a favour and watch it Spirit Unforgettable if you haven't
Jan.20/‘22 In a nail-biting vote, British Columbians on Twitter voted 'Home for a Rest' by folk rock group Spirit of the West as the province's favourite song by a B.C. artist
They used to play this at the end of the night at the bar in the 90s (the good pubs at least) in London Ontario. Molly Blooms and Scot's corners and the Rose and Crown.
My favourite song from SOTW. The news about John absolutely sucks and feels like a punch in the gut. Gonna see you guys on this tour. Stay strong! Canada loves you guys.
R.I.P JOHN MANN... YOU WERE A HERO TO US ALL BATTLING MEMORY ISSUES. THANKS FOR THE MUSIC AND MEMORIES.. YOU WILL BE DEARLY MISSED... GOD SPEED MY OLD FRIEND..
You have gone home for your final rest, but you will be deeply missed by all you left behind. Thank you for the music. Thank you for being an essential part of my youth.
