Roots Archives Forum

i've heard it mentioned in a bunch of tunes. didn't i-roy spend some time there?
kind of a strange place for islanders to relocate to.

No, but he spent some time in Toronto in 1979.

He also mentions Cambodia, Rhodesia, Afghanistan and other locations in songs, but he didn't live in those places either.

Besides I-Roy's, what other songs mention Sasketchewan?

i honestly can't recall offhand what other songs...but i know i have heard it a number of times, including dillinger. maybe we never realized they were true ice hockey fanatics (ha).

I think Saskatchewan probably just sounded exotic and weird, so they worked it into a lyric. Can't imagine any reggae dudes wanting to spend time there in the 1970s when reggae was pretty much completely unknown in Canada except for Toronto.

can see it as a natural tour stop on their way to Van along with Calgary and Winnipeg...yeah, I think they were just enamoured with exotic-ness of the name. think it's an indigenous word...

I've noticed when Saskatchewan is mentioned it's often paired with "Japan" for the rhyme

yeah it's definitely interesting...not much happening in saskatchewan

Louis Riel?