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Great Lake Swimmers is a Canadian band built around the melodic folk rock songs of singer and songwriter Tony Dekker. Originally from Wainfleet, Ontario, the band is currently based in Toronto.
The current touring line-up includes Tony Dekker on lead vocals, acoustic guitar and harmonica, Erik Arnesen on banjo, electric guitar and harmonium, Joshua Van Tassel on drums, Bret Higgins on upright bass and Miranda Mulholland on violin and backing vocals. Past members included Julie Fader on backing vocals, Sandro Perri on guitar, and Greg Millson and Colin Huebert on drums.
The band's style has been compared to Red House Painters, Nick Drake, Iron & Wine and Neil Young, as well as Will Oldham (Bonnie "Prince" Billy) and Sufjan Stevens. Dekker has said his influences include Gram Parsons and Hank Williams.
Source: Wikipedia
Albums
Live at Trinity St. Paul's EP
Song Sung Blue
Your Rocky Spine EP
Hands in Dirty Ground EP
Bodies and Minds
Popular Songs
- Encore
- Final Bow
- Eyes on the Prize
- Awake
- The Dream
- Song Sung Blue
- The Depression
- Old Milwaukee
- Just Crushed
- On the Water
- Les Champs de progéniture
- Something Heavy
- Parkdale Blues
- Cornflower Blue
- Changes with the Wind
- Easy Come Easy Go
- The Great Exhale
- Quiet Your Mind
- Ballad of a Fisherman's Wife
- The Knife
- Fields of Progeny
- Think That You Might Be Wrong
- New Wild Everywhere
- Hands in Dirty Ground
- The Chorus in the Underground
- Innocent W.Y.D.
- Put There by the Land
- Changing Colours
- I Am Part of a Large Family
- I Became Awake
