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Mari-Mac(02:33)
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Scolding Wife(03:08)
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Lukey(03:10)
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Ordinary Day(03:11)
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The River Driver(03:03)
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Donkey Riding(02:25)
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Captain Wedderburn(03:38)
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Clearest Indication(04:13)
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When I'm Up(03:53)
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The Old Black Rum(02:29)
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I'm a Rover(02:52)
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Run Runaway(02:51)
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Walk on the Moon(03:34)
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Everything Shines(02:40)
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Great Big Sea bio
Great Big Sea (GBS) is a Canadian folk-rock band that plays lively rock renditions of traditional Newfoundland folk songs including sea shanties. The band originated in Newfoundland and Labrador. Founding band members include Alan Doyle (vocals, guitar, bouzouki, mandolin), Séan McCann (vocals, bodhrán, guitar, tin whistle), Bob Hallett (vocals, fiddle, accordion, mandolin, concertina, bou... zouki, whistles, bagpipes) and Darrell Power (vocals, bass, guitar, bones).
A woman named Jackie St. Croix had been playing with Power, McCann and Hallett in a band called "Rankin Street" before GBS developed. According to Doyle, Rankin Street owned a PA, and he owned a van, which made Great Big Sea "a match made in heaven." They toured nearly constantly for the band's first several years, sometimes travelling as many as 300 days a year.
In 2003 GBS lost one of their members, Power, as he wanted to be able to spend more time with friends and family. GBS took on two supporting/touring band members—Kris MacFarlane, Canadian freelance drummer (drums, accordion, guitar, backing vocals); and Murray Foster, formerly of Moxy Früvous (bass, Full bioRead more
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