| Great Big Sea |
| Great Big Sea hails from the "tropical island of Newfoundland." The band plays an aggressive brand of Celtic/Folk music to anyone, anywhere, who'll listen, sing and dance! They are well known in Canada, having won many awards over the last 8 years. We are working on World Domination - Resistance is futile! Road Rage, is the best example of a live album I have heard to date! If you don't have it already, run out and order it immediately from Rounder Records in the US or Warner in Canada. Other US releases are on the Road Rage page. If you haven't been to a live GBS show, get to one soon as they are touring here again.They just finished an East Coast Tour and will continue in the South and West in a few weeks.. I guarantee the best time you've ever had at a concert! If you can't get to a show, listening to Road Rage is the next best thing! Sea of No Cares. It is the more pop-sounding than the others and has the most traditional-sounding songs on it. One would think they would be mutually exclusive but not on this CD. Well worth the price at $13.00 American from Rounder. The last CD, Something Beautiful*, is definitely pop-sounding and is indeed something beautiful. There are two trads on the CD, Chafe's Ceilidh and John Barbour. The rest of the songs are definitely not trad but thoroughly enjoyable. Helmethead, a song about a love-em-and-leave-em hockey player is bound to be the most requested song and it's sung by Mr. Bob Hallett himself! Also available on Rounder as is the Great Big DVD. Check out my other GBS site too - Anne's Philly Phan Site |
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| Alan Doyle - lead vocals, guitar, bouzouki, energetic bouncy person |
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| My favorite - Bob Hallett - vocals, fiddle, mandolin, tin whistle, low whistle, accordian, and some others he doesn't play on stage, like bagpipes |
| If you have a favorite b'y, just click on his picture to take you to a page dedicated to just him. All photos on this page courtesy of Jenny Tarrant, not to be reproduced without permission. Jenny's site GBS Live is worth visiting for photos and Newfoundlandia alike. |
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| Sean McCann - lead vocals, bodhran, shakers, guitar, sea shanty singer extraordinaire |
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| Darrell Power - Recently retired from the band. Mr. "Maximum bass at all frequencies" has elected to spend more time with his growing family. We will miss him dearly. |
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| If you'd like to see how I continue my obsession with GBS in my everyday life, click on the link below to see some classroom things GBS related. |
| Other GBS sites to peruse are Jenny's in Newfoundland, Teddy's in England, Fran's in Boston, Missy's Rant and Roar site . There are many more, some of which can be found on Great Big Sea's Official Site in the Fan Sites section. The GBS Chatroom (Messageboard) is also a great place to visit. Check out fellow Pennsylvanian, Kate the Great's Great Big Sea Sketch Pad! |
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| Jane in Virginia has lovingly collected all manner of radio station info so you can request Great Big Sea songs in the USA. The latest single is called Penelope and is on the Sea of No Cares CD. Keep those cards and letters comin' in, folks! It's the only way they are going to get airplay! Numbers link will be fixed shortly. In Philly, the station in WXPN. Call 'em or request online! Oh, believe it or not GBS gets airplay on the CMT network even though they are not "country". Request their Clearest Indication video! Most recently, the GAC (Great American Country) channel is playing the Sea of No Cares video. |
| I recently found Dr. T's Road Rage review on my computer. What a wonderfully written piece! Check it out! |
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| Jane in Virginia has also spent countless hours figuring out guitar tabs to the Road Rage songs. Go here for the tabs. |
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| Nick from the GBS Chatroom made an interesting label for Mrs. Murphy's Whiskey. It is downloadable as a T-Shirt Iron-On for those wishing to be identified as a chatter at concerts this summer. Be prepared to see some at the Long Island Maritime Museum! |