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Great Big Sea (often shortened to GBS) is a Canadian folk-rock band from Newfoundland and Labrador, best known for performing energetic rock interpretations of traditional Newfoundland folk songs including sea chanties, which draw from the Island's 500-year-old Irish, English, and French heritage. The band also performs original material.
The band played its first official gig on March 11, 1993, opening for the Irish Descendants at Memorial University in St. John's, Newfoundland. The founding band members included Alan Doyle (vocals, guitar, bouzouki, mandolin), Séan McCann (vocals, bodhrán, guitar, tin whistle), Darrell Power (vocals, bass, guitar, bones), and Bob Hallett (vocals, fiddle, accordion, mandolin, concertina, bouzouki, whistles, bagpipes). Power, McCann and Hallett had already been playing together with a woman named Jackie St. Croix in a band called "Rankin Street." 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 traveling as many as 300 days a year.
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Great Big Sea - Official site includes audio, photos, news and fan forum.
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Newfoundland - Fansite offers a biography, discography, song clips, tour dates, and information about Newfoundland.
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CanEHdian.com: Great Big Sea - Profile includes biography, music files, guitar tablatures, interactive poll, links and product guide.
Meta Description: [ A complete guide to Great Big Sea, the rantin' roarin' Newfoundlanders who have taken the Celtic/East-oast music scene by storm. ]
Great Big Sea UK - Unofficial site, with lyrics, photos, reveiws, biographies, and news on European tours and events.
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JamShowbiz: Great Big Sea - Includes a biography, discography and links.
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VH1.com: Great Big Sea - Includes biography, discography, links, tour dates and message board.
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