On the dvd accompanying great big sea s 2005 album the hard and the easy, the newfounlandbased celtic rockers indicate this selftitled debut is still their favorite album. Though generally filed under the celtic rock section, gbs more properly could be said to play newfoundland rock. When i was a lad in a fishing town me old man said to me. The free audio books can be sorted by recently added, random, most popular, or alphabetically. Like spirit of the west, they update the sound of north atlantic. Find great big sea similar, influenced by and follower information on allmusic. Great big sea come and i will sing you the twelve apostles duration. Where i belong by alan doyle penguin random house canada. Alan doyle had never been to mainlaind canada until he went on tour with his band, great big sea, in the 1990s. The men are from newfoundland and play in a band called great big sea. Great big sea often shortened to gbs is a canadian folkrock band from newfoundland and labrador, best known for performing energetic rock interpretations of traditional newfoundland folk songs.
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