Performing at the Burlington Sound of Music festival
Background information
Origin
Wainfleet Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genres
Folk rock, Indie
Years active
2003 (2003)–present
Labels
Weewerk, Nettwerk
Members
Tony Dekker Erik Arnesen Kelsey McNulty Bret Higgins Ryan Granville-Martin
Past members
Julie Fader Colin Huebert Mike Overton Sandro Perri Greg Millson Miranda Mulholland Bret Higgins Joshua Van Tassel Darcy Yates
Website
greatlakeswimmers.com
Great Lake Swimmers is a Canadian folk rock band from Wainfleet, Ontario,[1] and currently based in Toronto.
The current touring line-up is Tony Dekker on lead vocals, acoustic guitar and harmonica, Erik Arnesen on banjo, electric guitar and harmonium, Ryan Granville-Martin on drums and backing vocals, Bret Higgins on upright bass and Kelsey McNulty on keyboards 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,[2] as well as Will Oldham[3] (Bonnie "Prince" Billy) and Sufjan Stevens.[4] Dekker has cited influences including Gram Parsons and Hank Williams.[5]
^Van Evra, Jennifer. "Songs to dive into", The Globe and Mail, 2007-03-30, p. R4.
^"Inspired by nature to pen songs", Evening Chronicle, 2007-04-11, p. 2.
^Wilson, Carl. "Pop", The Globe and Mail, 2003-01-18, p. R20.
^Pidd, Helen. "Review: Pop: The Great Lake Swimmers", The Guardian, 2007-05-04, p. 42.
^McDowell, Adam. "Still learning to swim", National Post, 2005-04-02, p. TO4.
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