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Great Lake Swimmers - Discography
Great Lake Swimmers is a Canadian band built around the melodic folk rock songs of singer-songwriter Tony Dekker. Originally from Wainfleet, Ontario, the band is currently based in Toronto.
The current touring line-up includes Tony Dekker on lead vocals, acoustic guitar and harmonica, Erik Arnesen on banjo, electric guitar and harmonium, Greg Millson on drums, Bret Higgins on upright bass and Miranda Mulholland on violin and backing vocals. Past members included Julie Fader, now a solo singer-songwriter, on backing vocals and Colin Huebert, now associated with the band Siskiyou, on drums.
The band's style has been compared to Red House Painters, Nick Drake, Iron & Wine and Neil Young, as well as Will Oldham(Bonnie "Prince" Billy) and Sufjan Stevens.Dekker has said his influences include Gram Parsons and Hank Williams.
“ Music is interesting because it brings people together, and the more that I do this the more I realize the importance to that. ”
—Tony Dekker, Great Lake Swimmers
The band released its third full-length album, Ongiara, on March 27, 2007 in Canada and in May for the rest of the world. Although signing to Nettwerk early in 2007, Great Lake Swimmers continue to be managed by (weewerk). In September 2007, (weewerk) released a limited edition vinyl version of Ongiara. It was available in Australia through native indie label Speak N Spell.
Their fourth album, Lost Channels, was released on March 31, 2009. It was shortlisted for the 2009 Polaris Music Prize, and was nominated for a Juno Award, in the category of Roots & Traditional Album of the Year – Group, and a Canadian Folk Music Award.
In 2009 Great Lake Swimmers took part in an interactive documentary series called City Sonic. The series, which featured 20 Toronto artists, had Tony Dekker talk about his daily underground commute along Toronto’s subway system.
Great Lake Swimmers - Great Lake Swimmers [2003]
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Great Lake Swimmers - Bodies And Minds [2005]
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Great Lake Swimmers - Ongiara [2007]
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Great Lake Swimmers - Lost Channels (2009)
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Great Lake Swimmers - The Legion Sessions (2010)
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