Great Lake Swimmers

Official Website: http://www.greatlakeswimmers.com/

Great Lake Swimmers is a Canadian melodic folk band built around the 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 plays banjo, electric guitar and harmonium, Greg Millson plays drums, Bret Higgins on upright bass and Miranda Mulholland plays violin and sings the backing vocals.

Dekker has said his influences include Gram Parsons and Hank Williams. The band's style has similarities to Red House Painters, Nick Drake, and Iron & Wine among others.

The band released their fourth album, Lost Channels, 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.

In 2008, Dekker appeared on Jenny Omnichord's album Charlotte or Otis: Duets for Children, Their Parents and Other People Too, performing a duet vocal on the song "Do You Know Karate".

In 2010, the band contributed four tracks to the online music community Swim Drink Fish Music, including live versions of their songs "Your Rocky Spine", "I Could Be Nothing" and "Everything Is Moving So Fast" and a previously unreleased track, "Ballad of a Fisherman's Wife".

Below is the video to one of my favorite songs of theirs, "Stealing Tomorrow"...Enjoy!