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Great Lake Swimmers - 2007 Tour Dates (Joes Pub)

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Great Lake Swimmers

You'll find Ongiara by Great Lake Swimmers among this week's list of interesting new releases.

Great Lake Swimmers is a Canadian indie rock/folk band. Built around the melodic folk rock songs of singer-songwriter Tony Dekker, the current line-up includes Mike Overton on upright bass, Erik Arneson on banjo and Colin Huebert on drums.

The band's style has been compared to Red House Painters, Nick Drake, Will Oldham, Gram Parsons, Iron & Wine and Neil Young. [Wikipedia]

You'll find a June 6th show by Great Lake Swimmers among Joe's Pub's list of interesting upcoming shows. All GLS tour dates below....

Great Lake Swimmers - 2007 Tour Dates
May 7 - AB Box Brussel
May 8 - Paradiso Amsterdam
May 9 - Knust Hamburg
May 10 - Inkonst Malmo
May 11 - Rockefeller Oslo
May 12 - The Last Waltz @ Berns Stockholm
May 13 - Woody West @ Pusterviksbaren Gothenburg
May 14 - West Germany Berlin
May 15 - Tsunami Club Koln
May 16 - Vliegende Paard Zwolle
May 17 - Vera Groningen
Jun 5 - Middle East Cambridge, Massachusetts
Jun 6 - Joe's Pub New York, New York
Jun 7 - Iota Arlington, Virginia
Jun 8 - Tin Angel Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jun 9 - Garfield Artworks Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Jun 10 - Local 506 Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Jun 11 - The Map Room Charleston, South Carolina
Jun 12 - The Earl Atlanta, Georgia
Jun 13 - Bottletree Cafe Birmingham, Alabama
Jun 15 - Walter's on Washington Houston, Texas
Jun 16 - Emo's Austin, Texas
Jun 17 - Bend Studio Dallas, Texas
Jun 19 - Modified Phoenix, Arizona
Jun 20 - Hotel Cafe Los Angeles, California
Jun 21 - Cafe du Nord San Francisco, California
Jun 23 - Tractor Tavern Seattle, Washington
Jun 24 - Holocene Portland, Oregon
Jun 26 - Kilby Court Salt Lake City, Utah
Jun 27 - Hi-Dive Denver, Colorado
Jun 28 - TBA Omaha, Nebraska
Jun 29 - Cafe Monmartre Madison, Wisconsin
Jun 30 - Schuba's Chicago, Illinois
Jul 1 - 7th Street Entry Minneapolis, Minnesota

* most U.S. dates with Eleni Mandell

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Posted on May 7, 2007 12:26 PM

Comments (5)

Ongiara is a great album. You can find some pics from the Vancouver show here, http://www.bumpershine.com/2007/04/06/great-lake-swimmers-live-in-vancouver.html.

Posted by bumpershine | May 7, 2007 1:52 PM

I think these guys are great. Saw them a couple of years ago and they put on a great show.

Posted by tim | May 7, 2007 8:56 PM

This band is great. Alot of resemblances to Sun Kil Moon/Red House Painters. This is a good thing.

Posted by Jonny Q | May 10, 2007 3:25 PM

I saw Great Lake Swimmers in Atlanta last night. Great show.

Posted by Beth | June 13, 2007 10:43 AM

And THANKS for the tune!

Posted by Beth | June 13, 2007 10:45 AM

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