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As I Roved Out (Pre-GBS) ~ Traditional
Auntie Mary ~ Traditional (V)
Bad As I Am ~ Séan McCann & Bob Hallett (V)
Barque In The Harbour ~ Traditional (V)
Beat The Drum ~ Rory & Calum MacDonald (V)
Berry Picking Time ~ Alan Doyle ~ Based on a traditional (V)
Billy Peddle ~ Traditional (V)
Boat Like Gideon Brown, A ~ Frank Dwyer (V)
Boston And St. John's ~ Alan Doyle (Vx3)
Can't Stop Falling ~ Alan Doyle & Séan McCann (V)
Captain Kidd ~ Traditional (V)
Captain Wedderburn ~ Traditional (V)
Clearest Indication ~ Alan Doyle, Séan McCann, Ch. Trapper (Vx2)
The Chemical Worker's Song (Process Man) ~ Ron Angel (V)
Cod Liver Oil (Pre-GBS) ~ Traditional
Come And I Will Sing You ~ Traditional (V)
Company Of Fools ~ Alan Doyle and Russell Crowe (V)
Concerning Charlie Horse ~ Omar Blondahl (Vx2)
Consequence Free ~ Alan Doyle & Séan McCann (V)
Dance Dance ~ McCann/Hallett/Doyle/Workman/O'Brien (V)
Demasduit Dream ~ Bob Hallett
Donkey Riding ~ Traditional (V)
Dream To Live ~ Séan McCann (V)
Drunken Sailor ~ Traditional (V)
End Of The World ~ Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe (V)
England ~ Séan McCann (V)
Everything Shines ~ Chris Tapper (V)
Excursion Around The Bay ~ Johnny Burke (Vx2)
Falling Down Blue ~ Jim Cuddy (V)
Fast As I Can ~ Alan Doyle (V)
Feel It Turn ~ Séan McCann (V)
Feller From Fortune (Pre-GBS) ~ Traditional (V)
Ferryland Sealer ~ Traditional (V)
Fisherman's Lament ~ Ed McCann (Séan's Father) (V)
French Perfume ~ Bob Hallett (V)
French Shore ~ Lem Snow (V)
Gallows Pole ~ Traditional (Vx2)
Somedays ~ Séan McCann
General Taylor ~ Traditional (V)
Goin' Up ~ Alan Doyle (V)
Gone By The Board ~ Bob Hallett ~ Based on a traditional
Graceful And Charming ~ Traditional (V)
Greenland Whale Fishery (Pre-GBS) ~ Traditional (V)
Greenspond ~ (Henry) Beckles Willson (V)
Handjive (Pre-GBS) ~ Cliff Richard
Hard Case ~ Séan McCann, Jeen O'Brien, Kalem Mahoney (V)
Haven't Seen You In A Long Time ~ Colin Hay (V)
Heart Of Stone ~ Séan McCann, Jeen O'Brien, Kalem Mahoney
Here And Now ~ McCann/Hallett/Doyle/Workman/O'Brien (V)
Horatio The Penguin ~ Séan McCann, Alan Doyle, Bob Hallett (V)
How Did We Get From Saying I Love You ~ Alan Doyle (V)
I'm A Man You Don't Meet Every Day (Pre-GBS) ~ Traditional (V)
I'm A Rover ~ Traditional (V)
I'm The B'y (Pre-GBS) ~ Traditional
I's The B'y ~ Traditional
Irish Paddy ~ Traditional
Jack Hinks ~ Johnny Quigley (V)
Jakey's Gin ~ Traditional
John Barbour ~ Traditional (V)
Johnny McEldoo (Pre-GBS) ~ Traditional (V)
Jolly Beggar Dude ~ Traditional (V)
The Jolly Butcher ~ Traditional
Jolly Roving Tar ~ Edward Harrigan & David Braham (V)
Let It Go ~ Alan Doyle, Gordie Sampson, Blair Daly (Vx2)
Long Lost Love ~ Séan McCann & Chris Trapper (V)
Love ~ Séan McCann (V)
Love Me Tonight McCann/Doyle/Workman/O'Brien (Vx2)
Lucky Me ~ Alan Doyle & Gordie Sampson (V)
Lukey ~ Virtue Kean (V)
Margarita ~ Séan McCann (V)
Mari-Mac ~ Traditional (V)
The Mermaid ~ Shel Silverstein (V)
Misty Moisty Morning ~ Traditional (V)
The Mummers Carol ~ Based on Simani's original (Vx2)
The Night That Paddy Murphy Died ~ Traditional (V)
Northwest Passage ~ Stan Rogers (V)
Nothing Out Of Nothing ~ Séan McCann
Oh Yeah ~ McCann/Hallett/Doyle/Workman/O'Brien (V)
The Old Black Rum ~ Bob Hallett ~ Based on a traditional (Vx2)
Old Brown's Daughter ~ Johnny Burke (long) (V)
Old Brown's Daughter ~ Johnny Burke (short) (V)
The Old Polina ~ Traditional (V)
The Old Woman From Wexford ~ Traditional (Vx2)
Ordinary Day ~ Alan Doyle & Séan McCann (V)
Our Station (Pre-GBS) ~ From Spirit of the West
Own True Way ~ Alan Doyle, Séan McCann, Chris Trapper (V)
Penelope ~ Chris Hynes (V)
Rant & Roar ~ Traditional (V)
Recruiting Sergeant ~ Bob Hallett (V)
Republican Song (Pre-GBS) ~ Séan McCann & Bob Hallett
Riley's Daughter (Pre-GBS) ~ Traditional
River Driver ~ Traditional (V)
Rocks Of Merasheen ~ Al Pittman (V)
Run Runaway ~ Noddy Holder & Jimmy Lea (V)
Scolding Wife ~ Traditional (V)
Sea Of No Cares ~ Alan Doyle, Séan McCann, Chris Trapper (V)
Seagulls ~ Bob Hallett (V)
The Seven Joys Of Mary ~ Traditional (Vx2)
Shines Right Through Me ~ Séan McCann, Alan Doyle, Kalem Mahoney (V)
Someday Soon ~ Alan Doyle
Somedays ~ Séan McCann (V)
Something I Should Know ~ Séan McCann
Straight To Hell ~ Alan Doyle (V)
Stumblin' In ~ Alan Doyle (V)
Summer ~ Séan McCann & Alan Doyle (V)
Tickle Cove Pond ~ Mark Walker (V)
Time Brings ~ Séan McCann
Tishialuk Girls Set ~ Charlie Lloyd
Trois Navires De Blé ~ Traditional (V)
Two Jinkers (Jimmy Walsh And Stephen) ~ Traditional (V)
Walk On The Moon ~ Alan Doyle/Gordie Sampson (Vx2)
Wave Over Wave ~ Jim Payne (Vx2)
What Are You At? ~ Alan Doyle
When I Am King ~ Alan Doyle (Vx2)
When I'm Up I Can't Get Down ~ I.Teller, A.Prosser, J.Jones (V)
Widow In The Window ~ A. Doyle, Séan McCann, Ch. Trapper (V)
Yarmouth Town ~ Traditional (V)


Biographical Notes

Great Big Sea formed in Newfoundland in 1993 when Alan Doyle of Petty Harbour joined up with Darrell Power of Outer Cove, and former Rankin Street members Séan McCann of Carbonear, and Bob Hallett of St. John's. In 2003, Darrell Power left the group and was replaced by Murray Foster of Thornhill, Ontario. Kris MacFarlane of Westville, Nova Scotia joined as drummer. The only Rankin Street recording (Pre-GBS tape — Live At The Blarneystone Pub in St. John's, NL) was released in the United Kingdom in 1991 before Alan Doyle joined and the group became Great Big Sea. Back then the band was made up of Séan McCann, Darrell Power, Bob Hallett and Jacqui St.Croix and played mostly traditional music.

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The YouTube video below features an interview by Barbara Dacey from mvyradio of Vineyard Haven, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, with Séan McCann at the Cisco Systems Ottawa Bluesfest at LeBreton Flats Park, One Vimy Place Pvt, Ottawa, on July 11, 2008.



#898: YouTube interview with Séan McCann
by mvyradio ©2008.
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