''Breakwater'' is the debut album by
Lennie Gallant
Lennie Gallant, CM is a Canadian singer-songwriter and instrumentalist from Prince Edward Island. His music crosses into the folk rock and country music genres, while celebrating the musical heritage of his home province. He has been present ...
, released in 1988.
Track listing
# "Tales of the Phantom Ship", a song inspired by the
Ghost Ship of Northumberland Strait
In Canadian ghostlore, the Ghost Ship of Northumberland Strait is a ghost ship said to sail ablaze within the Northumberland Strait, the body of water that separates Prince Edward Island from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick in eastern Canada.
Histo ...
.
# "Island Clay"
# "Raise the Dead of Wintertime"
# "Back to Rustico"
# "From a Distance"
# "Marie and He"
# "The Hope for Next Year"
# "Breakwater"
# "Big City"
# "The Reconcillation Two-Step"
# "La Tempete"
# "Down on the Promenade"
# "Destination"
All songs by Lennie Gallant except "Raise the Dead of Wintertime" by Allan Rankin.
Personnel
*Musicians side A
*
Lennie Gallant
Lennie Gallant, CM is a Canadian singer-songwriter and instrumentalist from Prince Edward Island. His music crosses into the folk rock and country music genres, while celebrating the musical heritage of his home province. He has been present ...
- guitar, vocals, harmonica, tin whistle, mandolin.
*Janet Munson -violin.
*Kevin Roach - mandolin, mandocello and dobro.
*Danny Parker - electric and acoustic bass.
*Jim Hillman - drums.
*Greg Simm - bass (track 6).
*Chris Corrigan - electric guitar (track 6).
*Michel Dupire - percussion (track 5).
*Michael Hinton - accordian
ic(track 2).
*Teresa Doyle, Suzanne Lamontagne - backup vocals.
*Musicians side B
*Chris Corrigan - electric guitar.
*Bruce Dixon - bass.
*Janet Munson - violin.
*Steve Naylor - keyboards.
*Tom Roach - drums.
*Cathy Grant - backup vocals.
*Suzanne Lamontagne - backup vocals (track 6).
References
External links
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1988 debut albums
Lennie Gallant albums
Revenant Records albums
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