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2955632 | Play | Home for a Rest | 00:00 Tools | |
2955634 | Play | The Crawl | 00:00 Tools | |
2955633 | Play | And If Venice Is Sinking | 00:00 Tools | |
2955635 | Play | Bone of Contention | 00:00 Tools | |
2955642 | Play | Another Happy New Year | 00:00 Tools | |
2955636 | Play | Save This House | 00:00 Tools | |
2955637 | Play | The Old Sod | 00:00 Tools | |
2955640 | Play | Not Just a Train | 00:00 Tools | |
2955641 | Play | Sadness Grows | 00:00 Tools | |
2955638 | Play | Political | 00:00 Tools | |
2955646 | Play | Turned Out Lies | 00:00 Tools | |
2955639 | Play | Canadian Skye | 00:00 Tools | |
2955645 | Play | Dirty Pool | 00:00 Tools | |
2955644 | Play | Last to Know | 00:00 Tools | |
2955643 | Play | Roadside Attraction | 00:00 Tools | |
2955647 | Play | Sentimental Side | 00:00 Tools | |
2955649 | Play | 5 Free Minutes | 00:00 Tools | |
2955648 | Play | Water in the Well | 00:00 Tools | |
2955650 | Play | Loaded Minds | 00:00 Tools | |
2955658 | Play | Wrecking Ball | 00:00 Tools | |
2955664 | Play | Swingin' Single | 00:00 Tools | |
2955654 | Play | Wishing Line | 00:00 Tools | |
2955656 | Play | Is This Where I Come In | 00:00 Tools | |
2955663 | Play | Death On The Beach | 00:00 Tools | |
2955653 | Play | Unplugged | 00:00 Tools | |
2955661 | Play | (Putting Up With) The Joneses | 00:00 Tools | |
2955655 | Play | Puttin' Up With the Joneses | 00:00 Tools | |
2955652 | Play | Rites of Man | 00:00 Tools | |
2955657 | Play | Far Too Canadian | 06:36 Tools | |
2955651 | Play | Goodbye Grace | 00:00 Tools | |
2955660 | Play | D for Democracy | 00:00 Tools | |
2955668 | Play | Slow Learner | 00:00 Tools | |
2955666 | Play | Sincerely Yours | 00:00 Tools | |
2955662 | Play | Heavenly Angel | 00:00 Tools | |
2955690 | Play | Mum's The Word | 00:00 Tools | |
2955677 | Play | God's Apprentice | 00:00 Tools | |
2955673 | Play | Guildhall Witness | 00:00 Tools | |
2955708 | Play | 6th Floor | 00:00 Tools | |
2955665 | Play | Take it From the Source | 00:00 Tools | |
2955671 | Play | Our Ambassador | 00:00 Tools | |
2955676 | Play | Tell Me What I Think | 00:00 Tools | |
2955659 | Play | Doin' Quite Alright | 00:00 Tools | |
2955669 | Play | Pulling Lame | 00:00 Tools | |
2955672 | Play | Big Head | 00:00 Tools | |
2955699 | Play | Two Headed | 00:00 Tools | |
2955670 | Play | Our Station | 00:00 Tools | |
2955674 | Play | Sunshine Superman | 00:00 Tools | |
2955675 | Play | Darkhouse | 00:00 Tools | |
2955667 | Play | Homelands | 00:00 Tools | |
2955703 | Play | Never Had It in Me | 00:00 Tools | |
2955727 | Play | Pretend Is Fun | 00:00 Tools | |
2955711 | Play | Blood and Honey | 00:00 Tools | |
2955683 | Play | D for Democracy (Scour the House) | 00:00 Tools | |
2955709 | Play | Can't Accept the Saint | 00:00 Tools | |
2955680 | Play | Profiteers | 00:00 Tools | |
2955698 | Play | Scaffolding | 00:00 Tools | |
2955685 | Play | The Hounds That Wait Outside Your Door | 00:00 Tools | |
2955679 | Play | Gottingen Street | 00:00 Tools | |
2955684 | Play | Spot the Difference | 00:00 Tools | |
2955681 | Play | July | 00:00 Tools | |
2955715 | Play | Mildred | 00:00 Tools | |
2955688 | Play | Drinking Man | 00:00 Tools | |
2955719 | Play | Pin-Up Boy | 00:00 Tools | |
2955700 | Play | Waiting for Martin | 06:28 Tools | |
2955689 | Play | Expensive/Cinema of Pain | 00:00 Tools | |
2955751 | Play | Home For A Rest | 00:00 Tools | |
2955701 | Play | Let's Make a Mystery | 00:00 Tools | |
2955710 | Play | Christmas Eve | 00:00 Tools | |
2955693 | Play | Runboy | 00:00 Tools | |
2955697 | Play | The Mists of Crofton | 00:00 Tools | |
2955765 | Play | 'Til the Cows Come Home | 00:00 Tools | |
2955705 | Play | Soldier's Boy | 00:00 Tools | |
2955686 | Play | Ship Named Frank | 00:00 Tools | |
2955682 | Play | Polaroid | 00:00 Tools | |
2955691 | Play | Williamson's Garage | 00:00 Tools | |
2955696 | Play | Peacetime | 00:00 Tools | |
2955717 | Play | When Rivers Rise | 00:00 Tools | |
2955713 | Play | Death of the Party | 00:00 Tools | |
2955716 | Play | Just Another Day | 00:00 Tools | |
2955731 | Play | Circus | 00:00 Tools | |
2955742 | Play | Armstrong and the Guys | 00:00 Tools | |
2955739 | Play | Bleeding Heart | 00:00 Tools | |
2955730 | Play | Get Down Tonight | 00:00 Tools | |
2955735 | Play | Rocks at Thieves Bay | 00:00 Tools | |
2955729 | Play | Waking the Lion | 00:00 Tools | |
2955745 | Play | Be Right | 00:00 Tools | |
2955733 | Play | To a Highlander Unknown | 00:00 Tools | |
2955712 | Play | Winter's Now the Enemy | 00:00 Tools | |
2955726 | Play | King of Scotland | 00:00 Tools | |
2955694 | Play | Homelands (Jigs - The Kesh, The Blackthorn Stick) | 00:00 Tools | |
2955704 | Play | Room Without a View (Stella) | 00:00 Tools | |
2955706 | Play | John Goodman | 00:00 Tools | |
2955752 | Play | The Hammer & The Bell | 00:00 Tools | |
2955743 | Play | Small, Small World | 00:00 Tools | |
2955748 | Play | Ships in Full Sail | 00:00 Tools | |
2955718 | Play | Down on the Dole | 00:00 Tools | |
2955738 | Play | An Honest Gamble | 00:00 Tools | |
2955721 | Play | Come Back Oscar | 00:00 Tools | |
2955724 | Play | Aberdeen | 00:00 Tools | |
2955756 | Play | General Guiness | 00:00 Tools | |
2955714 | Play | The Wedding Speech | 00:00 Tools | |
2955722 | Play | Enough, Already Alright (Hello Cleveland) | 00:00 Tools | |
2955740 | Play | Morning in the Bath Abbey | 00:00 Tools | |
2955728 | Play | Out of the Boy | 00:00 Tools | |
2955736 | Play | Be a Guy | 00:00 Tools | |
2955741 | Play | That's Amore | 00:00 Tools | |
2955762 | Play | Time To Ring Some Changes | 00:00 Tools | |
2955720 | Play | Kiss & Tell | 00:00 Tools | |
2955744 | Play | An Honest Gamble/Tripping up the Stairs | 00:00 Tools | |
2955764 | Play | Homelands/The Kesh/The Blackhorn Stick | 00:00 Tools | |
2955766 | Play | Be Right/Pigeon on the Gate | 00:00 Tools | |
2955790 | Play | Kiss & Tell (demo) | 00:00 Tools | |
2955782 | Play | Room Without a View | 00:00 Tools | |
2955786 | Play | (Scour The House) Big Head | 00:00 Tools | |
2955759 | Play | The Miller's Daughter | 00:00 Tools | |
2955732 | Play | An Honest Gamble (Jig - Tripping Up The Stairs) | 00:00 Tools | |
2955792 | Play | Breakfast at Tiffanys | 00:00 Tools | |
2955750 | Play | Sunshine Superman [Bundle Only] | 00:00 Tools | |
2955772 | Play | Frankfurt I'm Sorry | 00:00 Tools | |
2955753 | Play | Let the Ass Bray | 00:00 Tools | |
2955749 | Play | Daisy's Dead | 00:00 Tools | |
2955754 | Play | Drinking Man; The Hunter's Purse | 00:00 Tools | |
2955755 | Play | Runboy; The Banshees | 00:00 Tools | |
2955789 | Play | Mum Is The Word | 00:00 Tools | |
2955723 | Play | Be Right (Reel - Pigeon On The Gate) | 00:00 Tools | |
2955746 | Play | Kiss & Tell - demo | 00:00 Tools | |
2955761 | Play | Bare Branches | 00:00 Tools | |
48265191 | Play | Spirit of the West - Home for a Rest | 00:00 Tools | |
2955805 | Play | Doin Quite Alright | 00:00 Tools | |
2955771 | Play | Resurrection | 00:00 Tools | |
48265192 | Play | Spirit Of The West - Another Happy New Year | 00:00 Tools | |
2955791 | Play | Heavenly Angel (Celtic Ballad) | 00:00 Tools | |
2955812 | Play | And If Venice Is Sinking (Symphony Version) | 00:00 Tools | |
2955757 | Play | Politcal | 00:00 Tools | |
2955804 | Play | The Drinking Song | 00:00 Tools | |
2955768 | Play | Political (Symphony Version) | 00:00 Tools | |
2955777 | Play | Strange Bedfellows | 00:00 Tools | |
48265193 | Play | Bone Of Contention / Spirit of the West | 00:00 Tools | |
2955775 | Play | Again and Again | 00:00 Tools | |
2955829 | Play | That's Amore (Symphony Version) | 00:00 Tools | |
2955769 | Play | Kiss And Tell (demo) | 00:00 Tools | |
2955776 | Play | Milk, Tea & Oranges | 00:00 Tools | |
2955837 | Play | The Crawl (Symphony Version) | 00:00 Tools | |
2955832 | Play | Milk, Tea and Oranges | 00:00 Tools | |
86906232 | Play | Darkhorse | 00:00 Tools | |
2955798 | Play | The Hammer and the Bell | 00:00 Tools | |
48265194 | Play | The Joneses | 00:00 Tools | |
76783315 | Play | Home for rest | 00:00 Tools | |
48265196 | Play | Scour the House | 00:00 Tools | |
2955784 | Play | Kiss and Tell | 00:00 Tools | |
2955747 | Play | Political (album version) | 00:00 Tools | |
2955785 | Play | Bulembu | 00:00 Tools | |
2955828 | Play | Political (Acoustic) | 00:00 Tools | |
2955758 | Play | Political (Live) | 00:00 Tools | |
2955835 | Play | D For Democracy (Scour The Hou | 00:00 Tools | |
86906233 | Play | Expensive/ Cinema of Pain | 00:00 Tools | |
2955795 | Play | Coyote | 00:00 Tools | |
2955808 | Play | Political (original version) | 00:00 Tools | |
2955826 | Play | The Crawl (Live) | 00:00 Tools | |
2955802 | Play | Not at My Best | 00:00 Tools | |
48265197 | Play | Ontario Sucks | 00:00 Tools | |
48265198 | Play | Spirit Of The West - The Drinking Song | 00:00 Tools | |
86906234 | Play | The Hammer & Bell | 00:00 Tools | |
48265200 | Play | Political - Symphony Version | 00:00 Tools | |
2955824 | Play | Homelands [Jigs - the Kesh, the Blackthorn Stick] | 00:00 Tools | |
48265202 | Play | Room Without a View [Stella] | 00:00 Tools | |
2955781 | Play | An Honest Gamble [Jig - Tripping Up The Stairs] | 00:00 Tools | |
2955774 | Play | The Crawl - Symphony Version | 00:00 Tools | |
2955788 | Play | Time to Ring Changes | 00:00 Tools | |
48265199 | Play | Homeland | 00:00 Tools | |
2955780 | Play | And If Venice Is Sinking - Symphony Version | 00:00 Tools | |
48265201 | Play | Shipnames Frank | 00:00 Tools | |
2955763 | Play | And If Venice Is Sinking (Live) | 00:00 Tools | |
48265203 | Play | Take Me Home | 00:00 Tools | |
88995209 | Play | Expensive (Cinema of Pain) | 00:00 Tools | |
2955815 | Play | That's Amore - Symphony Version | 00:00 Tools | |
2955822 | Play | And If Venice Was Sinking | 00:00 Tools | |
2955836 | Play | Sad But True | 00:00 Tools | |
2955823 | Play | Again & Again & Again | 00:00 Tools | |
2955830 | Play | The Hounds That Wait Outside Y | 00:00 Tools | |
48265204 | Play | And If Venice Is Sinking (feat. Vancouver Symphony Orchestra) | 00:00 Tools | |
2955811 | Play | That's Amore (Live) | 00:00 Tools | |
48265205 | Play | Homelands (Jigs - The Kesh, Th | 00:00 Tools | |
48265208 | Play | Kiss & Tell [Demo] | 00:00 Tools | |
48265207 | Play | An Honest Gamble / Jig - Tripping Up the Stairs | 00:00 Tools | |
2955821 | Play | Wedding Speech | 00:00 Tools | |
48265211 | Play | Hounds That Wait Outside Your Door | 00:00 Tools | |
48265212 | Play | That's Amore [live] | 00:00 Tools | |
2955834 | Play | Political [live] | 00:00 Tools | |
48265209 | Play | Soldiers Boy | 00:00 Tools | |
88995210 | Play | To A Highllander Unknown | 00:00 Tools | |
48265206 | Play | Spirit of the West - And if Venice is sinking | 00:00 Tools | |
2955831 | Play | Milk, Tea, and Oranges | 00:00 Tools | |
76783316 | Play | Homelands / Jigs - The Kesh, The Blackthorn Stick | 00:00 Tools | |
88995211 | Play | Be Right [Reel - Pigeon on the Gate] | 00:00 Tools | |
48265210 | Play | The Crawl [live] | 00:00 Tools | |
48265213 | Play | Political (feat. Vancouver Symphony Orchestra) | 00:00 Tools | |
88995212 | Play | (Puttin Up With) The Joneses | 00:00 Tools | |
48265214 | Play | The Crawl (feat. Vancouver Symphony Orchestra) | 00:00 Tools | |
48265215 | Play | Home | 00:00 Tools | |
48265216 | Play | 5 Minutes Free | 00:00 Tools | |
88995213 | Play | So Political - Live | 00:00 Tools | |
48265217 | Play | Bone Of Contention [Album Version] | 00:00 Tools | |
48265218 | Play | The Joneses (Putting up with) | 00:00 Tools | |
48265219 | Play | Spirit of the West - Heavenly Angel (Celtic Ballad) | 00:00 Tools |
Spirit of the West are a Canadian folk rock band, who were popular on the Canadian folk music scene in the 1980s before evolving a blend of hard rock, Britpop and Celtic folk influences which made them one of Canada's most successful alternative rock acts in the 1990s. The band began in 1983 as a Vancouver-based folk trio called Evesdropper, consisting of John Mann, Geoffrey Kelly and J. Knutson. They soon changed their name to Spirit of the West, and independently released a self-titled album in 1984 before signing to Stony Plain Records, an Edmonton, Alberta roots music label. Stony Plain released Tripping Up the Stairs in 1986. Following that album, Knutson left the band and was replaced by Hugh MacMillan. 1988's Labour Day was the band's first major success, spawning the popular single "Political" and making the band a major name on the folk festival circuit. After that album's tour, MacMillan took a temporary hiatus from the band. He was replaced by Daniel Lapp and Linda McRae, but returned before the band's next album was recorded. When MacMillan returned, Lapp left the band but McRae stayed on. (As a result, Lapp never actually appeared on a Spirit of the West recording. He pursued a solo career, however, releasing a number of albums of experimental jazz/folk/electronic fusion.) On the strength of "Political", Warner Brothers Records signed the band, and Stony Plain released a compilation, Old Material 1984-1986 in 1989. In 1990, the band's major label debut, Save This House was released, spawning the singles "Save This House" and "Home For a Rest" (which is still considered a classic frosh week anthem at universities across Canada.) Following that album, the band toured England with The Wonder Stuff, and decided to bring in a drummer and experiment with a more rock-oriented sound. Vince Ditrich was brought in, and the band's 1991 album, Go Figure, was the result. Although the album retained the band's folk influences, it was more hard rock than any of the band's previous efforts, and this proved controversial among the band's fans. The album included a rock rendition of "Political", and at one show in London, Ontario, the audience presented the band with a petition demanding that they play the original version of that song. Despite the controversies, however, it became the band's mainstream commercial breakthrough, and won them many new fans in the alternative rock scene. In 1993, the band released their most successful album, Faithlift, and scored their biggest hit single, "...And if Venice is Sinking". 1995's Two Headed, in turn, garnered significant airplay for the single "Tell Me What I Think". However, the album was not as successful on the charts, or as critically hailed, as its predecessor. In 1996, the band performed two shows with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. The band included some of their hits in these shows, but also included an album's worth of songs written specifically for the occasion, and the new songs were released as Open Heart Symphony that year. (Some of the hits performed at those shows are available on the compilation Hit Parade.) Also in 1996, McRae left the band amicably to pursue a solo career, performing her last show on New Year's Eve of that year. She went on to release a solo country album in 1997, and then formed the alternative country band Cheerful Lonesome. The remaining members recorded 1997's Weights and Measures as a four-piece, working with members of The Wonder Stuff, Capercaillie, Fairport Convention and Jethro Tull to round out the studio effort, and added Tobin Frank for their concert tour. However, with the music industry's emphasis having shifted by this time toward more mainstream pop-oriented performers, Warner put little effort into promoting the album, and dropped the band from their roster after the tour. After Weights & Measures the band took a hiatus, although they continued to perform live, and remained a popular concert draw. During the hiatus, Mann, Ditrich and Kelly all released solo albums, Mann pursued acting roles, MacMillan worked as a session musician and producer, and Kelly and Frank recorded with The Paperboys. The band's first new album in seven years, Star Trails, was released on July 6, 2004 on MapleMusic Recordings. Mann was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimers' disease (disclosed in Sept 2014) and Ditrich has liver disease. The group gave its final performances in April 2016 at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver. In 2005, "Home For a Rest" was named the 22nd greatest Canadian song of all time on CBC Radio One's 50 Tracks: The Canadian Version. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.