Breakwater is the debut album by Lennie Gallant, released in 1988.[1][2]

Breakwater
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1, 1988
Recorded1988 (?)
GenreFolk
LabelRevenant
Lennie Gallant chronology
Breakwater
(1988)
Believing in Better
(1991)

Track listing edit

  1. "Tales of the Phantom Ship", a song inspired by the Ghost Ship of Northumberland Strait.
  2. "Island Clay"
  3. "Raise the Dead of Wintertime"
  4. "Back to Rustico"
  5. "From a Distance"
  6. "Marie and He"
  7. "The Hope for Next Year"
  8. "Breakwater"
  9. "Big City"
  10. "The Reconcillation Two-Step"
  11. "La Tempete"
  12. "Down on the Promenade"
  13. "Destination"

All songs by Lennie Gallant except "Raise the Dead of Wintertime" by Allan Rankin.

Personnel edit

  • Musicians side A
  • Lennie Gallant - 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 - accordion [sic] (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 edit

  1. ^ "Lennie Gallant - Breakwater Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic". Retrieved 2023-06-01.
  2. ^ "How Lennie Gallant almost brushed off Jimmy Buffett's request to write songs together". Yahoo News. 2023-04-23. Retrieved 2023-06-01.

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