With the 189th pick Whitetom selects Great Big Sea in the Canadian category.
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"Great Big Sea is not a band you just go and see, or a cd you just listen to. Great Big Sea is something you have to do."
Lead singer Alan Doyle's description of his band might be simple, but it comes close to describing the phenomena that is Great Big Sea. Their records are renowned for drawing together disparate threads of folk and pop music, while their shows are a storm of powerful singing, driving rhythms and soaring melody. Critics are often at a loss to describe the unique appeal of the band, who have built a strong and enduring career by combining the traditional music of their isolated Newfoundland home with a myriad of pop influences. CMJ New Music focused on "the band's rich vocal harmonies" based around four part singing which ranges from the sophistication of the Beach Boys, to the bellow of sailor's shanties. Dirty Linen raved about "the best party band that ever picked up a fiddle", while the Washington Post described "an explosively joyful noise". Great Big Sea themselves refuse to be put in any boxes.
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With the 190th pick Whitetom selects Stewart Copeland in the drummer category.
http://www.stewartcopeland.net/Percussionist for rock bands Curved Air, 1974-77, and the Police, 1980s; composer of scores for films and television and of operas, including Holy Blood and the Crescent Moon, performed by the Cleveland and Fort Worth operas, 1989; formed band Animal Logic, 1989.
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