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Great Lakes

About Me

Diamond Times available now.Great Lakes formed in Athens, Georgia in 1996 around the songwriting partnership of lyricist Dan Donahue and composer Ben Crum. They are currently working on their 4th album.

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Member Since: 1/5/2006
Band Website: thebandiscalledgreatlakes(at)gmaildotcom
Influences: Great Lakes - Let Me Ride

Sounds Like: we'd prefer that you contact us by email instead of through myspace. the band's email address is above.

if you'd like a hi-res photo for press please send us an email and we'll gladly send you one.
Record Label: Track and Field/Orange Twin/Empyrean
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Photos and Review of our Athens Popfest Set

Mike White's photos of GL from Athens popfest"Meanwhile another twosome takes the stage. Great Lakes. Initially the two  comprised of guitarist Ben Crum and drummer Kevin Shea  offer a respite from ...
Posted by on Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:04:00 GMT

Diamond Times out now in Europe / Uncut review and some UK press

Track and Field have just released Diamond Times thoughout Europe. So if you live over there, you should now be able to find it in shops. And here's a couple nice, new reviews from across the pond: "F...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 17:27:00 GMT

London Live Reviews

Ged at SoundsXP put up a nice review of our recent show in London here:London Live Reviewand there's one here too:another live review
Posted by on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 04:58:00 GMT

Photos from our recent show in London

Photos from our recent Jan. 26 appearance at London`s Water Rats Theatre can be found here: http://www.underexposed.org.uk/greatlakes/greatlakeswr1.htm   Also, some photos from the tour for The D...
Posted by on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:54:00 GMT

Diamond Times press

"Great Lakes third album, 2006's Diamond Times, shows a remarkable amount of growth for the duo of Dan Donahue and Ben Crum... On Diamond Times they sound more like a classic rock band than a bedroom ...
Posted by on Sat, 16 Sep 2006 16:16:00 GMT

Great Lakes make The Onion's Best Music of 2006 list

Critic Steve Hyden of The Onion AV Club listed Diamond Times among the top albums of 2006.  Check out his list here: http://www.avclub.com/content/node/56476/4
Posted by on Mon, 01 Jan 2007 06:19:00 GMT

Ben Crum playlist on Discollective.com

Discollective just put up a playlist by Ben. Check it out here:ben crum's discollective playlistWhile you're at it, take a look around the site, which is run by some friends of ours in New York. You c...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Oct 2006 10:20:00 GMT

Thanks!

The tour with the Clientele was great fun. So, now that we've made it home safe and sound, we would like very much to thank everyone who made our thirty-two days across America so enjoyable. A lot o...
Posted by on Wed, 06 Sep 2006 09:10:00 GMT

London Show Live Review on Soundsxp.com

Cool UK site features a nice review of a recent Great Lakes show, as well as a Ladybug Transistor set which featured Ben and Kyle.  Dig it.  http://www.soundsxp.com/3241.shtml
Posted by on Sun, 20 Aug 2006 19:58:00 GMT

Optical Atlas Interview

There's an interview on Jeff Kuykendall's Optical Atlas blog. Check it out:http://elephantsix.blogspot.com/2006/03/6-questions-with -ben-crum.html
Posted by on Wed, 15 Mar 2006 14:13:00 GMT