Stereo Embers The Podcast: Alan Doyle (Great Big Sea)

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“Reverb As Long As A Hockey Rink”
That’s how Alan Doyle describes the music he loved so much in the ‘80s.A huge fan of Def Leppard, the Newfoundland-born Doyle may have beena metalhead as a teenagers, but he always had folk music in his blood.He played in his Uncle’s band as a young man, but branched out on hisown in his early 20s to form Great Big Sea. One of Canada’s most belovedbands of all time, GBS may no longer be around, but Doyle has stayedvery busy indeed. In this conversation he talks to Alex about challenginghimself by working in different genres, and why it’s so hard to say no.They also chat about the community spirit of Newfoundland, Doyle’s newEP Rough Side Out and why at this point in his life Doyle feels inclined to say,“What the fuck do I know about the Coronavirus?"