Spirit of the West
Spirit of the West | |
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Spirit of the West at the Pacific National Exhibition, Vancouver 2008 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Genres | Folk rock, Celtic rock |
| Years active | 1983–2016 |
| Labels | Stony Plain, Warner, MapleMusic, Rhino, Elektra |
| Past members | John Mann Geoffrey Kelly Hugh McMillan Vince Ditrich Tobin Frank Matthew Harder J. Knutson Linda McRae Daniel Lapp |
| Website | sotw |
Spirit of the West were a Canadian folk rock band from North Vancouver, active from 1983 to 2016. They 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.