Spirit of the West

For other uses, see Spirit of the West (disambiguation).

Spirit of the West
Spirit of the West at the Pacific National Exhibition, Vancouver 2008
Spirit of the West at the Pacific National Exhibition, Vancouver 2008
Background information
OriginNorth Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
GenresFolk rock, Celtic rock
Years active1983 (1983)–2016
LabelsStony Plain, Warner, MapleMusic, Rhino, Elektra
Past membersJohn Mann
Geoffrey Kelly
Hugh McMillan
Vince Ditrich
Tobin Frank
Matthew Harder
J. Knutson
Linda McRae
Daniel Lapp
Websitesotw.ca

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.[1]

  1. ^ "The little Celtic band that grew". The Globe and Mail, November 18, 1997.