The Great Salt Lake

This article is about the song. For the large lake in Utah, see Great Salt Lake. For other uses, see Great Salt Lake (disambiguation).

2006 single by Band of Horses

"The Great Salt Lake"

Single by Band of Horses
from the album  Everything All the Time
Released| August 2006
Recorded| Avast Studios
Genre| Indie rock
Length| 3:46 (radio edit)
4:45 (album version)
Label| Sub Pop, Kids Records
Songwriter(s)| Ben Bridwell, Chris Early, Tim Meinig
Producer(s)| Band of Horses, Phil Ek
Band of Horses singles chronology
| "The Funeral"
(2006)  | "The Great Salt Lake"
(2006)  | "Is There a Ghost"
(2007)

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"The Great Salt Lake" is the second single taken from Band of Horses' debut album Everything All the Time, which was released on March 21, 2006.

## History

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The song was released as a single in August 2006 in the US. While the single failed to chart, it remains one of Band of Horses best known songs. It is the third most performed song by the band, after "The General Specific" and "The (Billion Day) Funeral", respectively.[1]

The song isn't actually about the Great Salt Lake, but about Lake Murray, a reservoir in Ben Bridwell's home state of South Carolina. He explained, "A lot of the imagery is about South Carolina, combined with some incidents we heard about from some hilarious fuck-ups we knew from Salt Lake City."[2]

An earlier version of the song was among the six lo-fi demos that appeared on the band's self-titled EP. Interest in that EP led to fellow South Carolina native Sam Beam of Iron and Wine offering Band of Horses the support slot on his tour.[2]

## Music video

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The music video for the song shows band members Ben Bridwell, Creighton Barrett and Rob Hampton playing in a softball match. Neither Barrett or Hampton were members of Band of Horses when the song was recorded, but joined soon after the release of Everything All the Time.

## Personnel

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* Ben Bridwell - Vocals, guitar
* Mat Brooke \- Guitar
* Chris Early - Bass guitar
* Time Meinig / Sera Cahoone \- Drums

## References

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1. ^ "Band of Horses setlist statistics" setlist.fm
2. ^ a b John Schacht, "Band of Horses Riding High" Archived 2011-06-16 at the Wayback Machine Creative Loafing Charlotte \- September 13, 2006

## External links

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* v
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Band of Horses

* Ben Bridwell
* Creighton Barrett
* Matt Gentling
* Ryan Monroe
* Brett Nash

* Mat Brooke
* Sera Cahoone
* Chris Early
* Rob Hampton
* Ian MacDougall
* Tim Meinig
* Tyler Ramsey
* Bill Reynolds

* Joe Arnone
* Ludwig Böss
* Richard Fitzpatrick
* Blake Mills
* Robin Peringer

Albums|

* Everything All the Time
* Cease to Begin
* Infinite Arms
* Mirage Rock
* Why Are You OK
* Things Are Great

EPs|

* Tour EP

Singles|

* "The Funeral"
* "The Great Salt Lake"
* "Is There a Ghost"
* "No One's Gonna Love You"
* "Compliments"
* "Laredo"
* "Factory"
* "Georgia"
* "Dilly"
* "Hang an Ornament" (with Grandaddy)
* "Casual Party"

Related articles|

* Discography
* Carissa's Wierd
* Grand Archives
* Sing into My Mouth (Bridwell with Iron & Wine)

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