Big Sky (Brett Garsed album)

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Big Sky
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Studio album by Brett Garsed
Released 2002 (2002) [1]
Recorded Cranky Boy Studios in Thousand Oaks, California
Genre Instrumental rock, [2] jazz fusion
Length61:22 [3]
Label Paranormal
Producer Brett Garsed, Ric Fierabracci, Grit Frederick
Brett Garsed chronology
Uncle Moe's Space Ranch
(2001)
Big Sky
(2002)
Dark Matter
(2011)

Big Sky is the first studio album by guitarist Brett Garsed, released in 2002 through Paranormal Records. The intro of the second track, "Trinity", contains a sample from the 1952 educational film Duck and Cover .

Brett Garsed Australian musician

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Contents

Track listing

All music composed by Brett Garsed, except where noted.

No.TitleLength
1."Undoing"4:57
2."Trinity" (Garsed, John Glance)7:26
3."Brothers"5:40
4."Drowning"8:08
5."Fu'd Fight"5:14
6."Breathe"5:05
7."Got the Horn"5:55
8."The Myth"4:41
9."Friend or Foe"5:33
10."Big Sky"8:43
Total length:61:22

Personnel

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References

  1. "Discography: Solo Albums". brettgarsed.com. Retrieved 2014-07-28.
  2. "Big Sky by Brett Garsed". CD Baby. Retrieved 2014-07-28.
  3. Big Sky (CD release "Paranormal Records 1909-37028-2").