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Giant Sand
Arizona band Giant Sand is the musical vehicle used by singer-songwriter Howe
Gelb to promote his eclectic musical style which ranges from pure country to
hard hitting rock and can be categorised under the catch-all genre of Americana.
Gelb began the project in 1981 and the group became swept up in a new wave of
guitar bands who were emerging from the US led by the internationally successful
REM.
Giant Sand has always remained on the periphery of commercial success, something
which can be attributed to Gelb's self-confessed lack of ambition. Gelb's
cohorts in the band are a ...
