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From: "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com>
> The kid pointed out that it was The Decemberists. I asked to look at 
> the CD packaging and didn't recognize any of the band members as I 
> was sure this music was somehow Canadian which is why I thought of 
> Spirit Of The West -- accordion, pedal steel, et al being the dead 
> giveaway.

Well, Montana -- Colin Meloy's home state -- is in many ways the most 
Canadian part of the U.S.  It's basically Baja Saskatchewan.  So there 
you go.

S