Supported by delicate, breathy, beautiful and minimal flute accents by Rob Frye (Bitchin Bajas), and wordless backing vocals by Ayanna Woods, Gay croons encouragingly, repeatedly: “Learn how to swim.” This song also birthed the album title, which is taken from the lyrics in the second verse. The new track is a classic ballad penned by Gay to his memories of jumping off the rocks into Lake Michigan on Chicago’s Southside you can watch a video for the track by Chris Strong here: Chicago-based composer, singer, and instrumental polymath Ben LaMar Gay returns to share “Oh Great Be the Lake," the second single from his upcoming new album Open Arms to Open Us, out November 19 on International Anthem / Nonesuch.
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