The Blackwater Fever
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The Blackwater Fever are a dynamic blues
guitar
/drums
duo, from Brisbane
, Australia
. The group have recently gained popularity after national radio exposure from Australian radio station Triple J
, through the stations Home & Hosed segment, and their Unearthed program which gives new upcoming unsigned bands the opportunity for national exposure.
The Blackwater Fever were recently awarded Best Blues & Roots Act and the 2006 Sunshine Coast Music Festival.
Past member - Rick DeMarco - drums
Sweet Misery: The highly anticipated long player from the guitar/drums two piece The Blackwater Fever. 13 tracks of garage blues, alt-country, murder ballads and four on floor rock n' roll, with appearances by Steve Merry (The Fumes) , Alex Archer (The Kill Devil Hills) and crunk soloist Red Ghost all putting their mark on this potent, multi-layered release.
"A DYNAMIC DUO OF POWERHOUSE BLUES" - FasterLouder
A harrowing growl, a tortured electric guitar and the rhythmic stomp of an unrelenting drum kit. If you close your eyes you can almost smell the swamp and feel the moonlight on your face. It's hard to believe such an atmospheric, blues-heavy sound comes from just two guys. Breaking your heart one minute only to pick you up with an irresistible rocker the next, this Brisbane-based duo are a live experience not to be missed.
"A SEETHING BLUES TWO PIECE AND DAM THAT BOY CAN SING" - Steve Merry, The Fumes
Released in 2006, their ' Abused Blues' EP saw strong support from Triple J's Caroline Tran, Sarah Howells and Ash Grunwald with consistent airplay, interviews and gig crossovers. This national hype helped TBWF gain momentum, sharing stages with internationalists The Black Keys, The Datsuns, Black Diamond Heavies & Bob Log III plus shows and tours with home grown acts The Fumes, The Vasco Era, Birds Of Tokyo, Whiskey Go Go's, The Kill Devil Hills, Mia Dyson, The Mess Hall, Yves Klein Blue, Ash Grunwald, The Gin Glub, Youth Group to strong music press reviews.
"SOME OF THE DIRTIEST BLUES IN THE BUSINESS" - Rave Mag
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
/drums
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
duo, from Brisbane
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. The group have recently gained popularity after national radio exposure from Australian radio station Triple J
Triple J
triple j is a nationally networked Australian radio station intended to appeal to listeners between the ages of 18 and 30. The government-funded station is a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation...
, through the stations Home & Hosed segment, and their Unearthed program which gives new upcoming unsigned bands the opportunity for national exposure.
The Blackwater Fever were recently awarded Best Blues & Roots Act and the 2006 Sunshine Coast Music Festival.
Members
- Shane Hicks - vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, and GuitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with... - Andrew Walter - drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
- Jed Walters - KeysMusical keyboardA musical keyboard is the set of adjacent depressible levers or keys on a musical instrument, particularly the piano. Keyboards typically contain keys for playing the twelve notes of the Western musical scale, with a combination of larger, longer keys and smaller, shorter keys that repeats at the...
, and bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
Joined mid 2010
Past member - Rick DeMarco - drums
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
Discography
- Sweet Misery (Plus One Records, P1-18, 8 November 2008)
- Abused Blues EP (Jan - 2006)
- In Stereo (Plus One Records, P1-32, June 2011)
Biography
"THEIR RAW SOUND EXEMPLIFIES THE ESSENCE OF BLUES-ROCK" - TimeOffSweet Misery: The highly anticipated long player from the guitar/drums two piece The Blackwater Fever. 13 tracks of garage blues, alt-country, murder ballads and four on floor rock n' roll, with appearances by Steve Merry (The Fumes) , Alex Archer (The Kill Devil Hills) and crunk soloist Red Ghost all putting their mark on this potent, multi-layered release.
"A DYNAMIC DUO OF POWERHOUSE BLUES" - FasterLouder
A harrowing growl, a tortured electric guitar and the rhythmic stomp of an unrelenting drum kit. If you close your eyes you can almost smell the swamp and feel the moonlight on your face. It's hard to believe such an atmospheric, blues-heavy sound comes from just two guys. Breaking your heart one minute only to pick you up with an irresistible rocker the next, this Brisbane-based duo are a live experience not to be missed.
"A SEETHING BLUES TWO PIECE AND DAM THAT BOY CAN SING" - Steve Merry, The Fumes
Released in 2006, their ' Abused Blues' EP saw strong support from Triple J's Caroline Tran, Sarah Howells and Ash Grunwald with consistent airplay, interviews and gig crossovers. This national hype helped TBWF gain momentum, sharing stages with internationalists The Black Keys, The Datsuns, Black Diamond Heavies & Bob Log III plus shows and tours with home grown acts The Fumes, The Vasco Era, Birds Of Tokyo, Whiskey Go Go's, The Kill Devil Hills, Mia Dyson, The Mess Hall, Yves Klein Blue, Ash Grunwald, The Gin Glub, Youth Group to strong music press reviews.
"SOME OF THE DIRTIEST BLUES IN THE BUSINESS" - Rave Mag
External links
- http://www.theblackwaterfever.com/
- http://www.myspace.com/theblackwaterfever
- http://www.youtube.com/theblackwaterfever
- http://www.facebook.com/theblackwaterfever
- http://www.plusonerecords.com.au/products-page/the-blackwater-fever/