Headwater performs at the ROCKING FOR JUSTIN BENEFIT at The Legendary Yale Hotel.
This show was a Benefit for Stem Cell Research for Autism. This Fund Raiser was to raise funds to Send Justin to Panama City for Treatments. (See belw on how to help Justin)
Headwater was fantastic.
Headwater is;
Jonas Shandel - banjo, guitar, vocals
Matt Bryant - mandolin, guitar, vocals
Patrick Metzger - bass, vocals
Tim Tweedale - steel guitars
Video shot by Gene Greenwood
AN ARRAY OF CANADIAN MUSICAL GREATS TOGETHER FOR THE SUPPORT OF AUTISM & STEM CELL RESEARCH
Vancouver, BC - on Tuesday August 18th, join us at the YALE HOTEL for "Jammin For Justin." The Hope For Justin Group are holding a Fundraiser / Event for Autism & Stem Cell Research...7 year old Justin Mehlhorn is the first BC child to be accepted to the Stem Cell Institute, in Panama City for Stem Cell Therapy, on September 13th, 2009. All proceeds go towards Justin's therapy.
For Justin's story www.justinshope.com
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Gene Greenwood - ROCK HARD, LIVE LONG!!!!
Hearing Headwater is like listenening to the West Coast of Canada in song. Freewheeling, fierce, sentimental and sexy, the Vancouver, B.C., quartet has earned its reputation as one of the finest acoustic roots groups around the old-fashioned way.
They work their asses off.
Since forming in 2001, the group has logged in thousands of kilometres criss-crossing Western Canada and playing to anyone and everyone willing to give it some love. With hooks, driving rhythms, adventurous steel guitar and mandolin solos, and beautiful three-part vocal harmonies all featured in tight, concise under four-minute songs, they found fans fast. Or they roped them in at first, street busking before gigs rather than hanging out waiting for crowds to come to them.
This is a band of musicians who do what they do because nothing else would be right. No rock star wannabees allowed.
"We couldn't find a reliable singer, so we said screw this, we'll do it," says Shandel.
Unplugging and getting their strum on proved the best thing the two young musicians ever did. Turns out that both were exceptionally gifted singers whose songwriting really differed yet held true to the pairs collective love of Peter Gabriel, Neil Young and John Hiatt. When instict said it was the right time, they conscripted steel guitarist Tim Tweedale and Patrick Metzger on upright bass to record 2006s My Old Friend. The debut garnered stellar reviews and gave the guys a document to leave for fans hungry for more. Two of these early tunes that still get folks singing along in concert, the loping Lonely Train and full-on boogie down Out In The Country. The hired guns enjoyed gigging so much they never left.
"We hired a band to play behind us on the first album and we formed a group," adds Bryant.
After hundreds of dates road-testing tunes to find only the best, it was to to record album two. Enter producer and frequent guest drummer Marc L'Esperance, (Po'Girl, Ray Condo, Linda McRae) to craft the lush soundscapes of 2008s Lay Me Down.
Tackling themes of death, loss, and of course, love, this CD solidifies Headwater as one of Canada's strongest young folk and country acts.
"We're happy with both CDs, but the new one raises the bar in every way," says Shandel. "Particularly in the vocals, which we're pretty obsessive about."
"Its 11 examples of what we can do, well, and we hope it's cool for people," says Bryant.
Indeed. Take a drink from the cool, sweet waters of Headwater well at www.headwater.ca.
Video shot by Gene Greenwood
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