Headwater (band)

Headwater (band)

Headwater is a band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Forming in North Vancouver in with musicians Chris Olson, Jonas Shandel and Matt Bryant, Olson left the group early on due to artistic differences to begin a solo career.Fact|date=September 2008 Since then, Bryant and Shandel (as lead singers and songwriters)Fact|date=September 2008 have gone on to play as featured acts in festivals such as the TD Canada Trust Vancouver International Jazz Festival in 2008 [cite web | url=http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=8&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.canada.com%2Fvancouversun%2Fnews%2Fwestcoastlife%2Fstory.html%3Fid%3Df94e93cd-1db9-4a2d-b9b2-9db7bb688699&ei=Sx5sSK2ZHY3WpgTymtnZCA&usg=AFQjCNEcoiUaGSA4g_vlNIxTFwhUDIiHtg&sig2=kIARgCudFzxAbqcF-cLEYw | title=Music Listings | accessdate=2008-07-02 | publisher=Vancouver Sun | date=2008-06-28] and Merrit Mountain Music Festival in 2007. [cite web | url=http://www.thatscountry.com/am2/publish/Merritt_Mountainfest_59/003661.shtml | title=MERRITT MOUNTAIN MUSIC FESTIVAL LINE UP July 12 – 15, 2007 | accessdate=2008-07-02]

Their debut studio album in 2006, "My Old Friend", sold four-thousand copies in B.C. in its first sixteen months.Fact|date=July 2008 Their follow-up album, "Lay You Down", was released in 2008. Songs from both albums are in regular rotation nationally on the CBC.Fact|date=July 2008 [http://www.cbc.ca/radio2/cod/concerts/20080306headw]

Singer-songwriter Matt Bryant is the son of bassist Ab Bryant, who played for Chilliwack and Headpins.Fact|date=September 2008

Current touring band members are:Fact|date=September 2008
* Jonas Shandel: vocals, banjo, guitar
* Matt Bryant: vocals, mandolin, guitar
* Tim Tweedale: steel guitar
* Patrick Metzger: upright bass, backing vocals

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