Rare SIGNED LP Backwater Jazz Punk Fusion Bongwater Record Birmingham Alabama
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Description
Jacket is signed by founding member Robby Catlin. LP is slightly warped but there is no needle hop noise, otherwise EX+ condition. Jacket VG+ condition. The sleeve has foxing and creasing.
Included by the publishing company is an 7” 33rpm record. EX+ condition. Songs Punx and A Bong For Don.
Backwater — overview
Backwater was an American jazz fusion band formed in Mobile, Alabama in the mid 1970s that performed and recorded in the Birmingham area. The group played clubs and worked as session musicians around Birmingham; their first self released album (1976) sold regionally and led to touring with national acts.
Key facts
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Genre: Jazz, jazz fusion.
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Active: Primarily 1975–1979; reunion 1997.
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Label: Bongwater Records (the band released albums on their own Bongwater imprint).
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Notable releases: Backwater (1976); Live from the Heart of Dixie / North of the Mason Dixon and the Heart of Dixie (1978).
Members and contributors
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Core members: Robby Catlin, Scott Pettersen, Larry Hardin, Trippe Thomason.
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Other contributors: Tom and Myra Woodruff joined later; Jerry Groom and Doug Gerrard sometimes sat in.
Recording and local ties
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The band recorded studio tracks at Tom Nist’s New London Recording Center and at Fifth Floor Studios in Cincinnati; live material on their albums came from Birmingham gigs (examples include the Jolly Ox at Brookwood Village and performances at the Morris House).
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