Backwater

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About

Backwater were formed in 2008 by 4 experienced live musicians and are Scotland's only Status Quo tribute band. They played their first gig, collectively, at the Eagle Tavern, Prestwick in June 2009, where a short set was well received by an appreciative audience.
A further high profile gig was played in Mauchline, Ayrshire in Nov 2009 and received critical praise from many hardcore Quo fans. This resulted in them being asked to open the Scottish Status Quo convention, "McVention V" held in Paisley, May 22nd 2010. On being asked, Backwater immediately recruited Peter Cassidy of club duo Fresh as their lead guitarist, a move which further enhanced the status of the band.

Deemed a success within the band, McVention V resulted in them being asked to participate in the "Apollo 25" rock show in association with Rock Radio on Sunday, 18th July 2010, The Highlight Club, Renfrew St, Glasgow. The event is to mark the 25th anniversary of the Apollo theatre's closure and will feature AC/DC, Thin Lizzy tributes as well as Backwater. More details below on the Calendar.

Backwater continually strive to hone their early 70's "Frantic Four" Quo sound & expand their setlist to try and cover most periods within Quo's history. This can be seen with the recent inclusion of the more modern, "Creepin' Up On You" from Quo's current live set.

Backwater's core fanbase has been growing with each gig. Check out the Calendar below to catch them live near you. See also, all of the YouTube vid's from McV at "Slinkymcv's Channel" or click through from the video section on here. Don't forget to vote for your favourite!

For direct enquiries please email (copy & paste):

dirtywater190@hotmail.com

Influences

70's Quo, Clapton, Dire Straits, Eagles, Beatles, Bryan Adams, SRV, most contemporary AOR rock music.

Equipment List

PA.
2 Peavey CL2 Cluster full range cabinets & 112XT bass bins. Peavey CS400 & CS800 power amps, Peavey XR600C mixer amp. 2 Peavey PL250 active crossover modules & 1 PL-150 module. 1 Furman rackmount electronic crossover.

BACKLINE.
Crate 100w bass head & 200w cabinet. Laney Bass amplification and 100w cab.
Line 6 Flextone vintage combo. Marshall AVT150 Valvestate head & 4x12 cab. Fender M80 combo amp & 100w cab.
2 Full drum kits.

SIGNAL PROCESSING.
Studiomaster 12 channel stereo mixer, Behringer Ultragraph Pro 31channel stereo graphic EQ, ZOOM Studio 1201 multi FX, Korg A5 Multi FX processor.

GUITARS.
1 "St Blues" honey blonde Bluescaster IV.

2 "Partscasters" comprising of a blonde/white 1983 Squier JV Series Telecaster & 1962 honey blonde re-issue Fender Telecaster, both strung with heavy gauge .14-.56 strings.
1 Black Squier MIJ Strat' strung with .10 or .11 strings.

1 Olympic White Fender Squier 60's Classic Vibe Jazz Bass guitar.
1 Gibson Epiphone Thunderbird bass guitar.

GUITAR EFFECTS.

Boss CS-3 Compression/Sustainer.
Boss OS-2 Overdrive.
Boss DS-2 Turbo Distortion.
Boss CH-1 Super Chorus.
Boss BF-3 Flanger.
Boss DD-3 Digital Delay.

Line 6 Pedal board.

MISC'.
Korg T3 Music Workstation keyboard.
Beyerdynamic TGX 480S mic, Shure PG58 mic, 2 Shure Beta58A mikes. Various stands, cases and "miles" of cables, leads etc!

Members Of Band

Peter Cassidy, Lead guitar & vox.
Kieran Wilson, Rhythm guitar & vox.
Tommy Waddell, Bass guitar
Craig "Dusty" Miller, drums & vox.