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''Backwater'' is the debut studio album by American jazz band Backwater. Produced by Tom Nist and the band themselves, the album was released in September 1976. Largely recorded at New London Recording in the previous months, the five players worked as session musicians in exchange for studio time. The album is split into two halves, a studio side and a live side; the live side was recorded at Birmingham nightclub The Midnight's Voice. The record proved successful, gaining airplay throughout the Southeast. In 1997, the album was remastered and released on compact disc. ==Background== Backwater was formed in Mobile, Alabama by Robby Catlin, Larry Hardin and Scott Pettersen. When the trio moved to Birmingham, they frequently played The Midnight's Voice, a nightclub on 22nd Avenue.〔 They later met and incorporated Trippe Thomason into the group on Rhodes piano, and Gerry Groom on guitar.〔 The group only owned one vehicle — a bread truck — and they lived together in a condemned home on the south side of the city.〔 Eight months after forming, the band decided to commit the music to vinyl and record their first album.〔 The band was largely inspired by artists such as Herbie Hancock, Weather Report and Mahavishnu. The album was recorded at New London Recording Studio in the Birmingham suburb of Homewood, between March and August 1976. The five musicians worked as "session men" at New London Recording in Homewood in exchange for studio time for themselves.〔 "It's weird, but when I first met these guys I knew something was going to happen; making this album just seemed to come naturally, as if it were inevitable," said producer Nist.〔 The live side of the record was recorded during a performance at The Midnight's Voice on July 15, 1976. Musician Edgar Winter was in attendance, and jammed with the group on stage (although his performance was not recorded).〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Backwater (album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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