Headwater is a band from Vancouver

Vancouver

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, British Columbia

British Columbia

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, Canada

Canada

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. 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. Since then, Bryant and Shandel (as lead singers and songwriters) have gone on to play as featured acts in festivals such as the TD Canada Trust Vancouver International Jazz Festival

Vancouver International Jazz Festival

The Vancouver International Jazz Festival is an annual summer event in Vancouver, Canada.The festival grew out of a local jazz scene that centred around Vancouver Co-op Radio , a community radio station, in the early 1980s...

 in 2008 and Merritt Mountain Music Festival

Merritt Mountain Music Festival

Merritt Mountain Music Festival is an outdoor music festival in Merritt, British Columbia, Canada. In 2005 the festival hosted a record breaking attendance of approximately 148,000 people throughout the 6 day event....

 in 2007.

Their debut studio album in 2006, My Old Friend, sold four-thousand copies in B.C. in its first sixteen months. Their follow-up album, Lay You Down, was released in 2008. Songs from both albums are in regular rotation nationally on the CBC.

Singer-songwriter Matt Bryant is the son of bassist Ab Bryant, who played for Chilliwack

Chilliwack (band)

Chilliwack are a Canadian rock band that had their heyday during the 1970s and 1980s. Although they are a Canadian band, the members were all born in, as well as reside in, the United States of America. They are perhaps best remembered for their five biggest songs "My Girl ", "I Believe", "Whatcha...

 and Headpins

Headpins

Headpins are a Canadian rock group, founded as a side project in the late 1970s by then Chilliwack members Ab Bryant and Brian MacLeod. Macleod was impressed by the vocal talents of Vancouver rock singer Denise McCann, and asked her to join his new venture...

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Current touring band members are:

• Jonas Shandel: vocals, banjo
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  , guitar
• Matt Bryant: vocals, mandolin
  Mandolin
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  , guitar
• Tim Tweedale: steel guitar
  Steel guitar
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• Patrick Metzger: upright bass, backing vocals