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Toronto-based, 2020 Maple Blues Awards nominees for Best New Artist, Bywater Call saw the release of their debut album on Nov 22, 2019, in Canada, the USA, Europe, and Australia. The album received rave reviews across all territories and placed #1 on the Roots Music Report Canada Top 50 for 11 straight weeks. s. They have been featured on Sting Ray, Earshot, and the top 30 USA Blues on NACC charts, just to name a few. Born out of a love for southern soul, blues, and roots music and a passion for creating a powerful and moving experience for listeners, Bywater Call was formed by singer Meghan Parnell and guitar player Dave Barnes in 2017. The 7-piece outfit is completed by Bruce McCarthy on drums, Mike Meusel on Bass, Alan Zemaitis on Keys, Stephen Dyte on Trumpet, and Julian Nalli on Tenor Sax. In the short time since its inception, and before the recording and release of their debut album, the band made waves in the Toronto Blues scene and the Festival Circuit, playing Main Stages at festivals such as Tremblant International Blues, Donnacona Blues, TD Toronto Jazz, Toronto Beaches Jazz, and the Orangeville Blues, to name a few… It is a testament to the band’s strong, stirring, and inspiring live performance. Bywater Call has just come off its first European tour, playing 39 cities in 45 days to packed houses and amazing responses. The band will return to Europe in the spring of 2021. With elements of jam band, traditional blues, soul, and rock and roll, with touches of New Orleans, Alabama, and small-town Ontario, with influences from The Band, Duane Allman, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, Black Crowes, and the Tedeschi Trucks Band, with solid musicianship based in jazz, and with gritty, raw and emotional vocals, Bywater Call seeks to strike to the core of all who listen.
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Eisenhower Recreation Center, The Villages, Florida, United States
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