Born in 1994 from dorm-room beginnings and barn-door jams, The Waystation play rootsy pop-rock, often acoustic, big on harmony. 15 years, 6 drummers, and 4 albums later, the original trio remain lifelong friends and musical collaborators.
Information
- Members:
- Dave McDowell - Vocals, Guitar
Bob Lovecchio - Bass, Vocals
Nick Fryer - Vocals, Guitar - Genre:
- Folk-rock
- Hometown:
- Chicago, IL
Events
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- The Waystation Live at The Sta...
The Stadium
Saturday, June 14 at 10:00pm
I would be remiss if we didn't mark the 10-year anniversary of our self-titled record, The Waystation. A milestone in our lives and our music, listening to this record certainly takes me places...
Check out Messenger, currently available as a digital pre-release from Michele Thomas. The album includes selections from the one-and-only Stevie Wonder and features our very own Bobby Love as well as friend-of-the band and sometime-studio-drummer Darren Scorza.
After some enthusiastic reviews, 'Perfect' was selected as Folk-Rock Track of the Week at Garageband.com. For 7 days starting on Monday, the 28th of September, 2009 'Perfect' will be featured in the Folk Rock category on the site. It will also be featured in the Folk Rock Track of the Week podcast.
Theme song for Chicago 2016? You be the judge..."Headin' To Chicago" from Nick Fryer on Vimeo.
Check out Bob's new site, LovecchioMusic.com. I told him it was too bad Bob.com was taken. Don't they realize there can be only one?
Over the years, we have done reasonably well in various songwriting contests, picking up a semi-finalist nod here or an honourable mention there -- enough encouragement that I keep entering, anyway.Well, I checked the mail after returning from a trip to London to find an unusual package, postmarked...
According to Facebook, The Balcony, where we put in hundreds of hours cutting our teeth on the stage, will be torn down following its last night of business on November 14th, 2009.I remember hand-delivering our first press kit to Nes, who as The Balcony booking agent was quite an imposing figure...
nikkos posted some great video of a track he's working on called 'Song To The Morning', live from his apartment, affectionately known as the Mancave. I am into the idea of posting work-in-progress. It's sort of like a mixtape for us acoustic dudes...
The Waystation The story behind Tracks...
Source: blog.davemcdowell.com
When I first became interested (ok, obsessed) with playing the guitar, my parents were not too keen on the idea for fear I would turn into some kind of long-haired burnout (maybe they were right, since ...
Source: www.youtube.com
'Tracks' was recorded live at Shirk Music & Sound, Chicago, IL in May 2009. Music and video produced by Steve Shirk. Written and performed by Dave McDowell. Read the story behind 'Tracks' here:
While I was back in the States; nikkos, Bobby, and I got together for a little pickin'. Hopefully we'll have a new tune or two to share shortly.Here are a few photos from the session:
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The Waystation changed their Biography.
