Stone Water

Stone Water is…

a group that doesn’t make any secret of their musical roots. Stone Water plays soul-soaked rock and weave Southern and Americana influences with the sound of Swinging London. Their music is characterized by a lot of “Mississippi mud” from old blues greats, coupled with the energy and spirit of traditional ones 60s bands.

With the debut album “Make Me Try”, mastered by Martin Meinschäfer (including Henrik Freischlader), Stone Water embarks on their promising journey - but the journey is often more exciting than the destination. For the recording of “Make Me Try”, the band moved into the Schalltona Studio in Hamburg. The result is an album with a fresh and contemporary sound, with a clear vintage vibe that amounts to a love declaration to the late sixties. The album begins with “Stony Rock,” a raucous barroom rocker with a pounding Stones or Faces groove, and ends with “If You Get Lost”, a Black Crowes typical ballad that reaches deep into the heart, with its strong songwriting and an emotional slide guitar burns. In between there is an astonishing range of musical styles, which nevertheless comes across as extremely homogeneous. Sometimes you find yourself in an authentic West Coast beat with soulful backings inspired by Little Feat, and at other times you're on the swampy paths of the Mississippi Delta with blues harp and bottleneck guitar. Wirth catchy riffs, sometimes reminiscent of early Lynyrd Skynyrd, the band embellishes the Southern Rock atmosphere. In addition to the ten The band presents their own compositions with a convincing version of “Sway” from the Rolling Stones classic “Sticky Fingers”.

The existing formation recently expanded to include the American guitarist Ben Forrester (Allen-Forrester Band), who, among other things, is a touring guitarist from Jade MacRae (Joe Bonamassa), Jonah Smith, Marvin Scondo, and others artists, to the quintet.

Stone Water will embark on their album release tour in November 2023, which will continue through 2024.