The Flood (band)

The Flood
Origin Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Genres Roots, country rock
Years active 1995 (1995)–present
Labels One Stop
Associated acts Six Amigos
Website theflood.com.au
Members
  • Kevin Bennett
  • James Gillard
  • Tim Wedde
  • Scottie Hills
Past members
  • Steve Fearnley

The Flood are an Australian roots music band formed by Kevin Bennett and James Gillard, both on lead vocals and guitars in 1995. The group won the Tamworth 2006 Golden Guitar Award for Vocal Group (or Duo of the Year) with their track, "Hello Blue Sky". In 2008 the line-up was Bennett and Gillard with Tim Wedde on keyboards, accordion, vibraphone and talent manager; and Scottie Hills on drums (replaced Steve Fearnley). At the ARIA Music Awards of 2006 the Flood were nominated for The Late Late Show in the Best Blues and Roots Album category.

History

The Flood's founders Kevin Bennett and James Gillard had performed as a country rock duo and issued an album, Two of Everything in the Carpark, in 1995.[1] Soon after they formed the Flood in Sydney with Bennett on lead vocals and electric guitar; Gillard on acoustic guitar, bass guitar, percussion, mandolin and lead vocals; Steve Fearnley on drums and percussion; and Tim Wedde on keyboards, accordion and vibraphone (later he was also their talent manager).[1] Bennett had previously been a member of rock music group, Moving Pictures (1985–87);[2][3] while Gillard had been a member of Mondo Rock (1982–88, 1990).[4][5] Back in 1991 Bennett and Gillard were both members of Six Amigos alongside Doug Bligh, Marc Collins, James Cox and Kirk Lorange.[6]

The Flood's debut album, The Ballad of K.B. appeared in 1999.[1] Tim Badrick of Lost Treasures felt that it was "jammed packed full of The Flood's unique amalgam of country, rock, blues and even a dash of boogie piano, be that unintentional or not."[7] The tracks were mostly written by Bennett with some co-written by Bennett, Gillard, Bligh and Collins.[8] The lead track was released as the title track on an extended play, Don't Look Back at Me (1999).

During 2002 the Flood had also supported a tour by United States alternative country music artist, Kevin Welch, with a performance at Sydney's Basement recorded for a joint-release live album, Live Down Here on Earth (22 September 2003), and a DVD, Plenty of Time (2004).[9][10] According to Amazon.com's editor the CD is an "Aussie exclusive album from one of Nashville's most acclaimed songwriter's & Australia's greatest country/roots outfit."[9] Dave Dawson of Nu Country caught a gig by Welch and the Flood on a subsequent tour at the Corner Hotel in Richmond, in November 2003, "The Flood proved a perfect pairing with Welch on an energetic show that belied the late nights and gruelling road miles of their east coast foray. It was a credit that both acts remained energised... The Welch-Flood double bill was good in theory but an imbalance in practice with Welch having less stage time than The Flood."[10]

In 2003 the Flood issued their self-titled second album, which includes the track, "Paul Kelly's Blues" – written by Bennett.[11] The track was nominated for APRA Song of the Year at the Country Music Awards of Australia in 2004.[12] During that year they issued another EP, Australian for Broken Heart, and promoted it with an east coast tour from October to December.[13] According to Christie Eliezer of In Music & Media they provide "strong narratives, backwater blues and meandering ballads."[13] The EP's title track was nominated for APRA-AMCOS Independent Country Music Single of the Year.[14]

The group's next album, The Late Late Show (16 January 2006), was nominated for the Best Blues and Roots Album category at the ARIA Music Awards of 2006.[15][16] Later albums included Everybody's Favourite (2008) and Skin (by Kevin Bennett and the Flood, 2015). Bennett teamed with fellow country musicians, Lyn Bowtell and Felicity Urquhart, in a trio, which issued Bennett Bowtell Urquhart on 16 January 2016. It reached the ARIA Albums Chart top 100.[17]

Discography

Albums

Extended plays

DVDs

References

General
Specific
  1. 1 2 3 "Artists :: The Flood". Australian Music Online. Retrieved 8 August 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ Holmgren, Magnus. "Moving Pictures". Australian Rock Database. Passagen (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Where are they now? – Moving Pictures". Newsletter (107). Bmusic.com.au. 21 February 2004. Archived from the original on 23 July 2008. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  4. ↑ McFarlane, 'Mondo Rock' entry. Archived from the original on 14 June 2004. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  5. ↑ Holmgren, Magnus; Warnqvist, Stefan. "Mondo Rock". Australian Rock Database. Passagen (Magnus Holmgren). Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  6. ↑ Holmgren, Magnus. "Kirk Lorange". Australian Rock Database. Passagen (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 28 September 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  7. ↑ Badrick, Tim (18 January 2012). "The Ballad of K.B Remains the Country Fusion Benchmark for Kevin Bennett and the Flood". Lost Treasures Music Review. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  8. ↑ "'Ballad of KB' at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 8 August 2016. Note: User may have to click "Search again" and provide details at "Enter a title:" e.g. Ballad of KB; or at "Performer:" Flood
  9. 1 2 "Kevin Welch & the Flood – Live Down Here on Earth". Amazon.com. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  10. 1 2 Dawson, Dave (9 November 2003). "Dave's Diary – 9/11/03 – Kevin Welch & The Flood". Nu Country. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  11. ↑ Keath, Alice (3 May 2003). "Saturday 3rd May 2003 – The Live Set". ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  12. ↑ Golden Guitar Awards (2004), Winners 2004: Featuring the Finalsts from the Toyota CMAA Country Music Awards of Australia (Tamworth, January 24th 2004 ed.), EMI, retrieved 10 August 2016 – via National Library of Australia
  13. 1 2 Eliezer, Christie (26 October 2004). "The Flood". In Music & Media (428). Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  14. ↑ Arnold, John (2 October 2004). "Australian Independent CM Awards Finalists 2004". Mildura Country Music Festival. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  15. ↑ "Winners by Year 2006". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 12 December 2007. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  16. ↑ Cashmere, Tim (13 September 2006). "Nominees Announced for the 2006 ARIA Awards". Undercover. Paul Cashmere, Ros O'Gorman. Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  17. 1 2 "The ARIA Report" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 1 February 2016. pp. 2, 6–7, 13, 21–22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 February 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  18. ↑ "The ballad of K. B. [sound recording] / The Flood". Retrieved 8 August 2016 – via Trove (National Library of Australia).
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/7/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.