When Barb Waters grew up in the high country at Myrtleford in north eastern Victoria she was destined to play country music. Her first stage was a stockyard on a railway siding in the town best known for cattle, sheep and crops such as tobacco, turnips and wheat. That was when she fronted 'The Water Babies' - an all girl micro-bopper band she set up in primary school.
There has, of course, been a torrent of water under the bridge since then for the singer who worked as a maths and media studies teacher after moving to Melbourne in 1985. Waters, has performed throughout Australia, Europe & the U.S. as an acclaimed solo artist with widespread praise for her skill on acoustic and electric guitar and slide. She is also a prolific songwriter and passionate singer.
Barb initially worked as a solo folk artist before playing guitar and singing in eighties bands diverse as 'The Broken Hearts' in 1985, Billy Baxter's 'Hollowmen' and latter day solo act Chris Wilson's 'Crown Of Thorns.' It was while with Crown Of Thorns that Waters had a chance to support one of her heroines - Louisiana born singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams. One Waters tune, ''The Great Divide'', was first performed by The Hollowmen before she released it as a single with her band The Rough Diamonds whom she formed in the winter of 1989.
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