The Blackwater Fever
The Blackwater Fever are an Australian blues guitar-drums band, formed in B… Read Full Bio ↴The Blackwater Fever are an Australian blues guitar-drums band, formed in Brisbane, Queensland in 2005. They were awarded Best Blues & Roots Act at the 2006 Sunshine Coast Music Festival. They issued their debut five-track extended play, Abused Blues, in January 2006 by the founding duo of Shane Hicks on vocals and guitar; and Rick DeMarco on drums.[1] The tracks had been recorded live-in-the-studio at OPM Studios, Brisbane. Hicks and DeMarco co-wrote "Blackwater", which provided the band's name, Hicks later recalled "[we were] brain storming for a band name we were having a hell of a time trying to come up with something. One of the first guitar/drums songs we wrote together was called ‘Blackwater’ and it’s about people catching a fever from drinking tainted water. Put all that together and you have our band name! We found out later that it was a term for severe malaria…. And because we were going for a dark swampy bluesy sound, we thought…. Perfect!"
By 2008 The Blackwater Fever had gained national radio exposure from youth radio station Triple J, on the Home & Hosed (October) and Roots 'n' All (November) segments,and from that station's Unearthed competition for new unsigned bands. In November 2008 they released their debut studio album, Sweet Misery, where DeMarco had been replaced by Andrew Walter on drums.

By late 2010 the line-up was a trio with Hicks and Walter joined by Jed A. Walters on bass guitar and keyboards. However their second album, In Stereo (June 2011), had been recorded before Walters had joined, "[Jed] didn't contribute to this album but he'll definitely be making a big contribution to the next one." Their third album, The Depths, appeared in March 2013 Luke Saunders of Reverb Street Press compared it with the previous two albums "[its] another intriguing step forward following the solid foundations the band laid on their dark and gritty debut, Sweet Misery (2009) and its more refined, equally accomplished follow-up, In Stereo (2011).
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The Blackwater Fever Lyrics


Alive And Die On the day I was born, I crawled my way…
All Night Long I was so lonesome Till you came along With the curtains draw…
Angler Over the fortress wall Head down the darkest hole Travel the…
Back for You When I'm gone, dead and gone When I'm through, I'm coming…
Back Roads Riding the back roads, twelve hounds on my trail Closing in…
Bat Outta Hell He had a mean six shooter short temper like you've…
Better Off Dead oh baby if you need me now well honey you're much…
Blackwater Mummer was a killer, stone cold She killed my dying daddy…
Burn Baby Burn She comes and lights my flame When I was restless in…
Can't Help Yourself The needle falls hammer in your hand soon time and space won…
Chains My girl, I could never stray. These chains of love,…
Crawlin' Skin Late out and I'm lightin' the road And I got a…
Darkest of Dark You know it's hard to say Exactly what you do to…


Devour Hard times, hard times since my baby's gone lonely nights, …
Don't Fuck With Joe He’s run this town since time begun Like a barrel to…
Don't Run I draw you in to the ether alone and all…
End of Time A burning halo, beneath the sea Man I’m gonna hide, if…
Everything Always Satan trade my soul Sex, drugs, alcohol I can't get my fill …
Hard Time Walking Blues Out the door I couldn't take it no longer I wanted…
Heard It's True I heard it's true He tore your heart out baby blue So…
Heavy Hand Oh darling look. What have you done? You awoke from a…
How Far Would You Go? Got a little message tonight, carved into a bone Got a…
If You Only Knew I drag my weary legs To the edge of town Pass through…
In Stereo She said, you don't know me… Honey She ain't never been…
Intro oh heavenly nightly, cries in serenade so tenderly lightly, …
Love Bomb I could see you from the avenue Across the air a…
Love Has Gone Astray I'm on a lonesome highway I'm on the road that takes…
Love Is Strange Love Where have you gone? 'Cause I can't feel you in my…
Lovesick Baby i′m earning, can i come over This ravenous feeling, tak…
My Weakness I woke from a dream I heard angels calling me over To…
Night Into Day Oh by the light of the moon I slept for a…
No Harm I've been rambling for the longest time And never seen the…
Now She's Gone I’ve been up all night, walkin’ city streets Wonderin’ what …
Ode To Ol' John Doe The river is wide When the tide is high Harboring you Innoce…
On My Mind I’ve been dreaming over and over, on my mind I need…
Peggy Sue I've been driving all night baby Just to get to you…
Set My Mind I got it so bad. think i lost my head Sold…
Shot Thru Baby's wearing her halo Sweet little angel Spending all my m…
Sixty Three Breaking my back For five days a week And I was, treated…
Slave Heavy load Tryin' to bring me down Like the devil With her…
Sophia's Waltz She can see the sun bring on the dawn Still no…
Sweet Misery the moon hanging overhead and the vine directing me to you …
Taking Its Toll i got a woman, prettiest thing round but now i keep…
Tell Me Now Every time I try to hold you You break my arms…
The Boogie Woogie I could creep into your mind If you would welcome me…
The Highway Out on the highway A killer broods in everyone The world in…
The Hit He shone the light along a midnight run, to look…
The Hurt I can't hold back The hurt Momma, my baby Oh the hurt That a…
The Slew I was a man, who's name, has escaped me Caught in…
Undone The wound is open it's starting to bleed City of rust…
When The Night Comes The sun is falling like a burning zeppelin tall buildings …