Freakwater

Freakwater
Catherine Irwin and Janet Bean in 2006 Catherine Irwin and Janet Bean in 2006
Background information
Origin	Louisville, Kentucky U.S.
Genres	Alternative country
Years active	1989–present
Labels	Ameoba Thrill Jockey Bloodshot Records
Associated acts	Eleventh Dream Day Stump The Host
Website	freakwater.net
Members	Catherine Irwin Janet Beveridge Bean Dave Gay
Past members	John Alexander Spiegel Dan Scanlon Peter Searcy Wink O'Bannon James Bond Matthew O'Bannon John Alexander Spiegel John Rice Brian Dunn Lisa Marsicek Bob Egan Max Konrad Johnston Joel Batty Brendan Burke John Nickels

Freakwater is an American alternative country band from Louisville, Kentucky, with one co-founding member living in Chicago.

History

Thrill Jockey

In 1989, Janet Beveridge Bean (of rock band Eleventh Dream Day) and Catherine Irwin founded the band, and they have been supported by several musicians since then, including members of Califone (2005 Thinking of You tour). Bassist David Wayne Gay, formerly of Stump The Host, is another long-time member of the band. They release their records on Chicago's Thrill Jockey label.

Bloodshot Records

In February 2016, Freakwater will release the record, Scheherazade, on Bloodshot Records. In advance of the full-length record—the duo's first record since 2005—Freakwater released a single called "The Asp And The Albatross."

Collaborations

• The band makes an appearance in the 1994 cult road movie Half-cocked.

Discography

Albums

• Freakwater (Amoeba Records, 1989)
• Dancing Underwater (Thrill Jockey, reissued 1997)
• Feels Like the Third Time (Thrill Jockey, 1994)
• Old Paint (Thrill Jockey, 1995, reissued 2003)
• Springtime LP/CD Thrill Jockey, 1998
• Endtime LP/CD Thrill Jockey, 1999
• Thinking of You... (Thrill Jockey, 2005)

Singles

• "Your Goddamned Mouth" / "War Pigs" (1 1/4 York Records, 1991)
• "My Old Drunk Friend" / "Kentucky" (Thrill Jockey, 1994)
• "South of Cincinnati" / "Cut Me Out" (Thrill Jockey, 1995)
• "Hellbound" / "Lorraine" (Thrill Jockey, 1999)

Compilations

• Keep On The Sunny Side: A Tribute to the Carter Family (Amoeba Records, 1993)
• Alt.Country Exposed Roots (K-Tel Records, 1999)

Catherine Irwin solo

• Cut Yourself A Switch (Thrill Jockey, 2003)
• Little Heater (Thrill Jockey, 2012)

Janet Bean solo

• Dragging Wonder Lake (Thrill Jockey, 2004)

External links

• Freakwater
• Freakwater at Bloodshot Records
• Freakwater at Thrill Jockey
• Freakwater history
• Freakwater discography at Discogs