Reggae, SkaWud Records
Watershed: Capital City Hero (live)

Capital City Hero by Watershed, from Watershed Live at The Cooperage 24/12/1990.

Written by Al Shalliker.
Copyright © Al Shalliker 1990.

WATERSHED

Jo Atkins – vocals, percussion
Mark Flack – bass
Dave Gregory – Fender Rhodes, keys
Tony Gullis – drums, percussion
Al Shalliker – guitars, vocals
Steve Smallwood – sound

This is a bootleg recording of the fabulous Plymouth reggae ensemble known as Watershed. This mix may have come straight off the desk as they were inclined to roll that way. The low hum from the cassette machine is somewhat ghastly, but the band mask it when they are playing.

As this is from a live performance, we left some of the gribulage between songs so you could get a flavour of the band. You might even be able to remember where you were and what you were doing on the night in question. Al, the main songwriter and guitarist, and Jo on vocals and percussion, were both highly charismatic individuals and the band always seemed to have a great rapport with the crowd wherever they played.

These are the last five tracks that the band played that night. The rest of the show was on another 90-minute cassette which was sadly stolen many years ago by someone who also loved Watershed’s music, so we no longer have that in our archives. Songs on that cassette included Judgement Level, Back Page Rage, It’s Not Yours, Saddest Letter, Purple Town, Fashion Conscious, Living in the Gap, Crusin' in Contours, and some others.

A studio recording of Friendship and Life exists on Watershed's Life, Times and Dreams EP: wudrecords.co.uk/archives/wate...fe-times-dreams

See also:

wudrecords.co.uk/archives/watershed
wudrecords.co.uk/archives/wate...perage-24121990
alshalliker.com
youtube.com/watch?v=13DknmiCstM
youtube.com/watch?v=2slWp3l4WP4
myspace.com/watershedplymouth
bandmine.com/watershedplymouth
plymouthlivemusic.yolasite.com.../past-bands.php