Blue Water Highway is an Austin-based Americana/Folk Rock band known for their soulful harmony singing, thoughtful songwriting, and entertaining live performances.

 

Hailed by The Austin-American Statesman as “one of Austin’s best Americana acts,” they have been compared to artists such as The Eagles, Bruce Springsteen, The Band, and Counting Crows. A band with over a decade of national and international touring—from headlining shows to supporting Bob Seger, Reckless Kelly, Shane Smith and the Saints, Big Head Todd and the Monsters, Johnny Lang, and Turnpike Troubadours--they’ve made four full-length albums of original music as well.

 

Their third album, Paper Airplanes, was produced by Cason Cooley (NEEDTOBREATHE, Drew Holcomb, David Ramirez) and led to The Austin-American Statesman hailing them as “one of Austin’s best Americana acts.”

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The follow up is the self-produced album Year of the Dragon.  “Musically and lyrically, it’s a bunch of story songs told in the Southern Gothic vein,” says lead singer/songwriter, Zack Kibodeaux. “It’s an album about what happens when the dragon comes to town. We wanted to meld the classic Americana world of fast cars, rock and roll, chain gangs, cops, and Delta Blues with the fairytale world of knights, queens, dragons, and troubadours.”