FRESHWATER

Freshwater was formed in late 1968 in Wellington with Murray Partridge (guitar/vocals), Darryl Jacobs (drums), Phil Jacobs (flute /vocals), George Limbidis (bass) and Milton Parker (guitar/vocals). Freshwater was predominately a blues band who very early in their life decided that Australia was the place to be. In May 1969 they landed in Australia; however, bassist George Limbidis didn't stay long being replaced by Bill Ryland and then Paul Reid. Keyboardist Peter Sheehan joined the group at the end of 1969 and by 1970 the line-up was as follows: Murray Partridge on guitar and vocals, Ian Johnson on vocals, Paul Reid on bass, Peter Sheehan on organ and vocals and Joe Vella on drums. Milton Parker had returned to New Zealand to join Farmyard.

Signed to the W&G label they issued their first single in August 1969 called ''Together, Till The End Of Time / It's In Your Power'' and followed it up with "Son Of A Loving Man / People Got To Live Together" in October. After these singles, Freshwater took a different approach and started to play a more progressive style of music along the lines of Cream, Traffic and Blood Sweat and Tears. In May 1970, the single "Satan / Satan's Woman" was released on the Caesars label. Sheehan and Partridge each wrote a side of the single. It was based around the Manson Family murder of actress Sharon Tate. Controversial as it was and with calls to have it banned, the single still did well and managed to chart at #24 on the local Sydney charts. Paul Reid left the band and was replaced by Peter Roberts.

At the end of 1970, Peter Roberts left the group to join the La De Da's as their bass player. This caused a bit of a problem in the group and they had to cancel a planned Queensland tour that was scheduled. At the start of 1971, Alison McCallum joined the band initially sharing lead vocals with Ian Johnson, but by September 1971 Johnson quit the band and she became the lead vocalist in the line-up of Partridge, McCallum, David Fookes on keyboards, Rod Coe on bass and Tony Bolton on drums. This line-up released one single in November 1971 called "I Ain't Got The Time" and it reached #19 on the Sydney charts. 

By the end of the year Freshwater had broken up. McCallum went solo and scored a big hit with a cover of Vanda and Young's "Superman" in 1972. Partridge went on to form Wolfe with Andrew Parata on guitar and vocals, Norm Roue on slide guitar, Bill Ryland on bass and Steve Webb on drums. This group was short-lived and by the end of 1972, Webb had joined Duck and Roue was with Band Of Light, while Partridge returned to New Zealand where he joined Living Force.

Members

Murray Partridge (guitar / vocals) Darryl Jacobs (drums) Phil Jacobs (flute / vocals), George Limbidis (bass) Milton Parker (guitar) Alison McCallum (vocals),David Fookes (keyboards), Rod Coe (bass) Tony Bolton (drums), Paul Reid (bass), Peter Roberts (bass), Bill Ryland (bass), Peter Sheehan (keyboards), Ian Johnson (vocals), Dallas McDermott (bass), Joe Vella (drums), Al Johns (guitar)

SINGLES 
''Together, Till The End Of Time / It's In Your Power'' 1969 W & G 
''Son Of A Lovin' Man / People Gotta Live Together'' 1969 W & G 
''Satan (#50) / Satan's Woman'' 1970 Caesar's International 
''I Ain't Got The Time (#30) / Hello Sunshine'' 1971 RCA 

References

http://www.sergent.com.au/music/freshwater.html

http://top100singles.blogspot.com.au/