The Black Watch (band)

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The Black Watch
Origin Santa Barbara, California, USA
Genre(s) pop/rock
Years active 1987—
Label(s) Stonegarden Records
Website theblackwatchmusic.com
Members
John Andrew Fredrick, Tim Boland, Scott R. Taylor
Former members
J'Anna Jacoby, Roger Butchers, Randy Leasure, Darin Danford, Gary Sullivan, Rick Woodard, Steven Schayer

The Black Watch is an independent rock band from Santa Barbara, California whose only constant member has been singer, guitarist, and primary songwriter, John Andrew Fredrick. Through their twenty years in the recording industry, the group has affiliated with at least eight different record labels.

Fredrick formed the band in 1987 after earning his Ph.D. in English from UC Santa Barbara. After recording St. Valentine and releasing it on eskimo, Fredrick's own label, violinist J'Anna Jacoby joined the group and the two of them formed the nucleus of the band until she left the group in 2003.

The Black Watch has recorded and toured consistently throughout its history except for a brief period in the 1997 when the band broke up. During this hiatus, Fredrick wrote The King of Good Intentions, a semi-autobiographical novel about an indie rock band. The band recorded a CD of the same title intended as a companion piece to the novel.

[edit] Discography

  • St. Valentine (1988)
  • Short Stories (EP, 1989)
  • Flowering (1991)
  • Amphetamines (1994)
  • Seven Rollercoasters (EP, 1997)
  • The King of Good Intentions (1999)
  • Lime Green Girl (2000)
  • The Christopher Smart EP (2001)
  • Jiggery-Pokery (2002)
  • Very Mary Beth (2003)
  • The Hypnotizing Sea (2005)
  • The Innercity Garden EP (2005)
  • Tatterdemalion (2006)
  • Icing the Snow Queen (2008)

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