Waters and Chaney CD Release Party and Concert

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Celebrate the release of Waters &amp; Chaney's addition to Christian rock. Special guest: GRAMMY-nominated recording artist Robert Berry.

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We are really pleased that San Jose Open Bible Church is hosting our CD release party.<ul><li>Doors open at 6 o’clock</li><li>Light refreshments will be served</li><li>We will start playing at 7 o’clock introducing songs Waters &amp; Chaney's new CD, “Ready for a Change”</li><li>The party will be photographed and a video will be made for promotional purposes.</li></ul>Introducing Waters &amp; ChaneyAs accomplished musicians from different generations, they are growing a new branch of the faith-based musical tree. Their dual perspectives have spawned joyful, singular, spirit-focused hard-charging melodies and lyrics. Roy Chaney anchored 1960’s garage band legends <a href="https://sanjoserocks.org/rockers/count-v/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Count Five</a> and their top 10 hit, “Psychotic Reaction.” Larry Waters began performing with 1990’s Bay Area rock bands. Life-changing events brought both men to the same San Jose church, San Jose Open Bible Church, and inspired their CD as they pursued a niche outside the traditional evangelical “praise” genre. One listen proves they succeeded.The world of Christian rock has never seen anything quite like Waters &amp; Chaney. As accomplished musicians from different generations, they are growing a new branch of the faith-based musical tree. Their dual perspectives have spawned hard-charging melodies with lyrics that broadcast the twosome’s intent: Giving listeners a different way to sing along and celebrate.<a href="https://waterschaney.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Visit WatersChaney.com</a>

More About Larry Waters &amp; Roy Chaney &amp; "Ready for a Change"Dissimilar credentials, as it turns out, can be a strength.Roy Chaney was the bass guitar anchor of 1960’s garage band legends Count Five and co-composed their top 10 hit, “Psychotic Reaction.” Twenty-five years later, a teenaged Larry Waters grew up listening to more Metallica than Hendrix before performing with multiple Bay Area rock bands. Those varying influences add depth and energy to their sound.Because, as Waters and Chaney discovered from the first time they began playing together, guitars and microphones have no idea how old anyone is.“Generations don’t matter,” Chaney says. “Once we strap on those guitars, we’re bandmates, playing the same songs.”Those songs are riveting, stirring, inspirational and jubilant. Their album, “Ready for a Change,” came together at Soundtek Studios, the domain of Robert Berry, the been-there-done-it-all South Bay musician and producer who has worked with some of the world’s top rock/pop performers.In early 2021, Chaney kick-started the “Ready for a Change” recording project when he phoned Berry to tout a new instrumental friend, Waters. Chaney told Berry that Waters’ song compositions were not just good, but very good. Berry was initially skeptical.“How many times have I heard that?” Berry says. “But Roy told me, ’I really believe in this guy.' I have known Roy a long time. I trusted him. And a couple of songs into the process, I knew it could be special. Right away, I knew they had something. It was the real thing.”The Waters and Chaney partnership took hold when life-changing events brought both men to the same San Jose church. For Chaney, it was the tragic death of a son. For Waters, it was the birth of a daughter. When the two met in the musical congregation at San Jose’s Open Bible Church, it seemed like fate.Waters brought some of his compositions to the church ensemble. Chaney became an instant fan. He invited Waters over to play in the “jam shed” Chaney had built behind his house. They clicked. Waters knew nothing of Chaney’s background but saw Count Five posters and memorabilia on the “jam shed” wall.“I’m looking at all this stuff and saying, ‘Who are you?” ‘’ Waters remembers.When Chaney explained that the Count Five had performed on “American Bandstand” and that “Psychotic Reaction” had been honored by the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame, Waters developed his own fandom.“I told Roy, ‘I’m glad that I discovered you,’” Waters jokes.Waters (on guitar) and Chaney (on bass) quickly learned to mesh their talents at a regular weekend acoustic gig in the courtyard of a local winery. On weeknights, they perfected Waters’ new material that focused on upbeat Christian themes. They subsequently introduced those songs during a worship service at the church. Pastor Duane Sayre was beyond impressed.“He came up after we finished playing and said, ‘I feel like I don’t even need to preach right now,’ ‘’ Waters says.The “Ready for a Change” album sessions were off and running, with Berry contributing drums and keyboards to Waters and Chaney’s guitar strings. The full-bodied sound fit Waters’ compositions, which knowingly spin off at varied angles to more traditional Christian rock with lyrics that are non-repetitive and non-traditional yet grounded solidly in his faith.“Some of it, if you don’t know the Bible, you’re not going to get it,” Waters says. “But it’s not about isolating the believers as the only ones who can listen and enjoy it. I think anyone can. I hope our audience is a big one.”It’s hard to believe that a wider audience won’t embrace Waters’ incisive songs. One was inspired by a homeless man that Waters continuously encountered outside his neighborhood convenience store – until one day when the man wasn’t there.“How do you write a song that doesn’t preach but still tells an important story?” Berry marvels. “That’s what Larry does.”Chaney, meanwhile, provides the savvy and experience of someone who has been performing for five decades. He was surprisingly pleased to find that his seasoned vocal cords harmonized well with Waters.“His voice is higher than mine,” Chaney says, “so my deeper voice meshes with it, even if I’m just kind of talk-singing. It just matches his harmony.”Now, with the release of “Ready for a Change,” the harmony of Waters and Chaney is ready to captivate both old and young fans of Christian rock--and of the rock genre in general.Waters and Chaney have created music from two generations, for all generations. Their mission statement could not be full of more belief and conviction.

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