This site covers information and pictures on the The McDowell
Family ...
The family tradition of country music started in 1949 with Porter
McDowell, included his son, David who started his own band, Sweet Water
Junction Band in 1979. Passing the music down to his children, In
1995 the family started traveling full
time, eight children, across this nation, the entire immediate McDowell Family, singing
their own brand of
Southern Gospel Music. After coming off the road and taking a rest...in
2002 they made preparations to go back to the band's/family's musical roots,
which were in country and southern music. As long as there is a demand, the Christmas
CD and gospel projects from those days can still be purchased / heard
right
here or you
can find them on
Amazon and also on
CD
Baby
(the gospel & Christmas projects) or
CD Baby
(for the country songs).
Residing in the border hills of the Carolinas, as of 2017, they have
retired other than to accept a few Festival bookings per year primarily in
the
Carolinas, Georgia and Florida. The official name of the group is Sweet Water
Junction Band ... a Family Tradition since 1949. This family band
consists of the two oldest girls
Reshana Marie and Tasha, a dynamic
duo of talent and beauty, along with David (the father), Shaun, Sheldon
and Chase McDowell along with son-in-law Tim McGatha. The
focus of
this band
is to "just be themselves" and do what they do best, which is their country fried
roots!
Their goal
is to deliver to you the best of their talents which God has so graciously
given to them. So really the main change from the old days is
just their variety in music with an assortment of Country and Southern
music for your enjoyment and booking only a few festivals per year. Please check back later as
they are
updating their family site to include many photo albums, a family tree,
and information and pictures covering the past years of their singing road
travels. They will also include general family information (and pictures)
on all the children, since they were babies!
Please visit their band site at
SWEET WATER JUNCTION BAND or
click on the The Sweet Water Junction Band Site, link on the left for more
information on bookings, music, pictures, and the history of the
Family Tradition of country music which started in 1949. Visit
their Facebook
FAN
PAGE
and
Facebook PEOPLE
PROFILE
and also
their
MY SPACE
become a friend and fan on these sites. As of July 2017, Reshana
Marie, still appearing with the family band a few times a year has also
started her own band called "Reshana Marie" Her Band has a good friend
on drums, Cody, her husband Tim, her father
Dave McDowell and her youngest brother, Chase McDowell. For more
information and her performance dates go to her
official website
Reshana Marie Band.
They
would also like to invite you read
Dave's Blogs
. Writings from his heart on
Spiritual subjects and Philosophy.
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