The High Water Line debuts their first full length record with Introducing The High Water Line. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, The High Water Line built their sound playing hard-driving West Coast Bluegrass music in the northern California Bluegrass scene. The music on this record is a reflection of nearly two years worth of live performances, late night picking at Bluegrass festivals, and memorable practices at The Green Castle. This record was recorded and mixed with love (and a little scotch) by the mighty Jon Grier at Grierlandia.

Fiddle, Lead Vocals, Tenor Harmony, Baritone Harmony: Clare Armenante
Mandolin, Lead Vocals, Tenor Harmony, Baritone Harmony: Tj Carskadon
Guitar, Lead Vocals, Tenor Harmony, Baritone Harmony: Joel Cofield
Banjo, Lead Vocals, Baritone Harmony, Bass Harmony: Tyler Stegall
Electric Bass, Lead Vocals, Baritone Harmony: Jim Toggweiler


Art and Design: Jim Toggweiler and Tyler Stegall

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North Of Jackson

The High Water Line is a five piece bluegrass band of San Francisco Bay Area musicians, who have blended their diverse musical tastes and experiences to create a hard-driving West Coast bluegrass sound that is all their own.  

Hailing from upstate New York, picking on the banjo while singing lead and harmony vocals with his powerful baritone voice, is Tyler Stegall. On fiddle is Clare Armenante, a classically trained violin player and talented vocalist from the Garden State. Also from New Jersey, the man responsible for keeping the band in time and bringing his signature funk-fueled groove, is electric bass player and singer Jim Toggweiler. From Wisconsin comes mandolin player Tj Carskadon, whose vocals and driving backbeat help define The High Water Line’s energetic rhythmic feel. Finally, all the way from Monroe, Georgia is singer and guitarist Joel Cofield, who seamlessly blends blues with both traditional and modern bluegrass guitar styles. These five talented musicians came together in the spring of 2017, integrating their divergent backgrounds to create bluegrass music that is unique yet universally accessible, innovative yet rooted deeply in tradition, fresh but still familiar. It is this sound, unified by the harmony of their complementary musical skills, that electrifies audiences all throughout California – in tiny dive bars, upscale weddings, and from festival stages

The High Water Line

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