Sunny Waters' crystalline country-folk celebrates his soul-quenching
communion with nature and the yearnings of the human spirit. Like John Denver, Waters has a clean, shimmering tenor
that hangs as clear as a cloudless sky, with an honesty, warmth, and compassion that has similarly endeared him to his fans.
Growing up with four brothers in a house full of music, Waters realized early on that music would play a major role
in his life. Inspired by many of the great folk balladeers who used music as a conduit for the their humanitarian
ideals - Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Peter Yarrow, Gordon Lightfoot, Judy Collins, and Joan Baez -
Waters soon felt a growing passion to tap into music's uplifting power in a performance environment.
By the early '80s, his vocation as a singer-songwriter/performer was cemented, and he began covering artists like
The Eagles, Neil Diamond, and Elton John; and later, The Indigo Girls, Beth Nielson Chapman, Suzy Boggus,
and Clint Black. Waters played lead guitar and sang in bands for a few years before ultimately setting out on his
own. By the end of the '80s, he was a rambling troubadour, gigging at all types of venues and opening for Kris Kristofferson.
Waters has mingled his musical life with environmental and humanitarian activism, such as the plight of
the endangered Yellowstone "Grey Wolf", along with the American Heart Association, Make-a-Wish Foundation, the Kidney
Foundation, the Arthritis Foundation, and Sky Ranch for Boys. Over the last decade, Waters has played more than 2,500
shows throughout the U.S.
This Is Me is a six-track ep of Waters originals, recorded with Nashville's best hands - guitarist Chris Leuzinger,
keyboardist Tony Harrell, and former John Denver players Tom Roady on percussion and Peter Huttlinger on acoustic
guitar and mandolin. Waters' lyrics are rife with imagery - Mother Nature as muse, open cathedral, nurturer, and
spiritual guide. With nature as his witness, Waters sings of following one's heart, embracing the unknown, and the
sense of promise kept alive by the future. Realizing one's dreams doesn't come without a price, Waters also
acknowledges, but with wide-open skies above him, he seems willing to foot the bill.
