Jackson Waters
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Jackson Waters is a Christian
Christian
A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...

 pop/rock band, featuring Nate Hufford on bass, David Leonard on vocals, keyboard/piano, Seth Talley on drums, and Toby Friesen on electric guitar. The band relocated from Siloam Springs, Arkansas
Siloam Springs, Arkansas
Siloam Springs is a city in Benton County, Arkansas, United States. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city was 13,990...

 to Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...

 in 2005 to pursue careers as full-time musicians. The band signed with Word Records, a subsidiary of Warner Bros., in 2005.

Jackson Waters released their first single, "Give Me Amazing Grace" on October 20, 2006. Debut album Come Undone was released nationally on February 27, 2007. Independent release Supply was released nationally on October 14, 2008.

The group has had two of their original songs featured on the CW network show One Tree Hill
One Tree Hill (TV series)
One Tree Hill is an American television drama created by Mark Schwahn, which premiered on September 23, 2003, on The WB Television Network. After its third season, The WB merged with UPN to form The CW Television Network, and, since September 27, 2006, the network has been the official broadcaster...

. "Center of Attention" was in a November 2005 episode and "Come Undone" was played in the season 5 premier on January 5, 2008.

On February 18, 2009, the band announced that it was "going to take a break indefinitely".

On March 26, 2009, lead singer David Leonard was announced as the newest (touring) member of NEEDTOBREATHE
Needtobreathe
Needtobreathe is an American rock band from Seneca, South Carolina. The band has charted on mainstream rock/pop charts, but have had their greatest number of singles on Christian music charts...

. He will join their live touring band on keys and backing vocals. In 2010, David went on to start the duo All Sons and Daughters (originally Sons and Daughters) with Leslie Jordan.

Tours

The group has played concerts with acts such as Dave Barnes
Dave Barnes
Dave Barnes is an American rock-R&B-contemporary Christian singer-songwriter from Nashville, Tennessee.-Early life:...

, Matt Wertz
Matt Wertz
Matt Wertz is a singer/songwriter. Originally from LaVale, MD he now calls Nashville, Tennessee, home. Wertz's interest in music started when he was young, but it was his interest in visual art that led him to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he graduated with a degree in...

, OneRepublic
OneRepublic
OneRepublic is an American pop rock band from Colorado Springs, Colorado. Formed in 2002 by Ryan Tedder and Zach Filkins, the band achieved massive success on MySpace, becoming the most prominent unsigned act on the website then...

, Ari Hest
Ari Hest
Ari Hest is an American singer-songwriter and a native of Riverdale in the Bronx borough of New York.-Early life:Ari took piano lessons as a child and later, as a teenager, taught himself to play his mother's nylon string guitar by ear with influences from both his parents' record collection and...

, The Afters
The Afters
The Afters are a Christian rock band founded by Joshua Havens and Matt Fuqua. Havens and Fuqua first worked together in a Starbucks coffee shop in Mesquite, Texas, where they played for customers, before deciding to form a band. They added Brad Wigg and Marc Dodd, who were also employed at the same...

, Rocco Deluca and the Burden
Rocco DeLuca and the Burden
The California-based Rocco DeLuca and the Burden was originally formed as a four-piece American indie rock band in late 2005. The band no longer plays together, though DeLuca remains a solo artist and sometimes plays with close friends in concert....

.

Albums

  • 2000 - Freshmen Orientation - Limited Edition Sampler CD also featuring Mark Roach, PureNRG, and Group 1 Crew
  • 2004 - All That I Know
    All That I Know
    All That I Know is an album by the band Jackson Waters.-Track listing:The track listing on the album liner does not match the actual track listing of the album.# "She Don't" – 3:19# "All That I Know" – 4:03...

  • 2006 - Center of Attention
    Center of Attention (album)
    Center of Attention is an EP by the band Jackson Waters.-Track listing:# "Give Me Amazing Grace" – 3:50# "Come Undone" – 4:00# "Center of Attention" – 4:41...

    - EP
  • 2007 - Come Undone
    Come Undone (album)
    -Track listing:# "Everything" – 3:22# "Give Me Amazing Grace" – 3:50# "Come Undone" – 3:59# "Jamie's Song" – 4:18...

  • 2008 - Supply - EP

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