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I saw Sweetwater at the first Atlanta Pop Festival, not long after Woodstock, and immediately loved the group's sound. :) Wilipedia explains:
The band was highly versatile as it possessed musicians who played a wide variety of exotic instruments including congas, percussion, and bongos.[5] The congas, in particular, were peculiar to the group at the time as other bands, most notably Santana, had not yet come to prominence with their incorporation of the instrument in rock music. Another interesting aspect regarding recordings, was the total lack of electric guitar, an instrument Sweetwater disregarded the use of, even in live performances. Arrangements of the instrumentals were conducted by Alex del Zoppo and Frank Herrera, and, in all aspects, the two utililized the capabilities of their bandmates as they were involved in the process of each track. For that reason, there was complexity in all aspects of their compositions, from the hallucinogenic tunes such as "My Crystal Spider", and more traditional arrangements like their rendition of the Negro spiritual, "Motherless Child".[6] Nansi Nevins was the lead vocalist on all tracks; however, Sweetwater is the only album that the singer was involved in throughout the whole process. This was a consequense of an automobile accident in which Nevins suffered severe injuries to her brain and vocal cords.
From their 1968 self-titled debut album, here are Sweetwater with "Motherless Child", the album's opening track.
