Phil Cordell (17 July 1947 – 31 March 2007) was a British musician who released a number of records in the late 1960s and 1970s under several stage names, most notably as Springwater and Dan the Banjo Man.
After leaving school in 1963, Phil Cordell joined North London band Steve Douglas and the Challengers as a guitarist.
[1] Following this, Cordell formed a band called Tuesday's Children, and following a few single releases he left in 1967 to go solo.
Concurrent to this he released another single "Dan the Banjo Man" on another Motown spin-off Rare Earth Records.
This single was released under the moniker Dan the Banjo Man and although failed to chart in the UK, became a number one hit in Germany.