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Owen Temple Born 1976 Origin Kerrville, Texas Genres Folk, Country Music Instruments Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica Labels El Paisano Website www.owentemple.com Owen Temple (born September 4, 1976 in Kerrville, Texas) is an American folk and country music songwriter and musician based in Austin, Texas.
Work with producer and pedal steel guitar musician Lloyd Maines led to 1997's General Store and 1999's Passing Through. The year 2002 saw the release of the Phil Madeira-produced Right Here and Now.
In 2007 and 2011, Temple was a Kerrville Folk Festival New Folk Finalist, and he was the winner of the 2007 B. W. Stevenson Songwriting Competition.
Two Thousand Miles, a fourth studio project, was produced by Maines and was released on January 22, 2008 on El Paisano Records. A review in Allmusic noted "great lyrics full of insight and plainspoken poetry."[1]
A fifth studio album, Dollars and Dimes, was released June 9, 2009. It is a concept album focused on different regions of North America during hard times.[2] In July 2009, the album was the #1 record on the Euro Americana Chart.[3] In August 2009, the album was #5 on the Freeform American Roots chart.[4]
A sixth studio album, Mountain Home, was released April 26, 2011, and the songs on the album focus on small Texas towns and the eccentrics inhabiting them.[5]
Contents
Artist Discography
- General Store (1997)
- Passing Through (1999)
- Right Here and Now (2002)
- Two Thousand Miles (2008)
- Dollars and Dimes (2009)
- Mountain Home (2011)
Writer Discography
Year Artist Album Details 2010 Cory Morrow Ramblin' Man Co-Writer (Ramblin' Man) 2011 Band of Heathens Top Hat Crown and the Clapmaster's Son Co-Writer (Medicine Man, Gris Gris Satchel) See also
External links
References
- ^ Two Thousand Miles Allmusic, Poet, J.
- ^ [1] Hoekstra, Dave (July 5, 2009). "Playing off North America's regions, travel album delivers concept richly". Chicago Sun-Times.
- ^ [2] for July 2009. Retrieved July 5, 2009.
- ^ [3] for August 2009. Retrieved August 10, 2009.
- ^ [4] Caliguiri, Jim (May 13, 2011). "Texas Platters: Owen Temple - Mountain Home" Austin Chronicle.
Related articles Categories:- Musicians from Texas
- American country musicians
- American country singers
- American male singers
- Songwriters from Texas
- American country singer-songwriters
- People from Austin, Texas
- 1976 births
- Living people
- Kerrville New Folk Competition finalists
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