Owen Temple
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| Owen Temple | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | 1976 |
| Origin | Kerrville, Texas |
| Genre(s) | Folk, Country Music |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica |
| Label(s) | El Paisano |
| Website | www.owentemple.com |
Owen Temple (born September 4, 1976 in Kerrville, Texas) is an American songwriter and musician currently 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, 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 nationally on January 22, 2008 on El Paisano Records. The recording features David Grissom on guitar, Asleep at the Wheel's David Sanger on drums, and Glenn Fukunaga on bass.
A review in No Depression stated that "his songs, even the rowdy ones, barrel straight through the roadhouse on the way to better, safer places, like the center of a woman`s heart. He has a curl of Townes Van Zandt`s spoken-word style of singing, which lifts the sincerity and power of his lyrics."[1] A review in All Music Guide said that Temple "crafts sprightly melodies and marries them to great lyrics full of insight and plainspoken poetry."[2]
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[edit] Discography
- General Store (1997)
- Passing Through (1999)
- Right Here and Now (2002)
- Two Thousand Miles (2008)
[edit] Other Facts
- Two Thousand Miles was #11 on the Freeform American Roots Music Chart in January 2008[3], #18 on the Euro Americana Chart for February 2008[4], and #18 on the Roots Music Report - Roots Country Chart in February 2008.[5]
- The Dallas Morning News called Temple's Right Here and Now one of the five best independent releases from Texas artists in 2002.[6]
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Official Website
- Entry on All Music Guide
- Two Thousand Miles on All Music Guide
- Owen Temple Myspace Page
[edit] Notes
- ^ Moore, Andy (January/February 2008). "Owen Temple - Two Thousand Miles". No Depression, p. 65.
- ^ Poet, J. (2008).
- ^ Freeform American Roots (FAR) Chart for January 2008. Retrieved February 5, 2008.
- ^ Euro Americana Chart for February 2008. Retrieved February 5, 2008.
- ^ Roots Music Report - Roots Country Chart for February 29, 2008. Retrieved March 6, 2008.
- ^ "Bumper Crop: A who's who that's shaped Texas country," Dallas Morning News, 12/26/2002
