Owen Temple

Since his 1997 debut, General Store, Owen Temple has been building fans, wowing critics and winning accolades at a heady pace. His 2002 release, Right Here and Now sold nearly 20,000 copies. He's also been a New Folk Finalist at the world-renowned Kerrville Folk Festival.

Disillusioned with the music business after his distributor went bust, losing his royalties off Right Here And Now, Temple went back to getting an education. However, the pull of writing and performing was too much and he again teamed up with veteran producer Lloyd Maines and some of the finest musicians in Texas for what was to become his 2007 release Two Thousand Miles.

At home in the gritty realism that harkens back to his songwriting heroes like Steve Earle and Joe Ely, rough and ragged characters on the edge sit comfortably alongside heartfelt ruminations on love, and with roll-down-the-windows driving, country anthems.

Owen Temple

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