Owen Temple
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Owen Temple (born September 4, 1976 in Kerrville, Texas) is a country music singer/songwriter. Temple began performing music while living in Dallas, Texas and he continued writing and performing songs in Austin, Texas where he attended the University of Texas at Austin. While performing in and around Austin, he met Cory Morrow, another singer/songwriter who encouraged him to contact legendary Texas producer and pedal steel guitar musician Lloyd Maines. Work with Maines led to 1997's General Store and 1999's Passing Through (both projects were produced by Maines). These recordings contain the Temple songs "Tennessee Highway," "Dry Creek," "Downtown," and "Can't Keep My Mind Off You," and both records also featured backing vocals of singer/songwriter Terri Hendrix. For the next several years, Temple toured throughout Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma building a following and honing his craft as a songwriter in the tradition of Guy Clark, Townes Van Zandt, and Steve Earle.
2002 saw the release the Phil Madeira-produced Right Here and Now, and the single "No Daring Is Fatal" from this project was a Top Ten single on the Texas Music Chart.[1]. Other tracks from the project such as "Little Sweet Loss" and "For Old Times' Sake" opened doors for Temple on Americana radio around the country. Right Here and Now also featured guest vocals from singer/songwriter Greg Trooper. Temple currently resides in Madison, Wisconsin and performs in the Midwest, Southeast, and Texas. A forthcoming live project and a new studio album are expected from Temple in 2007.
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[edit] Discography
- General Store (1997)
- Passing Through (1999)
- Right Here and Now (2002)
[edit] Other Facts
- The Dallas Morning News called Temple's Right Here and Now one of the five best independent Texas Music releases of 2002. [2]
- Temple's work has been included on several releases by one of the most important independent labels of the Red Dirt (music)/"Texas Music" genre, Compadre Records, a Houston, Texas label that is also the home of artists Billy Joe Shaver, James McMurtry, and Hayes Carll as well as to releases with works by Temple. Compadre Records released a series of recordings in the early 2000s that helped define the genre of Red Dirt/ Texas country music that showcased some of Owen Temple's songs. Texas Roadtrip (2001) featured Temple's "Driving Myself Crazy," and Texas Outlaws (2003) featured Temple's "Lost Highway."
- The BMG Music Group/Compendia released Temple's Texas Music Chart-topping hit "No Daring Is Fatal" on its offering of quintessential Red Dirt/Texas Music called Cow Hear This (2003).
- Country music singer/songwriter Cory Morrow put the Owen Temple co-written tune "She Don't Know Where She's Going" on his Double Exposure: Live (2003). Temple also contributes vocals to this recording.
- Country music singer/songwriter Jordan Mycoskie covered the Owen Temple tune "One Less Thing to Worry About" on 2002's Saltless Tears.
- Country music singer/songwriters Pat Green and Cory Morrow join Temple on the vocals of "Jaded Lover" on 1997's General Store.
- Temple's music has been cited by journalist and author Rick Koster in the definitive book on the genre titled Texas Music (2000). Temple was mentioned as a noteworthy young contributor to the genre of Red Dirt / Texas country music.[3]
- Temple's recordings have been cited by the Austin Chronicle and the Houston Press as an important contributions to the Red Dirt / Texas country music genre:
