Owen Temple
Owen Temple | |
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| Born | 1976 |
| Origin | Kerrville, Texas, U.S. |
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| Labels | El Paisano |
| Website | owentemple |
Owen Temple (born September 4, 1976 in Kerrville, Texas) is an American folk and country music songwriter and musician based in Austin, Texas.
Career
[edit]His work with producer and pedal steel guitar musician Lloyd Maines led to 1997's General Store and 1999's Passing Through. In 2002, Right Here and Now was released, produced by Phil Madeira. In 2007 and 2011, Temple was a Kerrville Folk Festival New Folk Finalist, and he won the 2007 B. W. Stevenson Songwriting Competition.
Two Thousand Miles, a fourth album, was produced by Maines and released on January 22, 2008 on El Paisano Records. A review in AllMusic said it has "great lyrics full of insight and plainspoken poetry."[1] A fifth studio album, Dollars and Dimes, came out on 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 No. 1 record on the Euro Americana Chart.[3] In August 2009, the album was No. 5 on the Freeform American Roots chart.[4]
Mountain Home, a sixth album, was released on April 26, 2011, and the songs on the album are about small Texas towns and the eccentrics inhabiting them.[5] Stories They Tell, a seventh album, was released on September 24, 2013.[6] An eighth studio album, Rings on a Tree, was released on September 29, 2023 and its songs, many with co-writers including Walt Wilkins and Hal Ketchum, comprise a concept album about intergenerational interactions.[7][8]
A book on songwriting, co-authored with Gordy Quist, titled Songfarmer: Writing More and Better Songs was published on November 1, 2015.[9] Dreamer: A Tribute to Kent Finlay, was released in early 2016 on Austin-based Eight 30 Records, features Temple's version of Finlay's "Mines of Terlingua."[10]
Artist discography
[edit]- General Store (1997)
- Passing Through (1999)
- Right Here and Now (2002)
- Two Thousand Miles (2008)
- Dollars and Dimes (2009)
- Mountain Home (2011)
- Stories They Tell (2013)
- Rings on a Tree (2023)
Writer discography
[edit]| Year | Artist | Album | Details |
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| 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) |
| 2012 | The Trishas | High, Wide & Handsome | Co-writer (John Wayne Cowboy) |
| 2014 | Kelly Mickwee | You Used to Live Here | Co-writer (Beautiful Accidents) |
| 2014 | Adam Carroll | Let It Choose You | Co-writer (Good Behavior, Old Child Country Star) |
| 2015 | Jamie Lin Wilson | Holidays & Wedding Rings | Co-writer (Here Tonight) |
| 2015 | Walt Wilkins | A Good Ramble | Co-writer (Days) |
| 2015 | Cory Morrow | The Good Fight | Co-writer (Winning Hand, All I Need is You) |
| 2015 | Roger Creager | Gulf Coast Time | Writer (Wanna Wanna Bar) |
| 2016 | Walt Wilkins | Streetlight | Co-writer (Crows, Ask Her to Dance, The Painter By the Lake, Watch It Shine) |
| 2016 | Walt Wilkins and The Mystiqueros | Watch It Shine | Co-writer (Watch It Shine) |
| 2016 | Paul Cauthen | My Gospel | Co-writer (Be There Soon, My Gospel) |
| 2017 | Band of Heathens | Duende | Co-writer (Trouble Came Early, Cracking the Code) |
| 2017 | Lola & The Huntsmen | Don't Get Lonely | Co-writer (Don't Get Lonely, Reno) |
| 2018 | Courtney Patton | What It's Like to Fly Alone | Writer (Gold Standard) |
| 2021 | Charlie and the Regrets | Walking Away | Writer (One Day Closer to Rain) |
| 2021 | Walt Wilkins | Pedernales | Co-writer (My Friends, Christmas Whiskey, One True Beautiful Thing) |
| 2022 | Clay McClinton | Age Like Wine | Co-writer (Amber and Bones, Homegrown, Cities Made of Gold, Country Girl, It's Like Love, Waste of Time) |
| 2022 | Kelley Mickwee | Single | Co-writer (Gold Standard) |
| 2022 | Drew Kennedy | Marathon | Writer (Watch It Shine) |
| 2023 | B.R. Lively | People | Co-writer (Phantom Pain) |
| 2024 | Gretchen Peters | If It Weren't for You | Co-writer (Watch It Shine) |
| 2024 | Kelley Mickwee | Everything Beautiful | Co-writer (Force of Nature) |
| 2025 | Walt Wilkins & The Ramble | Through the Stars | Co-writer (Walk This World) |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Two Thousand Miles Allmusic, Poet, J.
- ^ [1] Archived 2009-07-11 at the Wayback Machine 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] Archived 2013-11-26 at the Wayback Machine for August 2009. Retrieved August 10, 2009.
- ^ [4] Caliguiri, Jim (May 13, 2011). "Texas Platters: Owen Temple - Mountain Home" Austin Chronicle.
- ^ "Owen Temple - Stories They Tell". Archived from the original on 2013-12-14. Retrieved 2013-09-03.
- ^ [5] Ricaldone, Remo (December 19, 2023). "Reviews: Owen Temple - Rings on a Tree" RootsHighway.
- ^ [6] Frater, Bill (September 28, 2023). "Americana Music Releases for Sept. 29th" Americana Boogie.
- ^ "Songfarmer: Writing More and Better Songs published by El Paisano Press". Retrieved December 28, 2022.
- ^ "Various Artists: Dreamer: A Tribute to Kent Finlay". AllMusic.
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