Kevin Fowler

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Kevin Fowler
Kevin Fowler at the Texas Parks and Wildlife Expo 2007 as spokesman for The Texas water safety campaign, Nobody's Waterproof.
Kevin Fowler at the Texas Parks and Wildlife Expo 2007 as spokesman for The Texas water safety campaign, Nobody's Waterproof.
Background information
Origin Amarillo, Texas, USA
Genre(s) Country
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter
Instrument(s) Vocals, rhythm guitar
Years active 2000-present
Label(s) Tin Roof
Equity
Super Loud
Associated acts Mark Chesnutt
Website http://www.kevinfowler.com

Kevin Fowler (born Amarillo, Texas) is an American country music singer. To date, he has released five studio albums, and has charted two singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts — "Ain't Drinkin' Anymore" (2004) and "Best Mistake I Ever Made" (2008). In addition, he wrote Mark Chesnutt's 2004 single "The Lord Loves the Drinkin' Man", a song which Fowler himself also recorded.

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[edit] Biography

Kevin Fowler was born in Amarillo, Texas, the younger of two children. His father introduced him to country music when he was a child, and as a teenager Fowler also developed a love for rock music.[1]

Long interested in making music, Fowler began piano lessons as a young child. When he was twenty, he realized that he wanted to seriously pursue a career in music and moved to Los Angeles, California, to attend the Guitar Institute of Technology. For the next year, he learned how to play the guitar and began writing songs.[1]

After gaining a good knowledge of the guitar, Fowler left L.A. for Austin, Texas, the self-proclaimed "Live Music Capital of the World." He played with the rock band Dangerous Toys for a time, and then formed his own Southern hard-rock band, Thunderfoot. In 1998, he left rock music to form a new band that would concentrate instead on Texas country. Fowler and his new band began regularly playing at Babe's on Sixth Street in Austin every Tuesday night. Two years later, despite not having a recording contract, Fowler recorded and released his own debut album, Beer, Bait, and Ammo. This album sold over 30,000 copies in Texas, with the title track receiving a great deal of airplay. This song was popular enough that Mark Chesnutt began playing it in his live show, and Sammy Kershaw recorded it for one of his own albums.[1]

Fowler has since signed with country singer Clint Black's independent label Equity Music Group (a label distributed by Koch Entertainment), and has released two additional albums. He lives in Austin.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Year Title US Country US 200
2000 Beer, Bait & Ammo
2002 High on the Hog 54
Live at Billy Bob's Texas
2004 Loose, Loud & Crazy 31 195
2007 Bring It On 14 111

[edit] Singles

Year Title US Country Album
2004 "Ain't Drinkin' Anymore" 49 Loose, Loud & Crazy
2005 "Hard Man to Love"A
"Don't Touch My Willie"A
2006 "What I Wouldn't Give for Your Love"A
2007 "Long Line of Losers"A Bring It On
2008 "Best Mistake I Ever Made"B 51
  • AFailed to chart.
  • BCurrent single.

[edit] Sources

  1. ^ a b c Birchmeier, Jason. Kevin Fowler Biography. All Music Guide. Retrieved on 2007-03-16.

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