Owen Temple
Owen Temple | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1976 |
| Origin | Kerrville, Texas |
| Genres | Folk, country music |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica |
| Labels | El Paisano |
| Website | www.owentemple.com |
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]
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 and 2011, 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 on January 22, 2008 on El Paisano Records. A review in Allmusic noted "great lyrics full of insight and plainspoken poetry."[1]
A fifth studio album, Dollars and Dimes, was released 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]
A sixth studio album, Mountain Home, was released April 26, 2011, and the songs on the album focus on small Texas towns and the eccentrics inhabiting them.[5]
Stories They Tell, a seventh studio album, was released on September 24, 2013.[6]
An eighth studio album, Rings on a Tree, was released September 29, 2023, and its songs, many co-written with Walt Wilkins, Hal Ketchum, and others, comprise a concept album focused on 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, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |
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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