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Scottish Sunshine
Hi from a very sunny Edinburgh.
Just waiting on the master copy of my new album to arrive. Then it's time to start looking for a home for it.
Had a cool little gig in Peebles in the Scottish Borders last Saturday at the Eastgate Theatre. I did the show with Kev McGuire on bass. First gig Kev and I have done in ages. Great to be playing live with Kev again.
Currently reading the debut novel from Willy Vlautin called The Motel Life. He's the singer/songwriter with the excellent band Richmond Fontaine. I'm really enjoying it. It's taken me back to revisit their albums. Great band.
The new Calexico record is also on rather a lot at the moment. Love their music.
I'm just getting into the Myspace thang. I now have some songs from My Town up on www.myspace.com/deanowenspace
Check it out. Strangers Again is up there. It's being released as a single next month on Vertical Records. I will put a couple of songs from the new record up there very soon.
That's all for now. I'm off to enjoy the very rare Scottish sunshine!
Cheers.
Dean.
Posted at 05:06PM Feb 12, 2008 by Dean Owens in General |
Hi from Twangtown
Hi there from stormy Tennessee. Tornadoes all around.
Out here in Nashville making my new record. All going fantastic. The band sounds great. Will Kimbrough on guitar, Kev McGuire and Robert Reynolds doing bass, Paul Deakin on drums and Jen Gunderman on keyboards and accordion. We finished cutting the final band tracks today. We've got 14 in the can and start the overdubs tomorrow. It's sounding quite different from My Town. Will Kimbrough has been amazing. The whole team have just blown me away. Al Perkins is coming out to the studio in a couple of days to play some pedal steel.
The studio is just outside Nashville in a little place called Murfreesboro and we're recording on vintage analog equipment with Elijah Shaw and Brian Carter at the desk.
Looking forward to getting it all finished in the next couple of weeks.
I'll keep you posted.
Cheers.
Dean
Posted at 05:05PM Feb 12, 2008 by Dean Owens in General |
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"Dean Owens is a genuine one-off... His words are direct, unswerving and deeply personal; his lyrical clarity refreshing. Narratives are both deeply autobiographical and evocative third person - all of which work equally well... Owens has moved beyond the formula of Americana and into the wide world, which is often joyful, sometimes sad, but rarely dull. A triumph.” – Mark Robertson, List Magazine
"Dean Owens is perhaps the most engaging singer-songwriter in Scotland today.” – Irvine Welsh, NY Times
"In my sexy opinion young Dean is the Johnny Cash of Scotland so we should treat him with respect. Normal Johnny was quite hard. Imagine if he had been from Scotland, he'd've been a menace. For gods sake buy this record before he re-offends” – Russell Brand (BBC Radio 2)
"Dean Owens has soul” – Eddi Reader
"Dean's music is full of soul and tells stories that need telling, sung in a voice that keeps drawing you back in” – Will Kimbrough
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