Kevin Fowler
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Kevin Fowler is an American Texas Country
artist. He has released five studio albums, and has charted three singles on the Billboard
Hot Country Songs
charts, including the top 40 hit "Pound Sign (#?*!)". In addition, he wrote Sammy Kershaw
's 2003 single "Beer, Bait & Ammo", Mark Chesnutt
's 2004 single "The Lord Loves the Drinkin' Man" and Montgomery Gentry
's 2009 single "Long Line of Losers
".
He graduated in 1984 from Tascosa High School
in Amarillo.
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.
After gaining a good knowledge of the guitar, Fowler left L.A. for Austin, Texas
. He was a guitarist with the rock band Dangerous Toys
in the early 1990s, but left to form his own Southern hard-rock band, Thunderfoot. In 1998, he left rock music all together to form a new band that would concentrate instead on Texas country music. Fowler and his new band earned themselves a weekly gig at Babe's on Sixth Street in Austin. Two years later, with no recording contracts, 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.
Fowler signed with country singer Clint Black
's independent Equity Music
(a label distributed by Koch Entertainment
) and released two additional albums for that label until Equity ceased operations in December 2008. Montgomery Gentry
recorded a cover of Fowler's "Long Line of Losers
."
In January 2010, Fowler signed to Lyric Street Records
, releasing "Beer Season" that same month. His second single, "Pound Sign (#?*!)," followed in April. That same month, Lyric Street Records announced its closure, and Fowler was one of four artists to be transferred to parent company Disney Music Group. In May 2010, "Pound Sign" became Fowler's first Top 40 hit on the country music charts, peaking at #34.
Fowler also collaborated with country rap artist Colt Ford
on the song "Hip Hop in a Honky Tonk", on Ford's 2010 album Chicken & Biscuits
, in which he sings vocals on the song's chorus. In 2011, Fowler signed to Ford's label, Average Joe's Entertainment.
In early 2011, Fowler released the single "Girl in a Truck," which hit #1 on the Texas Music Chart released Feb. 21, 2011. The song was released regionally to radio stations in the Texas and Oklahoma areas.
In May 2011, Fowler announced the release of his next single "Hell Yeah, I Like Beer", as well as his new album to be released later in 2011.
Texas Country
Texas country music is a rapidly growing sub-genre of American country music. Texas country is known for fusing traditionalist root sounds with the outspoken, care-free views of outlaw country...
artist. He has released five studio albums, and has charted three singles on the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
charts, including the top 40 hit "Pound Sign (#?*!)". In addition, he wrote Sammy Kershaw
Sammy Kershaw
Samuel Paul "Sammy" Kershaw is an American country music artist. A third cousin of Cajun fiddler Doug Kershaw and ex-husband of Lorrie Morgan, he has been active in country music since 1991. He has released ten studio albums, with three RIAA platinum certifications and two gold certifications...
's 2003 single "Beer, Bait & Ammo", Mark Chesnutt
Mark Chesnutt
Mark Nelson Chesnutt is an American country music singer. Chesnutt recorded and released his first album, Doing My Country Thing, in the late-1980s on private independent record label, Axbar Records, with the vinyl album version now a collector's item...
's 2004 single "The Lord Loves the Drinkin' Man" and Montgomery Gentry
Montgomery Gentry
Montgomery Gentry is an American country music duo composed of vocalists Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry. The two began performing in the 1990s as part of a band which also included Eddie Montgomery's brother John Michael Montgomery, and founded the existing duo in 1999.Signed to Columbia Records,...
's 2009 single "Long Line of Losers
Long Line of Losers
"Long Line of Losers" is a song recorded by American country music duo Montgomery Gentry. It is the fourth single released from their sixth studio album, Back When I Knew It All. Kevin Fowler who co-wrote this song also recorded this song on his 2007 album Bring It On, also released his version as...
".
Biography
Fowler was 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 liking for rock music.He graduated in 1984 from Tascosa High School
Tascosa High School
Tascosa High School is a high school in Amarillo, Texas- Notable alumni :* Kevin Fowler, Class of 1984 - country musician*Paul Lockhart, Class of 1974 - former USAF test pilot and astronaut...
in Amarillo.
Long interested in making music, Fowler began piano
Piano
The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
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
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
, to attend the Guitar Institute of Technology. For the next year, he learned how to play the guitar and began writing songs.
After gaining a good knowledge of the guitar, Fowler left L.A. for Austin, Texas
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
. He was a guitarist with the rock band Dangerous Toys
Dangerous Toys
Dangerous Toys is an Austin, Texas-based hard rock band with often humorous lyrics. Founded in 1987, Dangerous Toys put out four full-length albums and one live album before unofficially disbanding at the turn of the millennium....
in the early 1990s, but left to form his own Southern hard-rock band, Thunderfoot. In 1998, he left rock music all together to form a new band that would concentrate instead on Texas country music. Fowler and his new band earned themselves a weekly gig at Babe's on Sixth Street in Austin. Two years later, with no recording contracts, 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
Mark Chesnutt
Mark Nelson Chesnutt is an American country music singer. Chesnutt recorded and released his first album, Doing My Country Thing, in the late-1980s on private independent record label, Axbar Records, with the vinyl album version now a collector's item...
began playing it in his live show, and Sammy Kershaw
Sammy Kershaw
Samuel Paul "Sammy" Kershaw is an American country music artist. A third cousin of Cajun fiddler Doug Kershaw and ex-husband of Lorrie Morgan, he has been active in country music since 1991. He has released ten studio albums, with three RIAA platinum certifications and two gold certifications...
recorded it for one of his own albums.
Fowler signed with country singer Clint Black
Clint Black
Clint Patrick Black is an American country music singer-songwriter, record producer, multi-instrumentalist and occasional actor. Signed to RCA Records in 1989, Black made his debut with his Killin' Time album, which produced four straight Number One singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country...
's independent Equity Music
Equity Music Group
Equity Music Group was an American country music record label founded in 2003 by singer Clint Black. The label was distributed by Koch Entertainment ....
(a label distributed by Koch Entertainment
Koch Entertainment
Koch Entertainment was a music, film and television distribution company. It was purchased by E1 Entertainment in 2005 and now operates under the name E1 Entertainment.-History:The company began in 1975 as Koch International...
) and released two additional albums for that label until Equity ceased operations in December 2008. Montgomery Gentry
Montgomery Gentry
Montgomery Gentry is an American country music duo composed of vocalists Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry. The two began performing in the 1990s as part of a band which also included Eddie Montgomery's brother John Michael Montgomery, and founded the existing duo in 1999.Signed to Columbia Records,...
recorded a cover of Fowler's "Long Line of Losers
Long Line of Losers
"Long Line of Losers" is a song recorded by American country music duo Montgomery Gentry. It is the fourth single released from their sixth studio album, Back When I Knew It All. Kevin Fowler who co-wrote this song also recorded this song on his 2007 album Bring It On, also released his version as...
."
In January 2010, Fowler signed to Lyric Street Records
Lyric Street Records
Lyric Street Records was an American record label specializing in country music. The label was part of the Disney Music Group, owned by the The Walt Disney Company. President Randy Goodman, formerly a general manager for RCA Records, founded the label in 1997...
, releasing "Beer Season" that same month. His second single, "Pound Sign (#?*!)," followed in April. That same month, Lyric Street Records announced its closure, and Fowler was one of four artists to be transferred to parent company Disney Music Group. In May 2010, "Pound Sign" became Fowler's first Top 40 hit on the country music charts, peaking at #34.
Fowler also collaborated with country rap artist Colt Ford
Colt Ford
Jason Farris Brown known professionally as Colt Ford, is an American country music artist and former professional golfer. He has released three albums via his own Average Joe's label, and has charted four singles on the Hot Country Songs charts...
on the song "Hip Hop in a Honky Tonk", on Ford's 2010 album Chicken & Biscuits
Chicken & Biscuits
-Album:-End of year charts:-Singles:...
, in which he sings vocals on the song's chorus. In 2011, Fowler signed to Ford's label, Average Joe's Entertainment.
In early 2011, Fowler released the single "Girl in a Truck," which hit #1 on the Texas Music Chart released Feb. 21, 2011. The song was released regionally to radio stations in the Texas and Oklahoma areas.
In May 2011, Fowler announced the release of his next single "Hell Yeah, I Like Beer", as well as his new album to be released later in 2011.
Studio albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |||||||
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| US Country |
US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
US Indie Independent Albums The Billboard Independent Albums is a chart of the highest-selling independent music albums and extended plays in the United States, compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is used to list artists who are not signed to major labels... |
US Heat Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical... |
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| One for the Road |
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| Beer, Bait and Ammo |
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| High on the Hog |
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| Loose, Loud & Crazy Loose, Loud & Crazy Loose, Loud, & Crazy is the third studio album of American country music singer Kevin Fowler, and his fourth album overall. It was his debut album for Equity Music Group, a label started by country music singer Clint Black. The album produced three singles: "Ain't Drinkin' Anymore", "Hard Man to... |
Equity Music Group Equity Music Group was an American country music record label founded in 2003 by singer Clint Black. The label was distributed by Koch Entertainment .... |
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| Bring It On Bring It On (Kevin Fowler album) Bring It On is the fourth studio album by American country music singer Kevin Fowler. It was released on September 25, 2007, on Equity Music Group. It is also his second and final album for Equity, due to the closure of the label in December 2008. Three singles were released from this album: "Long... |
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| Chippin' Away |
Average Joe's Entertainment Average Joe's Entertainment Group is an American record label specializing in country music. The label was founded in 2010 by country rap artist Colt Ford and Shannon Houchins... |
19 | 81 | 8 | — | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
Compilation albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country |
US Indie Independent Albums The Billboard Independent Albums is a chart of the highest-selling independent music albums and extended plays in the United States, compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is used to list artists who are not signed to major labels... |
US Heat Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical... |
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| Best Of… So Far |
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Live albums
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| Live at Billy Bob's Texas |
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Singles
| Year | Single | Peak positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Country Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales... |
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| 2004 | "Ain't Drinkin' Anymore" | 49 | Loose, Loud & Crazy |
| 2005 | "Hard Man to Love" | — | |
| "Don't Touch My Willie" | — | ||
| 2006 | "What I Wouldn't Give for Your Love" | — | Non-album song |
| 2007 | "Long Line of Losers Long Line of Losers "Long Line of Losers" is a song recorded by American country music duo Montgomery Gentry. It is the fourth single released from their sixth studio album, Back When I Knew It All. Kevin Fowler who co-wrote this song also recorded this song on his 2007 album Bring It On, also released his version as... " |
— | Bring It On |
| 2008 | "Best Mistake I Ever Made" | 47 | |
| "Cheaper to Keep Her" | — | ||
| 2010 | "Beer Season" | — | Best Of… So Far |
| "Pound Sign (#?*!)" | 34 | ||
| 2011 | "Girl in a Truck" | — | Chippin' Away |
| "Hell Yeah, I Like Beer" | — | ||
| "That Girl"A | 49 | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||
- A Current single.
Music videos
| Year | Video | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | "Hard Man to Love" | Traci Goudie |
| 2008 | "Best Mistake I Ever Made" | Roger Pistole |
| 2010 | "Pound Sign (#?*!)" | Kevin Fowler |
| "Hip Hop in a Honky Tonk" (with Colt Ford Colt Ford Jason Farris Brown known professionally as Colt Ford, is an American country music artist and former professional golfer. He has released three albums via his own Average Joe's label, and has charted four singles on the Hot Country Songs charts... ) |
Wes Edwards Wes Edwards Wes Edwards is a music video and commercial director. He has directed several Jason Aldean videos, as well as others.-Music videos directed:This is a list of music videos directed by Wes Edwards... |
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| 2011 | "Hell Yeah, I Like Beer" | Kevin Fowler |
| "That Girl" | Potsy Ponciroli |