Kevin Fowler
Country-pop may have ruled the charts, but Kevin Fowler established himself impressively throughout Texas by making modest honky tonk-style country for regular folks. Raised in the West Texas town of Amarillo, the guitarist began his musical career on both drums and piano. He left Texas at age 20 for the bright lights of Los Angeles, where he studied music at the Guitar Institute of Technology. He returned to Texas soon after and settled in Austin, where he joined the hard rock band Dangerous Toys. Following this eye-opening stint, Fowler started his own Southern hard rock band, Thunderfoot. He soon came to the realization, however, that he couldn't shake his West Texas roots and gave up hard rock for country, the style of music he grew up with.
Fowler put together a country band in 1998 and began playing Tuesday nights at Babe's on Sixth Street in Austin. Within two years, he'd begun recording albums and struck it big with his self-released Beer, Bait and Ammo (2000). The album sold around 30,000 copies in the Texas area and garnered an impressive amount of airplay, particularly for the album's title track. The song became something of a Texas anthem; Mark Chesnutt made the song part of his live show, and Sammy Kershaw recorded it. Fowler returned in 2002 with his third album, High on the Hog, and boasted some impressive guests, including Willie Nelson and David Lee Garza.
Fowler steadily built up an audience throughout the 2000s through concerts and a pair of albums for Equity, 2004's Loose, Loud & Crazy and Bring It On. By 2010, Fowler's profile had increased enough to attract major-label attention -- Lyric Street signed him in January but the label folded shortly afterward, with Fowler's contract transferring to Disney -- and he wound up with two solid hit singles later that year in "Beer Season" and "Pound Sign (#?*!)." Both singles were featured on Best Of...So Far, which appeared at the end of the year. In 2011, Fowler released his sixth studio album, Chippin' Away, featuring four singles, including "Hell Yeah, I Like Beer" and "That Girl," the latter of which was the most successful, reaching 45 on the Billboard country charts. Preceded by the singles "How Country Are Ya?" and "Love Song," Fowler's seventh album, How Country Are Ya?, was released in March of 2014. How Country Are Ya? became Fowler's first album to reach the Top 10 in Billboard's Country Albums chart. Two years later, he returned with Coming to a Honky Tonk Near You, which was teased by the tongue-in-cheek single "Sellout Song."
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Discography
20 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Barstool Stories
Country - Released by Kevin Fowler Records on 23 Aug 2019
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Best of... so Far
Country - Released by Kevin Fowler Records on 6 Dec 2010
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Loose, Loud & Crazy
Country - Released by Equity Music Group on 2 Dec 2014
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How Country Are Ya?
Country - Released by Kevin Fowler Records on 30 Nov 2013
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Bring It On
Country - Released by Equity Music Group on 25 Sep 2007
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He Ain't No Cowboy
Country - Released by Kevin Fowler Records on 30 Sep 2016
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Coming to a Honky Tonk Near You
Country - Released by Kevin Fowler Records on 21 Oct 2016
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Coming to a Honky Tonk Near You
Country - Released by Kevin Fowler Records on 21 Oct 2016
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Beach Please
Country - Released by Kevin Fowler Records on 22 Jun 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
How Country Are Ya?
Country - Released by Kevin Fowler Records on 30 Nov 2013
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Texas Forever
Country - Released by Kevin Fowler Records on 9 Sep 2016
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Live at Billy Bob's Texas
Country - Released by Smith Music Group on 5 Nov 2002
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Southbound 35
Country - Released by Greenhouse Music on 30 Mar 2018
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All I Want for Christmas Is My Baby
Christmas Music - Released by Kevin Fowler Records on 6 Dec 2022
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How Country Are Ya?
Country - Released by Kevin Fowler Records on 24 Sep 2013
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Country Song to Sing
Country - Released by Kevin Fowler Records on 23 Jan 2019
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Love Song
Country - Released by Kevin Fowler Records on 21 Jan 2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Breakin' in a Broken Heart
Country - Released by Kevin Fowler Records on 16 Aug 2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo