Kevin Bowe was born on February 27,1961 and is an American songwriter, record producer and musician from Minneapolis.
14 Facts About Kevin Bowe
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Kevin Bowe is best known for his work with prominent rock and blues artists including Paul Westerberg and the Replacements; writing songs for hit albums by Jonny Lang and Kenny Wayne Shepherd; as well as Etta James' Grammy-winning Let's Roll.
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Kevin Bowe has contributed to dozens of albums over his career, including several of his own as a bandleader; he has appeared on many film and television soundtracks including ESPN and The Sopranos.
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Kevin Bowe's career began when his Revelators song "Riverside" was covered by Kenny Wayne Shepherd on his platinum-selling album Ledbetter Heights leading to a songwriting contract with rock legends Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller in 1997.
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Kevin Bowe discovered blues guitarist Jonny Lang, then still a teenager, at a blues jam in Fargo, North Dakota.
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Kevin Bowe contributed songs for Lang's breakthrough hit albums Lie To Me in 1997 and the Grammy-nominated Wander This World in 1998.
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The next year, Kevin Bowe made his debut as a producer with another teenage blues guitarist, Shannon Curfman's Loud Guitars, Big Suspicions.
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Kevin Bowe co-wrote four songs on Etta James' 2003 Grammy-winning album Let's Roll, including "The Blues Is My Business," which was later covered by E Street Band guitarist Little Steven Van Zandt on his solo record Soulfire.
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Kevin Bowe has a longstanding friendship and working relationship with Replacements frontman Paul Westerberg, having begun as contemporaries starting out in the Minneapolis music scene.
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Kevin Bowe played guitar in Westerberg's solo touring band His Only Friends in the early 2000s, and joined the Replacements in 2012 to record the six-song EP Songs for Slim.
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Besides Westerberg, Kevin Bowe has frequently been a touring or live backing musician for Freedy Johnston and the Jayhawks' Gary Louris.
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Kevin Bowe has produced records by several notable Minneapolis bands, including indie-folk band Communist Daughter's 2016 album, The Cracks That Built the Wall, and punk group Suicide Commandos' comeback album Time Bomb.
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Kevin Bowe has released five albums with his roots-rock band the Okemah Prophets, most recently Every Part of the Buffalo.
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The couple began dating shortly after Kevin Bowe performed at the club around the time of its opening.