KEVIN FOWLER-
BRING IT ON-
From pubs to arenas, from dance halls to county fairs, the name Kevin Fowler always means a full house and cheering crowds. With his new CD Bring It On, Kevin delivers 100% Texan country with style. And if there’s something different about Kevin, it’s that inside his pearl-buttoned Western shirt beats a heart of rock.
That’s no surprise to his myriad of fans who know every word of his honky-tonk anthems such as “Beer, Bait, and Ammo,” “The Lord Loves a Drinking Man” and “Loose, Loud and Crazy.” In Bring It On’s new single, “Long Line of Losers,” Kevin pokes fun at what he calls “that somebody in everyone’s family who annoys them, the relative who gets too drunk at the family reunion. It’s a way of laughing at yourself.”
Down-home humor and heartfelt sentiment are prominent themes in Kevin’s music, and as important as a good beat. A native of Amarillo who grew up listening to Johnny Cash and Merle Haggard, Kevin rounded out his musical education in Los Angeles attending the Guitar Institute of Technology, and then returned to Texas to join the award-winning hard rock band Dangerous Toys. He dabbled with his own Southern rock band, Thunderfoot, in the late ’90s before turning his full attention to his own vision of music.
Calling Kevin “country rock” sounds too tame. “Southern country” might be closer to the soul of his hybrid of Southern rock and country music. It’s the preferred music of a new generation of country fans. These savvy 20- and 30-somethings were raised on MTV as well as CMT. Their appreciation of country is evenly matched by a taste for rock ’n’ roll, and no one knows that better than Kevin.
“Our fans listen to us, to AC/DC and to Buckcherry,” says Kevin. “They want to hear what we want to play. They’re a very open-minded audience. We can mix it all together, and they like it. I have Merle and Metallica next to each other on my iPod.”
That open-minded, sophisticated sensibility of country’s new audience is important to Kevin and played a large part in assembling Bring It On. His live shows incorporate the usual trappings of a big rock ’n’ roll show with atmospheric smoke, bright colored lights and elaborate staging.
“I wanted this record to resemble and sound like the live show,” he says. “There are a lot of songs on Bring It On that I wouldn’t have cut before. They’re too rock, and I didn’t want to freak anyone out. But one thing I’ve learned about our fans is that they don’t want a traditional record out of me. I can throw some screaming guitar in and crank the drums up. I can be more adventurous.”
Adventurous, yes. Yet Kevin, whose songs often begin as “a sticky note on the dash of my truck as I’m driving around,” deeply understands the values held by country audiences. He may encourage the fans to “party like a rock star” on “Feels Good Don’t It,” but he gets “a jones for Jones, a hankering for Hank” on “I Pulled a Hank Last Night.”
Each new recording brings Kevin close to his heroes, and it was hard to equal a previous duet with Willie Nelson, but singing with George Jones on “Me and the Boys” did the trick. “We sent George the lyrics and in a week we were in Nashville cutting it,” he recalls with the grin of a little boy who’s just gotten the Christmas present he wanted.
For Kevin Fowler, the country rebel with a heart of rock, Bring It On is as good as it gets. “This CD is where we’ve been, where we’re going and where we are right now, a snapshot of us frozen in time.”
To add your picture with Kevin to the Fowler Fanatics photo album and slide show, send it to info@triple8mgmt.com
Hey Kevin I stood out in the rain waitin on u saturday night in norman oklahoma,and it rain u out but we got to hang out anyway and that was really neat, thanks hope u enjoyed your drink,and sorry u lost your money on the beer bait and ammo machine lol!! we will see u on saturday night at the wormydog.
DUDE I ME AND MY BUDDY LEO WENT TO SEE YOU IN MISSION,TX AND I WAS THE BEST SHOW I HAVE EVER BEEN TO!!!!!!!!! PLEASE COME BACK AND ROCK SOUTH TEXAS AGAIN SOON
KEVIN, THINKING OF YOU MY SWEET FRIEND AND SENDING MANY WISHES YOUR WAY FOR A VERY HAPPY JULY 4TH !!! I HOPE YOU ENJOY THE HOLIDAY AND THE BIG LONG HOLIDAY WEEKEND. MY HOPES ARE THAT YOU WILL NOT ONLY REMEMBER OUR TROOPS (PAST AND PRESENT) DURING THIS VERY SPECIAL HOLIDAY BUT ALSO SAY A SPECIAL PRAYER FOR THEM. I HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY WEEKEND AND I HOPE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO REST, RELAX, HAVE LOTS OF FUN, ENJOY YOURSELF AND BE ABLE TO SPEND GOOD QUALITY TIME WITH YOUR LOVED ONES, YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS. GOD BLESS YOU ALWAYS MY WONDERFUL FRIEND. PLEASE ENJOY YOURSELF BUT MOST OF ALL TAKE CARE AND BE SAFE !!!! LOVE & HUGGSSS & BLESSINGS ........ BONNIE
Have a safe and Happy 4th of July to you and your family! Can't wait to see you back in Abilene, I have a friend that is waiting to see you in concert, she has never seen your concerts so we gotta break her in! Love ya Kevin!
~ Hey Kevin, had a blast at the concert in Graham the 27th! Can't wait to do it again! Good friends....good music....and too much alcohol....makes for an out-n-the sticks great time!!!! O;) ~
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