Owen Temple is known as a skilled songwriter and musician. He’s also
a visual artist: “Over the last year, I've been keeping a resolution to sketch and paint with watercolors more. So far, I have been mainly focusing on music venues, but I've been branching out to try to do justice to a few musicians, interesting buildings, and landscapes.”
Until September 15, Owen will let people who subscribe to his newsletter
pick up one of his watercolors just for the cost of shipping!
Check out the art, tour dates and videos at www.owentemple.com
Ray Benson is a producer, an historian, outstanding musician, and just plain fun. He’s always interested in unexpected things. Yes, this is about music because Ray has a new album coming out September 13 on vinyl and CD.
It’s a Reggae album! Swingin’ and Skankin’ is a collaboration with
Doctor Dread and other legendary Jamaican musicians. Benson says,
“The goal was to see what happens when two-step meets the one drop.”
The results include a couple of foundational pre-Reggae Jamaican tunes, two AATW rave-ups, and classic songs associated with Bob Marley, Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, Bob Wills, and Roy Rogers. Special musical guests include Willie Nelson, guitarists Warren Haynes and Stanley Jordan, along with original AATW steel guitarist Lucky Oceans and fiddler Katie Shore. A true musical mash-up!
AATW has new shirts, a tote and a tour poster available, too.
UP ON THE ROOF!
It’s clear from all four Hold My Beer albums, and many other songs, that Randy Rogers is no stranger to the bar scene. After all, he’s a working musician.
Now the musical entrepreneur has a new venture, Lost & Found, a brand-new rooftop bar in New Braunfels, Texas. The grand opening is set for this September. Rogers worked to create a distinctive look, feel, and sound for his place.
Named after a song penned by Rogers at age 18 — a heartbreak anthem that’s become a major live favorite for Randy Rogers Band fans — Lost & Found is alabor of love three years in the making.
Keep up with Randy and all his activities from music to boutiques with his wife Chelsea on social media and at www.randyrogersband.com
