Dean Owens

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Recorded in Nashville with a stellar cast of Stateside guests, this album sees Owens buoyantly expanding his creative and expressive horizons. The eloquently emotive singing, incisively pared-down lyrics and Americana stylings that have long been his trademarks feature here alongside a range of influences stretching from classic Scottish pop, summery 60s vibes to Celtic-tinged folk. Several of the artists featured on the album have worked with Owens on previous projects, including pedal steel legend & former Gram Parsons cohort Al Perkins, guitar ace Will Kimbrough (Americana Music Association Instrumentalist of the Year 2004), Mavericks drummer Paul Deakin & his bassist band mate Robert Reynolds, as well as Owens' longtime sidekick from home, Kevin McGuire, also on bass. It was through this network of connections that the remaining guests came on board, among them Flecktones saxophonist Jeff Coffin, ex-Jayhawk Jen Gunderman keyboards, singer-songwriter Thad Cockrell plus producer Elijah ("Lij") Shaw.

The album represents a kind of artistic homecoming for Owens. Nowadays, he's the proud owner of a vintage Airstream trailer, which he keeps in California's Joshua Tree country, and where several of the new songs were written during sojourns there in 2005 & 2006. Despite the depth and weight of its subject matter, though, this is a winningly upfront and approachable album, replete with hummable hooks and deftly layered arrangements, centred around the burnished colours, masterly phrasing and vibrant timbres of Owens' singing.

Tracklisting:
1. Sand In My Shoes
2. Just Another Sunday
3. Years Ago
4. Raining In Glasgow
5. Beth On The Trampoline
6. Man From Leith
7. Adrift
8. Hallelujah
9. Miss You CA
10. Whisky Hearts

CD Extra Bonus Features:
11. Bonus Documentary Film (CD Only)

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