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Owen Temple

Owen Temple

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Owen Temple (born September 4, 1976 in Kerrville, Texas) is an American folk and country music songwriter and musician based in Austin, Texas. Work with producer and pedal steel guitar musician Lloyd Maines led to 1997’s General Store and 1999’s Passing Through. The year 2002 saw the release of the Phil Madeira-produced Right Here and Now. In 2007 and 2011, Temple was a Kerrville Folk Festival New Folk Finalist, and he was the winner of the 2007 B. W. Stevenson Songwriting Competition. Two Thousand Miles, a fourth studio project, was produced by Maines and was released on January 22, 2008 on El Paisano Records. A review in Allmusic noted "great lyrics full of insight and plainspoken poetry."A fifth studio album, Dollars and Dimes, was released June 9, 2009. It is a concept album focused on different regions of North America during hard times. In July 2009, the album was the No. 1 record on the Euro Americana Chart. In August 2009, the album was No. 5 on the Freeform American Roots chart.A sixth studio album, Mountain Home, was released April 26, 2011, and the songs on the album focus on small Texas towns and the eccentrics inhabiting them.Stories They Tell, a seventh studio album, was released on September 24, 2013.Dreamer: A Tribute to Kent Finlay, released in early 2016 on Austin-based Eight 30 Records, features Temple’s version of Finlay’s "Mines of Terlingua."

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5 years ago739Owen Temple

Two frozen rivers, with ice like boulders [D]Cracking past Portage and Maine [Bm]Dark downtown buildings, one glowing tavern Are breaking [D]loose from winter's chains CHO The [A]winter wind whistling, [G]the outside [D]air And [A]inside it's like we found [G]summer some[D]where My [A]car is all rusted, [G]from roadcrew [D]salt And [Bm]doing...

5 years ago794Passing Through (2002)Owen Temple

Treat You Like I Do By Owen Temple 3/28/2010 Drop D [D]I broke your heart one more time, [G]I came home you were cryin[D]g [G] I [D]love you babe you know it's true bu[G]t I can't keep from hurtin'[D] you[G] Cause [D]I go out to those roadside bars, [G]livin' fast beneath the star[D]s[G] And [D]you just want your man at home or at [G]least...

5 years ago695Dollars and Dimes (2009)Owen Temple

Quiet Look By Owen Temple 3/27/2010 Capo 2 She was wearing a [Bm]black dress as she [G]spoke across the [D]years He nearly [Bm]dropped his drink to hear her [G]voice ringing in his [D]ears Love in the [Bm]ruins, [G]late for the [D]show She said, [Bm]love will always live, if [G]we don't let it [D]grow Chorus: I will [A]pass you on the...

5 years ago662Passing Through (2002)Owen Temple

One Less Thing To Worry About Owen Temple Capo on 1st fret [E]I was late for work My boss is a jerk He said don't let it hap[B7]pen again [B7]But when I got my check I said what the heck I'll spend a weeknight out with[E] friends [E]The last thing I recall About the old dancehall Was thinking I should probably get home [A]soon But...

5 years ago1265Mountain Home (2011)Owen Temple

OWEN TEMPLE 'ONE DAY CLOSER TO RAIN' CAPO 2 A song about making it rain [C]Wells drying up and the [F]creek is [C]gone [C]Dust is flying and cows are [G]skin and bones [Am]A drought like this will drive you [F]from your home [C]But were one day [G]closer to [C]rain Weather man stands the waving his arms There no more bails of hay down on the...

5 years ago701Dollars and Dimes (2009)Owen Temple

Memphis By Owen Temple 3/27/2010 She was [A]seventeen left Arkansas[D] moved here on her [A]own[D] After [A]mom's boyfriend and a tor[D]nado tore up her [A]home[D] She brought her [F#m]small dog with her but she left behind her old [D]clothes She [F#m]emptied out albums of pictures by the side of the [D]road [B]She'd make some money then she...

5 years ago696General StoreOwen Temple

Mary Owen Temple Capo on 2nd fret [D]Like a summer wind I'm walking with you [G]warm Like a [Bm]bay out on the ocean you can k[A]eep me from a storm [D]But now your face shows signs[G] of comin' rain [Bm]Mary what can I do to[A] ease your pain (Chorus) [D]Mary I can't[G] bear to see you cry [A]Mary wipe the te[G]ars out of your eyes [D]Say...

5 years ago1208Dollars and Dimes (2009)Owen Temple

Los Angeles By Owen Temple 3/27/2010 It's [G]low, it's [C]brand new, it's [G]sprawling [D]Without center, gasoline powered, [G]crawling Dams and [C]powerlines made the desert disap[G]pear Now there's [C]millions of people living [G]here[D] It's [G]paradise and [C]hell all smashed to[G]gether [D]Danger and glamour and good [G]weather Los...

5 years ago773Passing Through (2002)Owen Temple

I Wrote You A Waltz Owen Temple [C]You heard I was lonely [G]I heard you wer[C]e blue [F]I heard a song in my[C] head [C]I wrote it down here f[G]or you [C]It's nothing too fancy [G]Just a few rhyming l[C]ines [F]It's just something to[C] tell you [G]That you're on [C]my mind [F]I wrote you a waltz [C]I wrote it so you could see [C]That I...

5 years ago681General StoreOwen Temple

If You Called By Owen Temple 3/28/2010 The [A]lowering sun stretches [G]shadows [D]across the windy [G]plain [A]I'm thinking on th[G]e time that's pass[D]ed, how you never felt [G]the same [A]When I said it's hard t[G]o leave you said[D], it's hard to watch [G]you go [A]I shouldn't have [G]believed you[D], but back then how could [G]I...

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