Dean Owens & The Southerners
Entry Requirements: Over 18s only
Award winning Scottish singer songwriter Dean Owens is widely hailed as one of UK’s finest troubadours, with fans including Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh and BBC legend "Whispering" Bob Harris.
2019 has been an exciting year for Leith’s Dean Owens – seeing him win UK Song of the Year at Americana Music Association UK Awards (for the title track of his most recent, widely acclaimed album Southern Wind), and knock up over 20,000 miles on the road, on extensive US and UK tours. He’s delighted to be winding it up with a short Scottish tour with his new power trio, The Southerners – aka the formidable talents of award winning instrumentalist Tom Collison on keys and bass guitar (sometimes both at the same time) and guitar maestro Jim Maving on electric, delta slide and mandolin.
The Southerners debut on the English tour circuit in June 2019 met with exuberant standing ovations and several sellouts. A sample live video - https://youtu.be/RGkcCODC-9U
Dean’s music conjures the wild romanticism of the open road, distilling the Scottish and Americana into a unique blend of celtic spirit, country soul. The unfettered enthusiasm of a rock n roller coupled with the sympathetic delivery of folk’s storytellers.
A Dean Owens gig isn’t just about the songs though. Dean is also a witty raconteur, with anecdotes about his travels and the songs – from an 8 album solo career, and his days with Scotland’s original Americana band, the Felsons - peppered throughout his set. His performance crosses genres, as he takes his audience from tears to laughter to rocking out, in the course of just a few songs.
★★★★ A little bit country, a little bit rock and soul… MOJO ★★★★★ borders on genius… A-List… Country Music People ★★★★ Country Music Magazine One of Scotland’s best troubadours… fabulous… Bob Harris (BBC) Scotland’s most engaging and haunting singer-songwriter… Irvine Welsh Magical... a must see – Ricky Ross (BBC/Deacon Blue) Scottish, Americana in a unique blend… No Depression his songwriting craft can stand proudly with the best … albums like this don’t come around too often… FATEA superb… Ralph McLean (BBC Radio Ulster)
Dean Owens online Website www.deanowens.com Facebook www.facebook.com/deanowensmusic Twitter @deanowens1 Youtube www.youtube.com/deanowens