Shane Owens

Introducing: Shane Owens
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A native of tiny Samson, Ala., the first musical influence for Shane Owens was his grandmother, who played piano and sang to him.

"I dedicated my album to her," he said.
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An outgoing youngster, Owens was not shy about being in front of a crowd and welcomed opportunities to sing at nursing homes and charity events.

He became an accomplished athlete.As the quarterback he broke his passing arm during his senior year of high school football, but still earned a spot as a walk-on at Jacksonville State University.When he realized the injury would hamper his football skills, he bought a guitar.He took some lessons and joined Young Country, a band that won the Jimmy Dean Country Showdown state competition in 1995 and 1997.

After Young Country broke up, Owens joined Borderline, whose members morphed into the house band at the club, Cowboys.The club owner recognized Owens talent and encouraged him to go to Nashville, where indie label Rust Records signed him.

Kevin Wayne Waldrop, who co-wrote seven of the 10 songs on Let's Get On With It with Owens, produced the album, which was released on Aug. 23.
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Influenced by Country legends including Earl Thomas Conley, Vern Gosdin, George Jones and Keith Whitley, Owens made an album that honors his heroes.
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Owens and Waldrop wrote the debut single, "Bottom of the Fifth."

The band is reuniting to resume its relationship with Rust Records artist Shane Owens.

SHANE OWENS

Artist: Shane Owens

Gary Voorhies introduces you to a new artist named Shane Owens.

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New Artist Spotlight: Shane Owens
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A native of tiny Samson, Ala., the first musical influence for Shane Owens was his grandmother, who played piano and sang to him. ns.us

"I dedicated my album to her," he said.
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An outgoing youngster, Owens was not shy about being in front of a crowd and welcomed opportunities to sing at nursing homes and charity events.

He became an accomplished athlete.As the quarterback he broke his passing arm during his senior year of high school football, but still earned a spot as a walk-on at Jacksonville State University.When he realized the injury would hamper his football skills, he bought a guitar.He took some lessons and joined Young Country, a band that won the Jimmy Dean Country Showdown state competition in 1995 and 1997.

After Young Country broke up, Owens joined Borderline, whose members morphed into the house band at the club, Cowboys.The club owner recognized Owens talent and encouraged him to go to Nashville, where indie label Rust Records signed him.

Kevin Wayne Waldrop, who co-wrote seven of the 10 songs on Let's Get On With It with Owens, produced the album, which was released on Aug. 23.
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Influenced by Country legends including Earl Thomas Conley, Vern Gosdin, George Jones and Keith Whitley, Owens made an album that honors his heroes.
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Owens and Waldrop wrote the debut single, "Bottom of the Fifth."

SHANE OWENS
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Growing up in rural Samson, Alabama was the perfect Country Music training ground for Rust Records artist Shane Owens, who is currently gearing up for the mid-August release of his new CD on Cleveland, Ohio based independent Rust Records.Rust is an "imprint" label with the Universal Music Croup, and will also release Owens classic Country single "Bottom Of The Fifth" in mid-June.Both will be distributed by Fontana, Universal's distribution arm.At the young age of 5, his parents got him a set of drums, and he started singing in the church choir a year later at age 6.The choir had members of all ages, but the youngster's powerful voice drew most of the attention, especially on his favorite hymns, like "I'll Fly Away."While still quite young, Shane's mother and father, a singer himself, separated.Shane and his twin sister, who was born exactly one minute after him, stayed with his mother, who never missed the Saturday night broadcast of The Grand Ole Opry, out of Nashville.Country music was always playing in the Owens household.Artists like Don Williams, Keith Whitley, Ricky Skaggs and especially George Jones and Vern Gosdin became huge influences on Shane.
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During high school, sports and other school activities took up most of his time, but upon graduation in 1990, Shane found himself a guitar teacher, the highly acclaimed Shelly Commander, and put his focus back onto music.
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Commander immediately recognized the talent in Owens and put him to work playing in his band on the weekends.
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Commander's band line-up changed three or four times, but always included Shane Owens.He first went out on his own in 1996, when Shane Owens and his band played the Civic Center in Ozark, Alabama with Confederate Rail Road.He won the Jimmy Dean Country Showdown state competition in Alabama two years in a row in 1995 & 1996, and made it to the semi-finals nationally.Not long after, Owens got married and is now the father of two boys, ages 1 & 6, and still calls Alabama his home.Owens, now 33, has been performing non-stop since that time, sharing the stage with many of Country's top artists including Hank Williams, Jr., Lori Morgan, George Jones, Merle Haggard, Kenney Chesney, Pam Tillis, Ronnie Milsap, Billy Dean, Keith Urban, Exile and dozens of others, while performing all over the South.
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The tracks on this disc are the best Shane has done thus far, writing 7 of the 13 tunes himself.The others were written by his various music industry friends.
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Shane & Blane's blend of country and rock is part of the new movement of country music made popular by artists such as Gretchen Wilson, Big & Rich, Montgomery Gentry and Keith Urban.
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"We get a little crazy on stage, because we love the reaction we get from the audience," said Shane.
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It is their twin harmonies, however, that truly set Shane & Blane apart from everyone else.
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Shane & Blane's musical influences run the spectrum from country to rock to rap and it shows in their song arrangements."Iron Maiden was a big influence to us," said Shane.

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New Artist Spotlight: Shane Owens
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New Artist Spotlight: Shane Owens
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A native of tiny Samson, Ala., the first musical influence for Shane Owens was his grandmother, who played piano and sang to him.

"I dedicated my album to her," he said.
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An outgoing youngster, Owens was not shy about being in front of a crowd and welcomed opportunities to sing at nursing homes and charity events.

He became an accomplished athlete.As the quarterback he broke his passing arm during his senior year of high school football, but still earned a spot as a walk-on at Jacksonville State University.When he realized the injury would hamper his football skills, he bought a guitar.He took some lessons and joined Young Country, a band that won the Jimmy Dean Country Showdown state competition in 1995 and 1997.

After Young Country broke up, Owens joined Borderline, whose members morphed into the house band at the club, Cowboys.The club owner recognized Owens talent and encouraged him to go to Nashville, where indie label Rust Records signed him.

Kevin Wayne Waldrop, who co-wrote seven of the 10 songs on Let's Get On With It with Owens, produced the album, which was released on Aug. 23.
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Influenced by Country legends including Earl Thomas Conley, Vern Gosdin, George Jones and Keith Whitley, Owens made an album that honors his heroes.
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Owens and Waldrop wrote the debut single, "Bottom of the Fifth."

Shane OwensRUST RECORDS | NASHVILLE
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SHANE OWENS
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Growing up in rural Samson, Alabama was the perfect Country Music training ground for Rust Records artist Shane Owens, who is currently gearing up for the mid-August release of his new CD on Cleveland, Ohio based independent Rust Records.
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Shane and his twin sister, who was born exactly one minute after him, stayed with his mother, who never missed the Saturday night broadcast of The Grand Ole Opry, out of Nashville.
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Artists like Don Williams, Keith Whitley, Ricky Skaggs and especially George Jones and Vern Gosdin became huge influences on Shane.
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During high school, sports and other school activities took up most of his time, but upon graduation in 1990, Shane found himself a guitar teacher, the highly acclaimed Shelly Commander, and put his focus back onto music.
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Commander immediately recognized the talent in Owens and put him to work playing in his band on the weekends.
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Commander's band line-up changed three or four times, but always included Shane Owens.

He first went out on his own in 1996, when Shane Owens and his band played the Civic Center in Ozark, Alabama with Confederate Rail Road.He won the Jimmy Dean Country Showdown state competition in Alabama two years in a row in 1995 & 1996, and made it to the semi-finals nationally.Not long after, Owens got married and is now the father of two boys, ages 1 & 6, and still calls Alabama his home.
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Owens, now 33, has been performing non-stop since that time, sharing the stage with many of Country's top artists including Hank Williams, Jr., Lori Morgan, George Jones, Merle Haggard, Kenney Chesney, Pam Tillis, Ronnie Milsap, Billy Dean, Keith Urban, Exile and dozens of others, while performing all over the South.
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The tracks on this disc are the best Shane has done thus far, writing 7 of the 13 tunes himself.The others were written by his various music industry friends.
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Shane Owens - Vocals
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Artist: Shane Owens