Gwil Owen
Gravy
www.gwilowen.com
Here's another good record that fell through my cracks this year but deserves to be mentioned. Gwil Owen lives in Nashville and can write to the country form anytime he wants to - or his checking account tells him he needs to. But on his latest project, Gravy, Owen exercises his soul music muscle, both as a writer and singer.
Once you realize Toni Price has been cutting Owen's songs almost as long as he's been writing them, it all sorta starts to make sen
Toni Price hasn't played in these parts much since her move from Austin to California a couple of years ago. But for Lonesome, Onry and Mean, her show tonight is made all the more interesting by the inclusion of Nashville songwriter Gwil Owen. Owen isn't a household word, but the guy has written more songs than he can even count anymore, like "Deuce and Quarter," a song he cowrote with Kevin Gordon that was covered by Keith Richards and Levon Helm on their album All The King's Men.
