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About Hard Way
Product Description Hailing from Alabama, Owsley has been nurturing and honing his own unique and virally-infectious melodies for some time. His debut album Owsley received huge praise from the media. People Magazine heralded him "poised for overnight success," while Rolling Stone trumpeted "Beatle-esque balladry and magnetic pop hooks." His latest release "The Hard Way" continues his road to perfection. Sultry love songs rub against the hookiest pop south of Canada. Check out why his legion of fans are growing by the minute. This is a true masterpeice of pop craftsmanship. Band Members: Will Owsley-Electric guitars on all songs, acoustic guitar on track 3 and 8, piano on track 6 and 7, pass guitar on track 5, 6 and 8, vocals and background vocals on all songs Chris McHugh-Drums and percussion on all songs Michael Rhodes-Bass guitar on track 3,9 and 10 Jimmie Lee Sloas-Bass guitar on track 1 and 7 Millard Powers-Bass guitar on track 4 Jonathon Hamby-all Hammond B3 organ, piano on track 4, Chamberlin strings on track 5 and synthesizer on track 9 Keith Thomas-Strings on track 1 and 6 John Painter-Chamberlin strings on track 2 Gordon Kennedy-Electric guitar and background vocals on track 7 Tom Bukovac-Electric and acoustic guitar on track 1, bass guitar on track 2 Rebecca Walker-Background vocals on track 10 Simon Petty-Harmonica on track 8 (Appears courtesy of Foodchain Records) James Michael-Vocal production on track 8 Review "Beatles-esque balladry and magnetic pop hooks" -- Michael Moses, Rolling Stone, April 8, 1999 "Owsley prefers to paint luch pop-art pictures with an ELO-by-way-of-Fountains of Wayne brush." -- Jonathan Perry, Boston Phoenix, April 29, 1999 "Packed from beginning to end with beautifully catchy songs..." -- E!online About the Artist Born and raised in a richly musical family, Owsley spent a majority of his childhood working as an unpaid roadie for his brother's rock band and playing guitar along with the radio to such bands as Wing's, KISS, and The Cars. Little did he know that with each chord change, he was spelling out his musical destiny. While touring the southeast with different cover bands, Owsley was introduced to funk-pop pioneer Judson Spence with whom he played around the world, both literally and virtually, by appearing on MTV in Spence's videos. Owsley then met another talented artist by the name of Ben Folds, who introduced him to Millard Powers. Millard and Owsley formed a band called The Semantics that would eventually dissolve, with each band member musically going his own way. Jaded by the break up of his band, and disillusioned with the notion of fronting a band, Owsley opted to relax a little and accepted an offer to play guitar in Amy Grant's touring band. This allowed him the financial freedom to pursue his own artistry and invest in a home studio. Owsley next crossed paths with his musical hero and legendary producer Mutt Lange, who hired him to play guitar and sing duets with Lange's wife Shania Twain on several nationally broadcast television shows such as the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and the American Country Music Awards. After two long years of recording, Owsley emerged with his eponymous, solo debut. Recalls Owsley, "I had heard the story of Tom Scholz of the band Boston recording his first album and taking it to the record company, where he told them that it was finished and they could take it or leave it. And I thought, 'What a cool idea!' I didn't want anyone else coming between me and what I was trying to accomplish." The critically acclaimed record was released by Giant Records in 1999 and was nominated for a Grammy in 2000. Now he is ready to take his solo career to the next level with his newest effort "The Hard Way". The singer, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist's second solo release was written, performed, and largely produced by the artist himself. The resulting ten original tracks of Owsleys "The Hard Way" are, sim
