Rick Fowler
A Chase of Smoke
© 2004 Rick Fowler Music
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Light country folk songs with hints of bluegrass to the rising moon.
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RICK FOWLER
Rick's artistic roots reach back to the mid-60's coffeehouses of McKinney Avenue where he shared billings with the likes of Mance Lipscomb and Townes Van Zandt. He played jugband music and blues on the late night street corners of downtown Dallas with Ray Wylie Hubbard and B.W. Stevenson while the Vaughan Brothers were beginning to rock South Oak Cliff.
A founding member of the legendary Texas group "Three Faces West", they migrated to the southern rockies and opened their own club "The Outpost" in 1968 in the mountain resort town of Red River, New Mexico. With guest appearances by Jerry Jeff Walker, Bill&Bonnie, and Willis Alan Ramsey, the club flourished well into the 70's. If you had the fortune of being there you would've heard the future of Texas Progressive Country Music tuning up.
A short list of the artists who have recorded Rick's compositions include Gary P. Nunn, Jerry Jeff Walker, Hoyt Axton, Ray Wylie Hubbard, and The Lost Gonzo Band with such titles as "Compromise" (Ray Wylie) and "Prairie Madness" (Lost Gonzo's). He's appeared several times on the PBS acclaimed "Austin City Limits", is a member of the Screen Actors Guild, and recorded on the soundtrack of the movie 'Hard Country' with Michael Martin Murphey at the venerable "Record Plant" in Hollywood, CA. In all the years and miles of touring in various bands (Murphey, Junior Brown, Nunn, and Hank Thompson), Rick has played venues from Long Island to Long Beach, highlighted by appearances at Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and the spectacular Red Rocks Amphitheatre in the foothills above Denver.
Rick stepped away from music for a decade before returning as a solo performer with a cache of new original songs and a comically easy rapport with live audiences. His new CD "A Chase of Smoke" was independently released to widespread critical raves. Combining his musical talent with a degree in Fine Art (TCU), Rick has illustrated numerous album covers including Michael Hearne's "Sight and Sound" which won the 2002 NMMIA award for best package design. At the heart of his artistic endeavours are his stunning acrylic and ink paintings that hang in private collections throughout the world. He currently lives in Red River, NM with his wife and two dogs painting and writing music.
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This collection of songs represents Americana at its best.
author: Charley CoenThe quality of this recording is excellent. The arangements are tastefully sparse and each instrument breathes with that "you are there" sound. Listening to this disc I was transported back to THE OUTPOST, where I first heard this artist. Rick dedicated the collection of songs to a number fine musician/songwriters that he has been associated with over the years. Having played with several of them, I have a feeling he influenced them as much as they did him. GREAT MUSIC!!!!