Ashley Hideyo "Ash" Bowie (born c.1968) is an American musician. In 1990, in

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, he formed the band

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(as guitarist and vocalist) along with Dave Brylawski, Steve Popson, and Eddie Watkins. Polvo was influential in the then-thriving

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scene in the United States. In 1994, he became the bassist for

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, after their previous bass player left the band. Both bands broke up in 1998. In 2000

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released the album ''Yesterday ...and Tomorrow's Shells'', a collection of Bowie's four-track home recordings, under the name Libraness. He occasionally plays guitar in the band Fan Modine and bass guitar in the BQs, and he has indicated that two new Libraness albums are nearing completion. Polvo reunited in 2008. They toured and recorded a new album, ''

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'' (2009). Their sixth and final album to date, ''

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'', was released in 2013. It was not accompanied with a tour, and the final Polvo live show to date was in 2011. In 2020 he started an experimental rock collaboration along with Charles Chace of The Paul Swest, Laura King of Bat Fangs and Thomas Simpson of The Love Language.

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External links

Libraness: Yesterday...and Tomorrow's Shells

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Libraness: Yesterday and Tomorrow's Shells

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Libraness (aka Ash Bowie)

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Polvo's Ash Bowie Talks "Reformation"

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