Owen Temple (born September 4, 1976 in

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, Texas) is an American folk and

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songwriter and musician based in

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, Texas.

Career

Work with producer and

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musician

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led to 1997's '' General Store'' and 1999's '' Passing Through''. The year 2002 saw the release of the

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-produced ''

Right Here and Now ''For Marcia Hines'' album of the same name, see ''Right Here and Now (Marcia Hines album)''. ''Right Here and Now'' is the third album by American singer/songwriter Owen Temple. It was released in 2002 on El Paisano Records. Track listing All s ...

.'' In 2007 and 2011, Temple was a

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New Folk Finalist, and he was the winner of the 2007

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Songwriting Competition. '' Two Thousand Miles'', a fourth studio project, was produced by Maines and was released on January 22, 2008 on El Paisano Records. A review in

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noted "great lyrics full of insight and plainspoken poetry." A fifth studio album, '' Dollars and Dimes'', was released June 9, 2009. It is a concept album focused on different regions of North America during hard times. In July 2009, the album was the No. 1 record on the Euro Americana Chart. In August 2009, the album was No. 5 on the Freeform American Roots chart. A sixth studio album, '' Mountain Home'', was released April 26, 2011, and the songs on the album focus on small Texas towns and the eccentrics inhabiting them. '' Stories They Tell'', a seventh studio album, was released on September 24, 2013. A book on songwriting, co-authored with Gordy Quist, titled ''Songfarmer: Writing More and Better Songs'' was published on November 1, 2015. Dreamer: A Tribute to Kent Finlay, released in early 2016 on Austin-based Eight 30 Records, features Temple's version of Finlay's "Mines of Terlingua."

Artist discography

*'' General Store'' (1997) *'' Passing Through'' (1999) *''

'' (2002) *'' Two Thousand Miles'' (2008) *'' Dollars and Dimes'' (2009) *'' Mountain Home'' (2011) *'' Stories They Tell'' (2013)

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