Paul Wade Bowen (born 1977) is an American

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/ Red Dirt singer from

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, United States. Bowen was a member of the band West 84 with friend Matt Miller until 2001 when the group became known as Wade Bowen and West 84.,

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He released his first album in 2002, ''Try Not To Listen'', which became a regional hit in Texas. He released his first live album in 2003, recorded live at The Blue Light in

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, followed by studio albums ''Lost Hotel'' in 2006 and ''

If We Ever Make It Home ''If We Ever Make It Home'' is Wade Bowen's third studio album. It was released in the fall of 2008. The album captures the emotion Bowen's wife's battle with post-partum depression. The song "Daddy and the Devil" features the vocals of singer/song ...

'' in 2008. On November 21, 2009, Bowen recorded his second live album at

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. The album was released on April 27, 2010, as a CD/DVD combo. Bowen released his fourth studio album, ''The Given'', in 2010. It was his first on a major label,

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imprint

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, though he returned to releasing music independently after BNA closed. He released a self-titled studio album in 2014, followed by a duets album in 2015 with singer Randy Rogers of the

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, titled ''

Hold My Beer Vol. 1 ''Hold My Beer Vol. 1'' is a duet album by Texas Country music singers Randy Rogers and Wade Bowen. Track listing #"In the Next Life" (Wade Bowen, Randy Rogers) – 3:42 #"I Had My Hopes Up High" (Joe Ely) – 4:05 #"'Till It Does" (Bowen, Lee T ...

''. Bowen's next album was '' Then Sings My Soul: Songs for My Mother'', a solo

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influenced studio release. He has released 3 more albums: Watch This, with Randy Rogers, Solid Ground, released in 2018, and a follow up to Hold My Beer Vol. 1, Hold My Beer Vol. 2 with Randy Rogers. During the

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of 2020, Wade started a web series of live shows called Wade's World, where he hosted other prominent Texas musicians to play and tell stories about their songs every Friday night. Guests included

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, and others.

Personal life

Bowen is the brother-in-law of

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frontman

and is a graduate of

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, where he was a member of the Epsilon Nu chapter of the

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fraternity.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Music videos

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bowen, Wade American country singer-songwriters American male singer-songwriters Singer-songwriters from Texas Living people BNA Records artists Columbia Records artists Texas Tech University alumni Country musicians from Texas 1977 births