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About Kevin Bowe
Kevin Bowe is a writer/producer/mixer/musician from Minneapolis. He has written songs on 3 platinum records and 2 Grammy winning albums working with Johnny Lang, The Replacements, Etta James, Joe Cocker, Paul Westerberg, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, 3 Dog Night, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Little Steven Van Zandt, Communist Daughter and John Mayall. His songs have been performed by Lucinda Williams and Bruce Springsteen.
Operating out of the Kill Room, his Minneapolis studio, Kevin produces a lot of Midwest artists and bands, indie rock, pop, roots, singer/songwriter and sync music. He was the first writer in over 20 years to be signed by legends Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller and has collaborated with Liz Rose, Dan Wilson, Kostas, Richie Sambora, Sharon Vaughn, Paul Westerberg and many other songwriters.
Kevin’s music has been placed in dozens of films and TV shows including The Sopranos, Shameless, Ray Donovan and The Blacklist.
Although focused on the studio now, Kevin has played guitar on tours with Paul Westerberg, Gary Louris (Jayhawks) and Freedy Johnston along with fronting his own band, The Okemah Prophets. The band has released a fifth album, “Half Past Never” featuring the single/video “California Sober”.
Half Past Never
- *California Sober 3:20
- *(Put Me Out Of Your) Misery 3:35
- Only Child 3:16
- *I Hate Falling In Love 3:16
- Half Past Never 3:37
- If I Was You 3:23
- Not As Pretty As You Think You Are 2:27
- Be Who You Are (Bangalorian Mix) 3:13
- Hurt Me Beautiful 3:28
- Another Word For God 3:31
Street date: 4/21/23 · All tracks FCC clean
*Suggested tracks – California Sober, (Put Me Out Of Your) Misery, I Hate Falling In Love
All songs written by Kevin Bowe except 2 (Bowe/ Parish/Lucas and 9 (Bowe/Hutchinson)
guitars, harmonica, mandolin, fake stuff, keys, percussion and vocals – Kevin Bowe
slide guitar – Paul Mayasich
drums – Peter Anderson & Noah Levy
great bass – Ian Anderson
upright bass – Gordy Johnson
other bass – Kevin Bowe
vocal harmonies – Kevin Bowe & Tim O’Reagan
Kevin Bowe was NEVER going to make another record of his own songs…. NEVER.
But then Covid happened and things slowed down; after many years of writing, playing and producing music, (including some platinums and Grammy winners) with people like Jonny Lang, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, The Replacements, Paul Westerberg, Etta James, Joe Cocker, Gary Louris, Freedy Johnston and Lynyrd Skynyrd all of a sudden there wasn’t much going on…. Hence Half Past Never, the new album by Kevin Bowe and The Okemah Prophets.
Working with pals like Peter Anderson (The Ocean Blue), Noah Levy (Brian Setzer), Tim O’Reagan (Jayhawks) and Ian Allison (Soul Asylum, Cory Wong) Kevin put together this record with no one watching and no one to please, working in the privacy of The Kill Room, his Minneapolis studio.
Half Past Never is a collection of orphan songs Kevin has collected, songs that never found a home on the many records he makes for other artists. The only running theme is stuff Kevin thinks is cool so the vibes run from obvious influences like the Replacements and Tom Petty to Harry Nillson, Mott The Hoople, The Who and even some East Indian feels.
Publicist Info
Elephants and Flowers Media Krista Vilinskis – Publicist Bloomington MN 55431
Cell: 612-242-1727
Email: elephantsandflowersmedia@gmail.com
Social Media
Facebook: facebook.com/kevin.bowe.7547
Facebook band page: https://www.facebook.com/kevinboweandtheokemahprophets
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kjbowe
Instagram: https://instagram.com/kevinjbowe
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/006ApqBo4jzMscahtwbye2?si=KA6zeI7JQ2y37XHi3eqokg
For booking inquiries please contact: yer mom
Press Quotes
Rootstime Belgium
unparalleled melody and beautiful vocals
The Big Takeover
I might have found my new favorite artist, what a beauty it is! brilliant and beguiling.
Americana Highways
Delightful melodies, well articulated lyrics, he has style, lots of style.
Burn Your Radio
I love it, phenomenal roots rock, seriously one of the best I’ve heard song after song. Uup there with the best of Uncle Tupelo and the Jayhawks.
Rural Route To Insurgent Country
Strong, soulful, without ever sounding dull, his ragged rock and soul voice suits the songs perfectly, highly recommended.
KQRS Radio/Mei Young
This is one of the 10 best rest releases out of Minneapolis in the last decade
Ron’s Home Page (Netherlands)
Great hooks, reminiscent of The Jayhawks and The Replacements. Beautiful.
Totally Adult
Distinct, unique, as good as anything I’ve heard on the radio.
Now Playing
Sweet indeeed! Check it out and you’ll be converted!
David Goodman/Modern Twang
Excellent Americana that proudly carries on the tradition of great roots rock.
Minneapolis/St. Paul Magazine
Stellar!
hEARd/Terry Allen (Australia)
The best of it’s genre since Mellencamp’s “Scarecrow”. Fantastic.
Round Sound (Canada)
Strong effort that deserves a shot on radio.
KTCA/Jeff Weihe
Absolutely the best to come out of Minnesota in the last year!
St. Cloud Times
Masterful, superb songwriting.
No Depression
Wonderful vocals, flat out irresistible tunes that will have you fumbling for the repeat button.
Zeitgeist/Scotland
A classic songwriter working in the tradition of the Byrds and Gram Parsons. Hasn’t left the favorites box since the day it arrived
Pulse Of The Twin Cities
All that is good about the kind of country/folk tinged rock Minnesota is known for.
In Music We Trust
Kevin’s songs truly shine, rootsy, heartfelt, gutsy and warm. A very strong and versatile songwriter with balls and stamina, I’ll give it an A.
Buscadero/Paulo Caru/Italy
The best of rootsy rock, original and authentic, the songs are special.
Rantnrave
A winner, full of wonderful rock and irresistible harmonies, if you like Americana, you’re sure to dig Kevin.
Cosmik Debris
Get this album and get ready for a good time.
Froots
Extremely memorable songs
Music Corner
One hook filled tune after another come flying out of your speakers. A stunner.
Limeygit
Quintesentially American. Excellent song crafting, an excellent album by an excellent band.
St. Paul Pioneer Press
A big juicy slice of American pie
Miles Of Music
Recommended, wonderful sounding roots rock. One of my top 5 releases of the year.
Radio Milo/Belgium
I take your music with me to the studio every week! Every track is strong enough to be played, a great piece of work, a special voice, I’m not the only one here who likes and plays it!
Peter Cooper (Nashville Tennessean)
Sounds great and I like it very much!
Radio ATL/Belgium
Beautiful songs and great music, it’s in regular rotation
Swizzlestick
Warming and impressive with a complete lack of pretension.
URRI UK Pirate Radio
A really great album, I’m making it the album of the week, I like your style.
Music Emissions
Amazing!
Real Roots Café (Morway)
Music that will change a bloomy summer into a sunny feeling, amazingly innocent with swing and character.
KTCZ Cities 97
Sounds fantastic, everyone I talked to agrees.
Nashville Scene
Unusually strong songwriter
Bluebird Café News
Awesome new Americana, stellar.
The Original Sin
This is surely as good as Springsteen’s masterpiece “The River”. One of the best.
Bluebird Reviews
Beyond the horizon of the punk songwriter field, beautiful production and most importantly, a message of hope.
Fridhammer
Kevin Bowe and The Okemah Prophets are pulling out all the stops, it is not to be taken lightly.
Allmusic.com
Kevin Bowe is a top notch tunesmith, this is the kind of music that a lot of midwestern roots rock bands have been trying to make ever since that glorious Minneapolis explosion of the mid to late ‘80’s which fostered the Jayhawks, Soul Asylum and The Replacements. Few efforts have come close to that watermark and this is one of them.
Rolling Stone
“Everybody Lies” which Bowe wrote with Paul Westerberg is our download of the day.
Downloads & PDFs
Kevin Bowe & The Okemah Prophets “Half Past Never” one sheet [PDF]
Half Past Never Song Lyrics:
- California Sober [PDF]
- (Put Me Out Of Your) Misery [PDF]
- Only Child [PDF]
- I Hate Falling In Love [PDF]
- Half Past Never [PDF]
- If I Was You [PDF]
- Not As Pretty As You Think You Are [PDF]
- Be Who You Are [PDF]
- Hurt Me Beautiful [PDF]
- Another Word For God [PDF]