Damon Fowler is a bluesman out of Florida, and a young man to keep on your radar as he moves up the ladder with his singer/songwriting success. He is more of a regional talent from Florida to Texas, but he has been getting more notoriety with his music, as singer/songwriter and particularly his guitar excellence. He was voted by Creative Loafing Magazine in 2008 as Best Guitar, Best Lap-Steel Player, Best DoBro Player and Best Slide Guitar.
He is not new on the music scene, but recently has taken big strides in popularity. He is a talented musician with an easy going pleasant voice that should be appealing to most people as a singer/songwriter. The 3 man band, includes Chuck Riley on bass and Scott Key on drums, and they have been described as having a 'take-no-prisoners' attitude when they are performing on stage. The trio produces powerful energy and presents a vibrant and vivid delivery to their audiences.
Fowler is identified more with the roots movement and that may have been a factor in his recent popularity, because he has been in the business for more than 20 years. Well that may be more like 12-15 yrs. He did start out at the age of 12, but various articles state he was playing local clubs when he was 15. He is now 32, and does have significant recordable experience under his belt. He also signed with Blind Pig, and has since released his 2nd album with them January 2011 DEVIL GOT HIS WAY, and this has helped his career to move forward.
He has opened for many well known acts because of his versatility, and has worked with such acts as Jeff Beck, Buddy Guy, Johnny and Edgar Winter, Robin Trower, Gregg Allman, Jimmy Vaughn, Junior Brown, Rick Derringer, Little Feat, The Radiators, Chris Duarte, Delbert McClinton, and numerous others.
Look for “After The Rain”, a ballad that Fowler sings beautifully, “28 Degree’s”, an original swampy number infused with cowbells, “Cypress In The Pines” a slinky funk slide guitar tune, to get you in the groove. Also the title song “Devil Got His Way” another swampy blues rock tune, and he includes a revival of Leon Russell’s “Tight Rope” and can’t forget “American Dream” with a little bit of a reggae vibe. An overall good CD worth the price of a download, for rockin’ guitar licks and slide guitar sounds pleasing to the ear, matched with the pleasing vocals of Damon Fowler is sure to be a winner.
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