Log in to add to your wishlist
A dynamic songwriter and powerful performer - delivering rockers that get you moving & amused to ballads that touch your soul.
Genre:
Country: Country Rock
Release Date:
1998
Albums you will love
Caroline Herring
Twilight
Folk: Traditional Folk
Zoot Rudy
Making Time Stand Still
Rock: Roots Rock
Steering With My Feet
© Copyright-Rachel A. Owen
(634479998225)
Record Label: Dr. Earl Music
SPECIAL: 10% discount if you buy more than one copy of it today!
No items available in your wishlist
Being compared to Nanci Griffith or Lucinda Williams doesn't bother Rachel Owen. Neither does being compared to Tom Petty or Elvis Costello! As a young girl growing up in Walton, Kentucky, her musical influences ranged from obscure folk & bluegrass to the musical giants of jazz & big band to R&B and rock 'n' roll.
When you experience her live performance or hear her recordings, it is easy to hear this diversity at work. Plus, she has a knack for making it all fit together. After a formative background of "eye-opening" college days playing for college groups as well as biker bars and a couple of long stays in England, Rachel moved to Nashville in 1994 to sharpen her songwriting skills and take her shot among the throng of wannabes.
While it's not all been a smooth ride, the hard knocks have been transformed into thought-provoking musical vignettes combining intelligence and humor often touched with painful honesty. If you must put a name on her musical style, call it "adult alternative." If you said "dynamic vocals and catchy melodies that don't get in the way of thoughtful lyrics," that would be right too.
Live performances with her all-star quality band have made Rachel Owen a favorite in the Midwest. As an opener for such revered songwriters as Loudon Wainwright III and Steve Forbert (among others), and in clubs throughout the USA, her engaging solo performance has evoked great response from audiences of all ages and walks of life.
Rachel resides in Nashville where she is a sought-after songwriter, performer and studio vocalist.
"Rachel Owen combines a fine sense of melody with a strong lyrical voice to bring life's emotions into clear view. She deserves to be heard!"
- Sean Coakley, Songlines Ltd.
"Live, Owen is the consummate frontwoman, joking with the audience between songs and drawing them in for the ballads. The songs showcased the work of a
dynamic songwriter-from rockers that got the crowd moving, to ballads that moved some of the audience members to tears."
- Billie Felix Jeyes, Everybody's News
Read more...
Please
log in to review the album.
STEERING WITH MY FEET
author: JD STEWART
STEERING WITH MY FEET IS SOME OF THE FINEST MUSIC IN NASHVILLE TODAY.I BOUGHT BOMBSHELL FIRST AND JUST HAD TO HAVE SOME MORE RACHEL.WHILE STEERING IS A GREAT ALBUM,BOMBSHELL PLAINLY DEMONSTRATES THE THE TREMENDOUS TALENT OF RACHEL OWEN AND HOW IT IS EVOLVING INTO A GREATER AND MORE FINESSED LINEUP OF TRUE AMERICANA MUSIC UNPARALLELED BY ANY.WELL WORTH MONEY PAID,A BARGAIN AT ANY PRICE!
Read more...
AMAZING CREATIVITY
author: Dena Flege
Steering with my feet is a powerful original recording by a powerful original artist. I have enjoyed this CD so much that I know every word. Thanks for the hours of enjoyment.
Read more...
Can't stop playing
author: Paul Schmeck
Bought this CD at one of her house parties and can't stop playing it!
It's a collection of songs that grow in meaning as you listen to them.
You laugh, you cry and can't help but sing along as you enjoy.
Can't wait for your next one!
Read more...
The next Indigo Girl!
author: JD
Heard Rachel perform at Tribe on Writer's Night and loved her so much I had to buy her CD! I wasn't disappointed, this is a really great collection of songs from an artist that's goin' places!
Read more...