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Infobox musical artist | name = Kevin Fowler| image = Kevin fowler 2007.jpg| caption = Kevin Fowler at the Texas Parks and Wildlife Expo 2007 as spokesman for The Texas water safety campaign, ''Nobody's Waterproof . | image_size =| background = solo_singer| birth_name =| alias =| Born = ca. 1966| origin = Amarillo, Texas , USA | instrument = Singing|Vocals , rhythm guitar | genre = Country music|Country | occupation = Singer-songwriter | years_active = 2000present| label = Tin Roof Equity Music Group|Equity Super Loud Lyric Street Records|Lyric Street Average Joe's Entertainment | associated_acts = Mark Chesnutt Montgomery Gentry Dangerous Toys | website = http://www.kevinfowler.com Kevin Fowler (born ca. 1966 in Amarillo, Texas ) is an American Texas Country artist. He has released five studio albums, and has charted three singles on the Billboard (magazine)|Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, including the top 40 hit "Pound Sign (#? *!)". In addition, he wrote Sammy Kershaw 's 2003 single "Beer, Bait & Ammo", Mark Chesnutt 's 2004 single "The Lord Loves the Drinkin' Man" and Montgomery Gentry 's 2009 single " Long Line of Losers ".
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Fowler was the younger of two children. His father introduced him to country music when he was a child, and as a teenager Fowler also developed a liking for rock music.
He graduated in 1984 from Tascosa High School in Amarillo.
Long interested in making music, Fowler began piano lessons as a young child. When he was twenty, he realized that he wanted to seriously pursue a career in music and moved to Los Angeles, California , to attend the Guitar Institute of Technology. For the next year, he learned how to play the guitar and began writing songs.
After gaining a good knowledge of the guitar, Fowler left L.A. for Austin, Texas . He was a guitarist with the rock band Dangerous Toys in the early 1990s, but left to form his own Southern hard-rock band, Thunderfoot. In 1998, he left rock music all together to form a new band that would concentrate instead on Texas country music. Fowler and his new band earned themselves a weekly gig at Babe's on 6th Street (Austin)|Sixth Street in Austin. Two years later, with no recording contracts, Fowler recorded and released his own debut album, Beer, Bait, and Ammo . This album sold over 30,000 copies in Texas, with the title track receiving a great deal of airplay. This song was popular enough that Mark Chesnutt began playing it in his live show, and Sammy Kershaw recorded it for one of his own albums.cite web | last = Birchmeier | first = Jason | title = Kevin Fowler Biography | work= | pages = | language = | publisher = Allmusic | url =Allmusic|class=artist|id=p457811|pure_url=yes | accessdate = 2007-03-16
Fowler signed with country singer Clint Black 's independent Equity Music Group|Equity Music (a label distributed by Koch Entertainment ) and released two additional albums for that label until Equity ceased operations in December 2008. http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2008/12/nashville-feels.html Equity Music closing - newsMontgomery Gentry recorded a cover of Fowler's " Long Line of Losers ."
In January 2010, Fowler signed to Lyric Street Records , releasing "Beer Season" that same month.cite web|url= http://www.musicrow.com/2010/01/lyric-street-signs-kevin-fowler/|title=Lyric Street signs Kevin Fowler|last=Cronin|work=The Boot|first=Peter|date=27 January 2010|accessdate=19 April 2010 His second single, "Pound Sign (#? *!)," followed in April. That same month, Lyric Street Records announced its closure, and Fowler was one of four artists to be transferred to parent company Disney Music Group .cite web|url= http://www.wacotrib.com/accesswaco/arts/Kevin-Fowler-turns-strange-song-title-into-surprise-hit.html|title=Kevin Fowler turns strange song title into surprise hit|last=Hoover|first=Carl|date=20 June 2010|work=Waco Herald-Tribune|accessdate=23 June 2010 In May 2010, "Pound Sign" became Fowler's first Top 40 hit on the country music charts, peaking at #34.cite web|url= http://www.billboard.com/song/kevin-fowler/pound-sign/20068379#/song/kevin-fowler/pound-sign/20068379|title=Chart listing for "Pound Sign (#? *!)"|work=Billboard|accessdate=29 August 2010
Fowler also collaborated with country rap artist Colt Ford on the song "Hip Hop in a Honky Tonk", on Ford's 2010 album Chicken & Biscuits , in which he sings vocals on the song's chorus. In 2011, Fowler signed to Ford's label, Average Joe's Entertainment.cite web|url= http://www.averagejoesent.com/artists/295-kevin-fowler|title=Kevin Fowler|work=Average Joe's Entertainment|accessdate=30 May 2011
In early 2011, Fowler released the single "Girl in a Truck," which hit #1 on the Texas Music Chart released Feb. 21, 2011.cite web|url= http://www.texasmusicchart.com/Pages/Chart.htm|title=Texas Music Chart|work=Texas Music Chart|accessdate=23 Feb 2011 The song was released regionally to radio stations in the Texas and Oklahoma areas.
In May 2011, Fowler announced the release of his next single "Hell Yeah, I Like Beer", as well as his new album to be released later in 2011.
http://www.kevinfowler.com/ Kevin Fowler's official site
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