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# Owen Temple

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- [Blog](https://owentemple.com/blog/)
- [Summertime Vibes](https://owentemple.com/summertime/) - Summertime Vibes knob turned up to 11. Thank y’all for the kind words about the new single we released on Friday! I’m watching it shine today, for sure. The 8 year old was digging into a watermelon slice by a pool and I had to try to catch it in a sketch. (Prints of this
- [I Have 308 Known Ancestors and Only Four Percent of Them Are Named Temple](https://owentemple.com/i-have-308-known-ancestors-and-only-four-percent-of-them-are-named-temple/) - A family tree from Wiltshire, Nérac, Roscommon and Saint-Domingue to Essex County, Virginia — and on to Texarkana, Little Rock, Travis County and the Texas piney woods. Temple · Crouch · Bond · Plunkett · Catchings · Johnson · West · Carpenter. Four years ago I wrote here that I have 32 great-great-great grandparents —
- [How I Met My Great-Great-Great Grandparents](https://owentemple.com/essex-county-virginia/) - I have 32 great-great-great grandparents. Three of them are Virginia natives, and two of those were born in Essex County, Virginia. I had seen that birthplaces for Henry Temple and Susan Jones Temple were in Essex County, Virginia. My great-great-great grandfather Henry Waring Latane Temple was rector in South Farnham Parish and at St. Paul's
- [Henry Waring Latané Temple and Susan Jones](https://owentemple.com/henry-waring-latane-temple-and-susan-jones/) - "They that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness, as the stars forever and ever." - Daniel 12:3 Henry Waring Latané Temple was born in April 6, 1812 in Essex County, Virginia, the fourth child of John Temple and Mary "Polly" Latané. Essex County in
- [W.B. Plunkett and Lila Boyd Plunkett](https://owentemple.com/w-b-plunkett-and-lila-boyd-plunkett/) - Eliza (Lila) Boyd Plunkett in 1935, likely holding granddaughter Lila Anne Matthews (1934–1959)Lila Boyd Plunkett was Alice Plunkett's mom Here is a picture of Lila Plunkett as a child. Eliza (Lila) Boyd married William B. Plunkett in 1879 (she was 18, he was 20). They lived at 1719 Arch Street in Little Rock for more
- [Alice Plunkett and John Bond Jr](https://owentemple.com/alice-plunkett-and-john-bond-jr/) - The children and grandchildren of John Bond Jr and Alice Plunkett: -4 Children: Lila Plunkett Bond, Julia (Judy) Katharine Bond, Josephine Bond, Richard Thompson (Tommy) Bond -10 Grandchildren: Lila Anne Matthews, Agnes Somers Matthews Virginia Reville Ledbetter, Joel Yowell Ledbetter Jr, Julia Plunkett Ledbetter Alice Plunkett Temple, Hal Crouch Temple, Helen Christine Temple, Thompson Bond
- [Julia Sterling and John Barnitz Bond Sr, MD](https://owentemple.com/julia-sterling-and-john-barnitz-bond-sr-md/) - John Barnitz Bond Sr, MD was the father of John Barnitz Bond Jr (who married Alice Plunkett). Arkansas Gazette, July 17, 1915: "One of the most picturesque figures in American pharmacy has passed away in the death of Dr. John B. Bond Sr., of Little Rock, Arkansas, at the age of seventy-eight. Dr. Bond was
- [Renée Rose Adélaïde Gentillot and Achilles Plunkett](https://owentemple.com/renee-rose-adelaide-gentillot-and-achilles-plunkett/) - Francois Achilles Plunkett (sometimes referred to by geneaologists as Achilles Nivison Plunkett Sr. but no birth record verifying his birth name been found) was born in 1769 in Torbeck, Saint-Domingue (now a part of Haiti). His father Francois Plunkett was born in Killumod, Ireland and immigrated to Saint-Domingue. Saint-Domingue was a West Indian French colony
- [Turquoise Blue](https://owentemple.com/turquoise-blue-2/) - After I visited Hemingway’s Key West home, I read his Islands in the Stream- “I love the sea and would not be anywhere else. She has beauty and great mystery.” Jimmy Buffett called her “Mother, Mother Ocean.” A few months later, from the deck of a boat, looking at a straight line blue horizon, I
- [15 Year Anniversary of Mountain Home](https://owentemple.com/15-year-anniversary-of-mountain-home/) - They grow up so fast. Mountain Home turns 15 this month. Ten songs about small Texas towns and the characters who make them interesting. To mark it, I pressed a new batch of vinyl and we'd be happy to send one your way.
- [Up North](https://owentemple.com/up-north-2/) - My new single, "Up North," is released today. You can listen to it here. What’s the northernmost place you’ve been? It’s Skagway, Alaska for me, where I took these photos. My song ‘Up North’ that’s arriving next week, reflects how - for a Texas guy used to running the AC in winter - the climate
- [Little Mexico](https://owentemple.com/little-mexico/) - Little Mexico on S. 1st Street has been in Austin as long as have been. A great spot for enchiladas, for the Jerry Jeff Walker queso, and for getting album cover photos taken. We came down here to grab a bite, and I paused to recreate my 3rd album’s cover 24 years later. Gotta keep
- [Watercolor Sketches by Mark Nelson](https://owentemple.com/watercolor-sketches-by-mark-nelson/) - Master watercolorist Mark Nelson shared his sketch of me and of Ray Wylie Hubbard at KNBT’s Roots and Branches taping (the show airs on 1/27). I learn so much every time I see his work. Here's more work by Mark that he has shared with me after shows:
- [Guy on a Rock (in Space)](https://owentemple.com/guy-on-a-rock-in-space/) - I've just had an experience. The experience was caused by hitting play on Guy on a Rock, John Baumann's new album. This morning I stepped on to a 4D ride (the fourth dimension is emotion, by the way) with John as the captain, chief storyteller, and tour guide as he shared his refreshing, wide perspective
- [Diner in North Bend, Washington](https://owentemple.com/diner-in-north-bend-washington/) - A watercolor I painted of the interior of a North Bend, Washington diner. It looks like it could be 1957, but I visited it just recently and it looked like this. This location - Twede's Cafe - was the inspiration for the famous Double R Diner on the TV show Twin Peaks. I spent some
- [New Single - Ain't We Lucky? - Coming January 16](https://owentemple.com/new-single-aint-we-lucky-coming-january-16/) - The Hook New year, new single. This one says if you woke up this morning, you’re already lucky. The Vibe “Ain’t We Lucky?” is a gratitude song with a shuffle and a swing—the kind of track you’d hear on a porch or in a car with the windows down. Produced by Gordy Quist (The Band
- [KNBT Roots and Branches Broadcast](https://owentemple.com/knbt-roots-and-branches-broadcast/) - Last week, we recorded a good night of songs with Ray Wylie Hubbard, Dallas Burrow, and Bret Graham. I got to play the new one “Ain’t We Lucky” for Ray and say thanks to KNBT for adding it. Airs tonight at 7.
- [Dry Creek](https://owentemple.com/dry-creek/) - My watercolor/sketch of one of my favorite Austin places. I also sketched it in one of my first songs. The owner & ‘meanest bartender in Austin award’ winner Sarah Ransom cussed at me a few times and then sometimes, right afterward, she’d wink and half smile. I’ll be at one of another of my favorite
- [Winter Weather Report from Townes](https://owentemple.com/winter-weather-report-from-townes/) - Townes Van Zandt submitted this lyrical weather report in 1977 but it’s still true today.
- [Cast Iron, Forged Steel, and Stained Hardwood](https://owentemple.com/cast-iron-forged-steel-and-stained-hardwood/) - This worked even when the power went out. I wrote some lines on it that became a song. I shared a bit of the backstory for subscribers here.
- [In the Mix: BMI Texas Ten](https://owentemple.com/in-the-mix-bmi-texas-ten/) - I'm honored to share that my previous single, 'Fats Domino,' was hand-picked by the BMI Austin team for the January 2026 Texas Ten playlist. It’s a privilege to be included. Gratitude to Mitch Ballard and Kristen Townsend for all they do for us songwriters here.
- [New Single - "Fats Domino" Released](https://owentemple.com/new-single-fats-domino-released/) - I never got to meet my grandfather, my mom’s dad, who died before I was born. But through writing this song, recording it, and painting this picture, I finally got to spend a day with him: March 23, 1957. Here is the drawing I made of that day. You can listen to the full song
- [Zion National Park](https://owentemple.com/zion-national-park/) - My sketch/watercolor of Navajo Sandstone at the Towers of the Virgin - iron in these mountains, catching and reflecting the sun. Prints of this are available here.
- [It's Always Almost Christmas](https://owentemple.com/its-always-almost-christmas/) - Got a sparkle in my beard and a song in my heart, so I sat down to sing this holiday chestnut that Gabe Rhodes and I wrote. "It's Always Almost Christmas" ©2025 Owen Temple & Gabriel Rhodes
- [Motor Lodge](https://owentemple.com/motor-lodge/) - Written a lot of songs in rooms like these. After midnight, when you’re dog tired, places like this feel like an oasis. Watercolor from this week. Prints available here.
- [Weathered & Live in Austin: A Vinyl Puzzle With a Just-Right Solution](https://owentemple.com/weathered-live-in-austin-a-vinyl-puzzle-with-a-just-right-solution/) - I ran into a Goldilocks problem this year. I released two very different projects—one too small for a vinyl record, and another too big. The Weathered EP is just three songs, a ten-minute meditation on storms, change, and whatever passes through us and leaves a mark. And then there’s Live in Austin, eleven songs from
- [Fats Domino on the road to Corpus Christi](https://owentemple.com/fats-domino-on-the-way-to-corpus-christi/) - At the bottom of this post is my attempt to draw/watercolor a scene from a day in March 1957 on the road between Victoria and Corpus Christi, when my grandfather Gene (who was 26 years old at the time) was driving to work and saw a man by the side of the road who looked
- [Luckenbach Dancehall](https://owentemple.com/luckenbach-dancehall/) - Before our show on the outdoor stage under the oaks, I sat down by this old building. I remembered when I first heard an album that was recorded in this dancehall- a set of recordings that somehow opened up a new world of fun, friendship, and soulful conversations for me. Grateful to all the musicians,
- [Wild Seeds on the Wind](https://owentemple.com/wild-seeds-on-the-wind/) - Fall means good things happening in Texas, and this new record from Walt Wilkins is one of the best. I was lucky enough to help write the title track, Wild Seeds on the Wind. It’s golden, timeless, acoustic country music - the kind that feels like camping in a canyon by the Rio Grande with
- [The Gar Hole](https://owentemple.com/the-gar-hole/) - Is it Anna, Texas or Westminster, Texas? Yes. Is it a old bank building or a gathering spot for lovers of songwriting? Yes. The Gar Hole is many things, it contains multitudes. I am happy this building will contain me this Sunday evening, along with any other folks who are game for a multitude of
- [Songs, Stories, and Watercolors](https://owentemple.com/songs-stories-and-watercolors/) - I’ve started something new called Closer, Says Love. It’s a place where I’ll share new songs first, along with the stories of how they came together — and paintings like this one. It feels less like noise and more like a conversation. Songs and stories, straight to your inbox. Read the welcome post and subscribe
- [Woodlands](https://owentemple.com/woodlands/) - I painted this waterfall in Washington. Washington has 23 million acres of forest, Texas has 60 million. Around The Woodlands, Texas, they call it the W.G. Jones State Forest—but really, they’re all the lungs of the planet, keeping us alive, breathing for us. I’ll be playing Saturday night in The Woodlands at Dosey Doe.
- [Marathons and Half Marathons](https://owentemple.com/marathons-and-half-marathons/) - Dallas White Rock Half Marathon - December 4, 2011 Austin Marathon - February 19, 2012 Marathon 2 Marathon - Half Marathon - Marathon, Texas - October 20, 2012 Shiner Beer Run Half Marathon - Shiner, Texas - December 16, 2012 Houston Marathon - January 13, 2013 HITS Half Marathon Austin - February 14, 2013 Chicago
- [Snoqualmie, Washington - Twin Peaks Filming Locations](https://owentemple.com/snoqualmie-falls/) - Birthday 49 does feel like an edge/waterfall kind of birthday. Enjoying the ride. Thanks to friends and family and heroes for making the trip such a joy. One hero to mention today- gotta say thank you to David Lynch for unleashing your imagination and giving us Twin Peaks and other art and stories that stand
- [Godspeed Michael Bardgett](https://owentemple.com/godspeed-michael-bardgett/) - I was very sorry to hear of the passing of Michael Bardgett (known to his friends as Jett) last week. He was a light. This photo I took of him on the left here, with his business partner Claude (Spider) Webb on the right, is the last time I saw him, on a very good
- [Espiritu Santo Bay](https://owentemple.com/espiritu-santo-bay/) - Espiritu Santo Bay from the deck of Captain Steve Branch’s boat. He said: “fish live in beautiful places” and he is sure showing em to me.
- [A New Mural in La Grange](https://owentemple.com/a-new-mural-in-la-grange/) - Now I can be inside and outside the venue at the same time - thanks to a new roadside attraction on the way between Austin and Houston on Jefferson Street in La Grange - worthy of a stop along with the Bastrop Dino Park, Weikel's, and Hruska's - it's the new mural on the exterior
- [Winker Withaneye](https://owentemple.com/winker-withaneye/) - I want to take a minute to tip my hat to the artistry and lifelong work of Winker Withaneye (Don Emmons). He's a treasure. I asked him today if he had a photo from a night at the Saxon Pub, and he said "I have more than 100 from that night you can take a
- [Films Log](https://owentemple.com/films-log/) - Whenever I have remembered to log it, I took note of the movies I've seen since 2015, in the order I've seen them. All the Films I've Seen Title IMDb Rating Year Directors Link The King of Comedy 7.8 1982 Martin Scorsese IMDb Atlantic City 7.3 1981 Louis Malle IMDb Rumble Fish 7.1 1983 Francis
- [The People Who Made 'Stories They Tell'](https://owentemple.com/the-people-who-made-stories-they-tell/) - In 8 days, on September 24, a new studio album of songs I wrote and co-wrote with my friends, Stories They Tell, will be in stores everywhere. The new album is available for pre-order now through my website, from Amazon, and LoneStarMusic. On Tuesday the 24th it will be available on iTunes, at Waterloo
- [Medicine Man](https://owentemple.com/medicine-man/) - To celebrate the official release, here's a preview of the first song we recorded in the sessions. CLICK HERE FOR PREVIEW OF MEDICINE MAN Thanks to the following folks for sharing their ideas and creative talents to make this album possible: Links go to more of their work - support it when and if you
- [West Texas Wildfire Relief Through Music](https://owentemple.com/west-texas-wildfire-relief-through-music/) - In the past 2 weeks, wildfires have scorched over 300,000 acres in West Texas. More than 60 homes have burned, as have animals, fences, and agricultural property. Firefighters have lost their lives battling the blazes. Wildfire conditions are made worse by high winds and the extreme statewide drought, and right now, the extended weather outlook
- [2 Years and 25 Artists Later](https://owentemple.com/2-years-and-25-artists-later/) - It's official, today's the release day of an album called Mountain Home: 2 years in the writing, recording, mixing, mastering, and designing, and requiring the efforts of more than 25 true artists who I am honored to work with. Thanks to the following folks for sharing their ideas and creative talents to make this
- [Road Signs in Texas](https://owentemple.com/road-signs-in-texas/) - A picture of of a sign we passed by driving from Tyler to Fredericksburg this past weekend: My response/caption to this picture would probably be the title of a song - Danger and Good Times - that I wrote with Scott Nolan and Adam Carroll about a friend of ours. We posted the song and a free download
- [In Honor of Sam Houston's Birthday](https://owentemple.com/in-honor-of-sam-houstons-birthday/) - FREE MP3 OF "OLD SAM" FROM THE UPCOMING ALBUM MOUNTAIN HOME IN HONOR OF ANNIVERSARY OF HIS BIRTH - MARCH 2 Driving north out of Houston on I-45, you pass the 65 foot tall statue of Sam Houston that stands by the interstate near Huntsville, Texas. He was a governor of Tennessee, president of
- [New Album, Mountain Home, In Stores April 26](https://owentemple.com/new-album-mountain-home-in-stores-april-26/) - Mountain Home, the sixth studio record from Austin, Texas-based songwriter Owen Temple, is a collection of ten songs about eccentric characters living extraordinary lives in small towns and on the fringes of big cities. The characters are all on edge- on the verge of freedom, catastrophe, and hope- and the songs tell of strange happenings
- [Rules of Cowboy's Ragtime Band](https://owentemple.com/rules-of-cowboys-ragtime-band/) - Here is list of rules that producer and songwriter Cowboy Jack Clement posted at his studio for band members. This copy of the list is posted at Graceyland / Sunbird Studio in Briarcliff, Texas, where we recorded Dollars and Dimes and Mountain Home. Enjoy the words of wisdom that I think apply far beyond the studio
- [Fifth Studio Album - Dollars and Dimes](https://owentemple.com/fifth-studio-album-dollars-and-dimes/) - Dollars and Dimes, the fifth studio record from Austin, Texas-based songwriter Owen Temple, is a collection of eleven songs about people making their way through hard times in the different regions of North America. The project includes songs written by Owen Temple and co-writes with Adam Carroll, Gordy Quist (of the Band of Heathens), Scott Nolan and
- [Backyard Biergarten - Episode 3 - Man For All Seasons](https://owentemple.com/backyard-biergarten-episode-3-man-for-all-seasons/) - In the latest episode of the exciting series Backyard Biergarten in which I play a new song and drink a beer in a backyard:-It’s spring in the biergarten, and I’m drinking a beer intended for autumn-Our preschool camera operator intern has a rainbow painted on her arm and Strawberry Shortcake freckles painted on her cheeks-Oktoberfest
- [Books Log](https://owentemple.com/books-log/) - Whenever I have remembered to log it, I took note of the books I've read since 2021, in the order I've read them. TitleAuthor Five Letters of Cortes to the Emperor: 1519 -1526 Hernán Cortés The Lehman Trilogy: A Novel Stefano Massini What the Robin Knows: How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World
- [Rick Richards](https://owentemple.com/rick-richards/) - Rick has played drums and percussion on some of my favorite recordings and he has played shows with me all over the country. He can lay down and lock in to a groove better than any other musician I have met. You can hear him playing drums on my Mountain Home, Live at the Saxon Pub,
- [Turquoise Blue](https://owentemple.com/turquoise-blue/) - After I visited Hemingway's Key West home, I read his book Islands in the Stream in which his hero says "I love the sea. And would not be anywhere else. She's my home... She creates life and she ends it. She has beauty and great mystery. And she's eternal." And of course, Jimmy Buffett called
- [The Gulf of Mexico (Piano Version) – A Song for Summers Past](https://owentemple.com/the-gulf-of-mexico-piano-version-a-song-for-summers-past/) - This week I sat down at the piano and played a stripped-down version of a Gulf Coast song I wrote with Gabe Rhodes— remembering the summers gone by and looking ahead to the shows on the horizon. "The Gulf of Mexico" ©2025 Owen Temple & Gabriel Rhodes
- [Made in the Shade](https://owentemple.com/made-in-the-shade/) - When I titled this collection of songs 'Weathered,' I didn't know how true that title would feel this summer. The 3 songs on this EP are all set in challenging environments, but this last one provides a bit of relief from the intensity. I wrote Made in the Shade with Jamie Lin Wilson and Jason
- [Singles from Upcoming Album 'Rings on a Tree'](https://owentemple.com/days/) - Once a year is not often enough to celebrate your birthday. In a conversation one afternoon, Walt Wilkins and I decided that we should be celebrating being born every month, every week, every day. The song that we wrote after our conversation – ‘Days’ – has been released as a single on streaming sites today
- [Songwriting Workshop in Gruene with Adam Carroll and Jamie Lin Wilson](https://owentemple.com/songwriting-workshop-in-gruene-with-adam-carroll-and-jamie-lin-wilson/) - Last fall, Adam Carroll and I got together with this fabulous crew of songwriters for a workshop in a beautiful location in Gruene, and we're going to do it again this year on another Sunday afternoon - October 26. Last year, our guest host Kelley Mickwee shared insights on her writing process, and this year
- [Three Songs from My Living Room for AmericanaUK](https://owentemple.com/three-songs-from-my-living-room-for-americanauk/) - The folks at AmericanaUK asked if I’d record a “mini-gig” from my living room. No lights, no stage—just me, a guitar, and a quiet house. I played three songs that have been close to my heart lately: Looking for Signs – a search for patterns and meaning, even when the answers aren’t obvious. Turquoise Blue
- [Bob Dylan's Childhood Home in Hibbing, Minnesota](https://owentemple.com/bob-dylans-childhood-home-in-hibbing-minnesota/) - There’s something about seeing the place where it all began. Today I got to tour Bob Dylan’s childhood home at 2425 7th Ave E, Hibbing Minnesota today with the current owner, archivist and collector Bill Pagel. Highlights were listening to early rock n roll records from Bob’s collection on Bob’s own record player and seeing
- [Up North](https://owentemple.com/up-north/) - Today I'm singing this new song for you and the trees, not far from a lake as big as an ocean. I wrote this song when I was traveling through this area last year, after Wisconsin native Tamara Saviano clued me in that the folks from the region call it "up north." Cheers to you
- [Happy Summer](https://owentemple.com/happy-summer/) - Happy summer to the kids who celebrate. Here's my sketch of what our ten year old's summer plan is. But we will also be road tripping so that we can teach them patience and that life is about the journey not the destination, so no, we're not there yet. Some of our trips will be
- [McGonigel's Mucky Duck](https://owentemple.com/theduck/) - McGonigel's Mucky Duck. My sketch/watercolor of the landmark venue for songwriters in Texas- opened by Rusty and Teresa Andrews in 1990. I first played McGonigel’s Mucky Duck in July of 1998. Since then, I’ve been back 24 times — enough to know it’s my favorite listening room anywhere. It sounds good, and the people there
- [Music is Good Medicine](https://owentemple.com/music-is-good-medicine/) - Music is good medicine. Hunter S. Thompson called the music industry “a cruel and shallow money trench,” but from where I’m sitting, it looks different. The rewards of making and listening to music are sincere connections—friendship, fellowship, and shared moments you remember—that reawaken your wonder and imagination. Maybe it's because you can’t really write good
- [El Patio Mexican Restaurant, Austin, Texas](https://owentemple.com/el-patio-mexican-restaurant-austin-texas/) - Can't take these places for granted. My sketch/watercolor of El Patio, an Austin institution. So is the Saxon Pub, where we're playing tonight. I'm going to do my civic duty and get some enchiladas today
- [John Wayne Cowboy](https://owentemple.com/john-wayne-cowboy/) - My sketch/watercolor for a single I'm releasing this week has been a long time coming. The first song Jamie Lin Wilson and I ever wrote together - "John Wayne Cowboy"- was recorded powerfully by The Trishas, and I've always loved their version. Jamie and I also recorded our own take back in 2015, and our
- [Communion](https://owentemple.com/communion/) - A new song I wanted to play for you ahead of shows at Saxon Pub on the 27th and Mucky Duck on the 30th. It’s about the connection we still feel—to old friends, family, and even ancestors we never knew. Somehow, they’re all still with us—in the stories we tell, the songs we sing, and
- [Preview from the Studio](https://owentemple.com/preview-from-the-studio/) - Just a quick note to say hello and hope all is well with you.I've been in the studio a few times in the last few months. At the Finishing School here in Austin, Gordy Quist and an outstanding crew of musicians recorded 10 songs that I'm hoping to be able to share with you in
- [More Problems](https://owentemple.com/more-problems/) - A song I wrote with Gabriel Rhodes about what you've got that lets you know you're alive - "More Problems"
- [Riding the Ride](https://owentemple.com/riding-the-ride/) - Sometimes the wild rides in life are what teach us the most — about strength, about hope, about getting back to yourself. This song is about coming through all that and finding the light again. It’s called 'Riding the Ride.'
- [Bay Theatre, Seal Beach, California](https://owentemple.com/bay-theatre-seal-beach-california/) - A labor of love- you can spot it a mile away. Some you can spot 1400 miles away. On May 10, I'm playing a show at the Bay Theatre in Seal Beach, California- a venue that has just reopened its doors to its 1940s glory after a carefully researched 8-year restoration. Paul Dunlap, the leader
- [Shadowland](https://owentemple.com/shadowland/) - I’m a big fan of classic films. I hate to admit it, but I’d rather watch a highly rated classic film than take a chance on a new release. The classic film has had decades of audiences to aggregate their opinion of it, while new movies are just “trending.” Lately, I’ve been watching a lot
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- [Rings on a Tree](https://owentemple.com/rings/) - 8 songwriters, 10 musicians, 15 songs. The new album – Rings on a Tree – is released. You can hear it here. If you trace the branches of any family tree back far enough, you can see we’re all connected. Rings on a Tree is a concept album looking at our shared family histories and the way
- [The Big Pink, Saugerties, New York](https://owentemple.com/the-big-pink-saugerties-new-york/) - In Saugerties, New York, when I drove by The Big Pink and it’s famous basement one afternoon in September 2022, I was tuned into the magic and songs The Band and Bob Dylan caught on tape there. In 1967, this house was a musical laboratory and launchpad for so many beautiful sound waves that are
- [Shopping Center Wall, Austin](https://owentemple.com/shopping-center-austin/) - You don't have to be standing in a National Park to see it- there's beauty all around us. Wherever you are standing, there's probably something beautiful that can wake you up to appreciation and enjoyment. I took the sudden beauty of a shopping center wall that I saw a few days ago as a reminder
- [Songwriting Workshop in Gruene, Texas](https://owentemple.com/workshop/) - When Adam or Kelley or I start working on a song together, sometimes we start with a two or three word phrase one of us brought to the session, and other times, the idea comes up in our conversation about what's been happening with us lately. The great thing about songwriting with a friend is
- [Ernest Hemingway House in Key West](https://owentemple.com/ernest-hemingway-house-in-key-west/) - My sketch/watercolor of Ernest Hemingway's house in Key West (print available here). Before I ever wrote a song, his novels and short stories moved me to try to write something. When you read a story he wrote, afterward, you felt like you had the experience yourself. Walt Wilkins and I recently wrote a song inspired
- [Sam Houston in Houston](https://owentemple.com/sam-houston-in-houston/) - I think Sam Houston would like the Mucky Duck in the city named after him. I'll be playing a show there in a week, and I hope he'd like the song Adam Carroll and I wrote about him. After all, we did research, skimming through several comic books and graphic novels about Old Sam to
- [Weary Traveler Freehouse, Madison, Wisconsin](https://owentemple.com/weary-traveler-freehouse-madison-wisconsin/) - One of my favorite bars is the Weary Traveler Freehouse on Williamson Street on the near East Side of Madison, Wisconsin. The place has a magical feeling of welcome at any time of night or day. Whenever I’ve walked in, it seemed like the perfect time to be there. I made this painting of the
- [Poor David's Pub in Dallas, Texas](https://owentemple.com/poor-davids-pub-in-dallas-texas/) - https://order.owentemple.com/products/poor-davids-pub-in-dallas-texasI was 18 when I heard Guy Clark play ‘Dublin Blues’ at Poor David’s Pub. At 19, I got to open for Steve Fromholtz and heard him play ‘Texas Trilogy’ and ‘I’d Have to be Crazy.’ I heard Rusty Weir tell stories and sing ‘Don’t It Make You Wanna Dance’ at Poor David’s Pub. I
- [Bull Creek Park](https://owentemple.com/park/) - This is a drawing I did of a picnic table at Bull Creek Park in Austin, Texas. (Prints available of this watercolor are here.) The table is surrounded by a crowd of 200 to 300 year-old live oak trees. Many, many, times, Walt Wilkins and I have met here – on that luckiest of days
- [The Saxon Pub - Album Release Show on November 7](https://owentemple.com/saxon/) - The Saxon Pub holds a special place in my heart. Here’s two drawings I made of it – the front porch of the entrance and the neon sign on South Lamar. (Prints of these are available here and here.) I first saw Rusty Weir play here on a Thursday night in 1995. I talked to
- [Sam's Burger Joint](https://owentemple.com/sams-burger-joint/) - New Year’s Resolution: I hereby resolve to play songs at Sam’s Burger Joint with my friends on Thursday, January 4, 2024. You can get tickets here.I made this drawing and watercolor of this place, and I have prints of it available here.
- [The Boots at North Star Mall](https://owentemple.com/the-boots-at-north-star-mall/) - I drew a sketch and watercolor of the 35-foot tall boots installed beside North Star Mall in San Antonio. (Prints of this are available here). When I was a kid, these boots impressed me more than the Pyramids of Giza. They symbolized the heights of civilization-- namely a 3 story mall that was a home
- [Guero's Oak Garden](https://owentemple.com/gueros-oak-garden/) - The Guero's Oak Garden: My sketch/watercolor of the spot where - in 2 weeks - the band and I will be performing for a crowd of 200-year-old oaks (and younger people) as part of Sun Radio's Texas Radio Live broadcast. (Prints of this watercolor are available here.) I can't think of a better place to
- [Professor Longhair at Tipitina's](https://owentemple.com/professor-longhair-at-tipitinas/) - For Mardi Gras, I've been listening to a lot of the great New Orleans musicians Fat Domino, Dr. John, and Professor Longhair, so I did a sketch/watercolor of Professor Longhair from a performance film and interview he did in 1980 at Tipitina's, two days before he died. (Prints of this watercolor are available here.) His
- [Bulverde](https://owentemple.com/bulverde/) - Bulverde. This drawing is what I think of whenever I pass through this little town north of San Antonio. (Prints of this are available here.) Next Sunday the 10th, Kelley Mickwee and I will playing an acoustic show together in Bulverde, Texas. You are invited. Details are here.
- [Jimmie Rodgers and The Carter Family, Louisville KY, 1931](https://owentemple.com/jimmie-rodgers-and-the-carter-family-louisville-ky-1931/) - Drawing I did considering our musical ancestors- from a photo of Jimmie, Maybelle, A.P., and Sara together in Louisville in June 1931. Prints of the drawing are here. If you're a fan of country music and rock n roll, you're a fan of Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family.
- [Writing Songs with Walt Wilkins at Bull Creek Park](https://owentemple.com/writing-songs-with-walt-wilkins-at-bull-creek-park/) - Austin's Bull Creek Park has a concrete picnic table under the oaks that's perfect for songwriting (I made a drawing of it here). Walt Wilkins and I have been meeting up here whenever we can, writing songs for you. We'll be singing many of these songs in Dallas on the 29th to celebrate a happy
- [The Blue Door - Oklahoma City](https://owentemple.com/the-blue-door-oklahoma-city/) - My sketch/watercolor of The Blue Door (print available here), a listening room opened 31 years ago by Greg Johnson in Oklahoma City. Greg's a champion and advocate for singer-songwriters in Oklahoma and beyond, and magic happens night after night behind these doors. I'm looking forward to playing the Blue Door again on June 21 and
- [The Globe Theater - Bertram, Texas](https://owentemple.com/the-globe-theater-bertram-texas/) - I first met Walt Wilkins in Archer City about 22 years ago at a show we played together at the Royal Theater, the same theater that inspired Larry McMurtry's novel The Last Picture Show. It was a difficult time, just a few days after 9/11, but in the room that night, there was hope, celebration
- [Kerrville Folk Festival](https://owentemple.com/kerrville-folk-festival-2/) - My sketch/watercolor of an evening at the Kerrville Folk Festival. My band and I will be playing on Saturday, June 8. (Prints of this watercolor are available here) Happy 52nd birthday to the festival, first launched on June 1, 1972 with Allen Damron, Willis Alan Ramsey, Jerry Jeff Walker, Michael Martin Murphey, Townes Van Zandt, Kenneth
- [Old Quarter in Galveston](https://owentemple.com/old-quarter-in-galveston/) - My sketch/watercolor of the Old Quarter in Galveston where we played a show on July 18. (Prints of this are available here.) Just a sampling of the fascinating facts about Old Quarter founder and songwriter Rex Bell: he inspired the song "Rex's Blues" that his good friend Townes wrote, he played Carnegie Hall with Lightnin'
- [The Bugle Boy in La Grange, Texas](https://owentemple.com/the-bugle-boy-in-la-grange-texas/) - My sketch/watercolor of The Bugle Boy in La Grange where we’ll be playing in a month on August 23. Prints of this are available here. The building was once a WWII army barracks but was transformed into a listening room with theater seating and great acoustics. Solid gold-hearted, community-minded folks keep the place running –
- [Abilene and the American Bison](https://owentemple.com/abilene-and-the-american-bison/) - Abilene is in the old stomping grounds of the American bison, and the bison is the spirit animal of Lone Star Dry Goods Icehouse in Abilene. So when I play a show there next week on the 5th, I'm bringing this sketch/watercolor I made to donate to the #erasekidcancer fundraiser they're hosting. (Prints of this
- [The Terrace at the Memorial Union](https://owentemple.com/the-terrace-at-the-memorial-union/) - A sketch/watercolor on the view from the terrace of the Memorial Union in Madison, Wisconsin. I have prints available of this here. In 2 weeks, when I'm in town to play a show at Kiki's on the 15th, I'm gonna do my best to get a seat here for a while. These orange, yellow, and
- [Lake Champlain, Burlington, Vermont](https://owentemple.com/lake-champlain-burlington-vermont/) - Enjoy every sunset. Sometimes we get to see one over a large body of water, and it's impossible to photograph or paint it or sing about it in all its glory, but we keep trying. Here's a painting I finished recently, and I'll sing 'Watch it Shine' at Dosey Doe on Friday. Excited to report
- [Wanna Wanna Bar on South Padre Island](https://owentemple.com/wanna-wanna-bar-on-south-padre-island/) - I've written some love songs for people and I've written some love songs to bars. Here's a painting (prints available here) I did of a bar on South Padre Island where a guy told me his life story, and I put it into a song. I'm going to see some other places I love soon-
- [Great Lakes](https://owentemple.com/great-lakes/) - I've seen beautiful lakes from the shore recently, so I thought I'd try to paint them from above too. (A print of this is available here). A few days of driving around them also led me to write a new song I'm calling 'Up North' - thanks to an idea sparked by a friend (I
- [Ganado](https://owentemple.com/ganado/) - Traveling to Three Rivers, Texas from Houston a few weeks ago, I passed through a town named Ganado. I took a photo and then made a watercolor of a few of the downtown buildings. (You can get a print of this watercolor here). I also wrote a few lines about the town, and then more
- [Redbird Listening Room, New Braunfels](https://owentemple.com/redbird-listening-room-new-braunfels/) - Can you be nostalgic about the present? I'm going to try to be nostalgic about this week while it's happening because, inevitably, someday, we'll look back at these days and say wow, those were good times. No need to wait around to have that feeling of appreciation - I'm gonna try to do it now.
- [I Get By With a Lot of Help from My Friends](https://owentemple.com/i-get-by-with-a-lot-of-help-from-my-friends/) - I'm sure grateful for talented friends and folks willing to share their experience. When I was in the market for a camera, my photographer friend Dave Hensley gave me guidance on what to look for. When I was in the market for a new guitar, my guitarist friend Gabe Rhodes helped me navigate the choice.
- [Backyard Biergarten - Episode 13 - No Shortcuts](https://owentemple.com/backyard-biergarten-episode-13-no-shortcuts/) - From the Texas hill country, right in between Kerrville and Ingram, we bring you the lucky 13th episode of Backyard Biergarten – co-hosted by writer and traveler Rob McCorkle. We talk writing, beer, running, & Jerry Jeff Walker, and I play a song I wrote with Jason Eady and Jamie Wilson called “No Shortcuts.”
- [Backyard Biergarten - Episode 16 - Medicine Man and Cracking the Code](https://owentemple.com/backyard-biergarten-episode-16-medicine-man-and-cracking-the-code/) - In the latest episode of Backyard Biergarten, my co-host is Gordy Quist. Gordy is an all around good guy, member of The Band of Heathens, and my collaborator on the Songfarmer workshop we are putting together in December. Gordy joins me in the backyard to talk of beards, hats, smartphones, and other manly subjects. Then we play two
- [Backyard Biergarten 12 - Made in the Shade & Eyes Wide Open](https://owentemple.com/backyard-biergarten-12-made-in-the-shade-eyes-wide-open/) - A springtime Texas hill country edition of Backyard Biergarten with my co-host J.P. Rankin. J.P. is a cartoonist – known in publications as “The Cartoon Cowboy” – who makes his home between Comfort and Sisterdale. JP’s got a saloon on his property (that he built himself from reclaimed wood) that houses his collection of drawings,
- [Self Portrait with Fish, Lake Austin, Texas](https://owentemple.com/lake-austin-texas/) - On a date by the lake tonight, the wife caught a pic of me with my trophy. The light was great, so I made a watercolor of it. I am secretly very proud of catching this fish as it is my third caught on my fly rod.
- [Mountain Home In Stores April 2011 Accepting Pre-Orders Now](https://owentemple.com/mountain-home-in-stores-april-2011accepting-pre-orders-now/) - We are happy to announce the official release dates of Mountain Home- on Blue Rose Records in the European Union and the United Kingdom on April 22, 2011 and on El Paisano Records in the rest of the world on April 26, 2011. Mountain Home will be available on CD and in a limited edition
- [Madison, Wisconsin from across the lake](https://owentemple.com/madison-wisconsin-from-across-the-lake/)
- [Comedy Central Presents - Complete Episode List with IMDB Ratings](https://owentemple.com/comedy-central-presents-complete-episode-list-with-imdb-ratings/) - If you are serious about laughing, here's a dataset for you and a visualization (below and here) you can use to explore it. Good stand-up comedy looks easy, but it is a structured, precise, and subtle form of communication, a tightrope walk in front of a live audience, that is always a millisecond or a
- [They Call it the Hill Country](https://owentemple.com/they-call-it-the-hill-country/) - "They call it the hill country, I call it beautiful." I will be thinking of Kent Finlay's song as I drive west to Poodie's Hilltop this evening. My first 7 years, our home address was in Mountain Home, Texas. It must have been named by somebody who was homesick for Appalachia, because you'll find hills
- [Kelley Mickwee - Force of Nature](https://owentemple.com/kelley-mickwee-force-of-nature/) - Kelley Mickwee is a force of nature- and her new song just released today is 'Force of Nature.' I loved writing this one with Kelley. She's a creative, collaborative powerhouse. Her contributions make the work of her friends and fellow performers sound amazing. And for her solo releases, she has very high standards and an
- [McGonigel's Mucky Duck on August 22](https://owentemple.com/mcgonigels-mucky-duck-on-august-22/) - The word "pub" is short for "public house" and the Mucky Duck takes that role seriously in the community of Houston. Here's a shot from the last time we played Mucky Duck, and in two weeks - on the 22nd - we will be back. There's so much to love about the place, including how
- [Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, and John Mellencamp](https://owentemple.com/willie-nelson-bob-dylan-and-john-mellencamp/) - I was lucky to be in Northern California when the Outlaws Music Festival rolled through Mountain View, California this weekend. Across the street from Google, Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan brought their 176 years of experience making some of the best American music to an audience at Shoreline Amphitheater. Thanks to each of them (and
- [Hal Ketchum Singing 'Too Many Memories' on the Porch](https://owentemple.com/hal/) - Ten years ago, in August 2013, Hal Ketchum, Walt Wilkins, Jamie Wilson, Corby Schaub, Jason Eady, Courtney Patton, and I were sitting on the porch of a cabin after the first night of the Frio River Song Festival. A little after midnight, Walt and Hal started playing Stephen Bruton’s song “Too Many Memories,” and Mary Miles Temple
- [Touring Vehicle](https://owentemple.com/touring-vehicle/) - Getting some maintenance done on the tour vehicle today- getting the carpet shampooed and installing a trailer hitch so I can tow a trailer - to Fort Worth for the show with Mike Graham at The Post on the 15th and to The Woodlands for Dosey Doe on the 21st. https://owentemple.com/release-shows
- [#1 New Release in Americana on Amazon](https://owentemple.com/1-new-release-in-americana-on-amazon/) - I've got Amazon telling me that the new album is the #1 New Release in Americana, and yet my kids are yelling from the other room asking me to bring them things. Do they know who they are dealing with?
- [Galveston](https://owentemple.com/galveston/) - A painting my grandfather did when he was living on The Strand in Galveston. It has hung by my desk wherever I lived over the last 30 years so that I always had a nice view out the ‘window’. Headed down to the Old Quarter Acoustic Cafe today and hoping to catch a glimpse of
- [The Blue Door](https://owentemple.com/bluedoor/) - In Oklahoma City on Friday night I'll be at The Blue Door (tickets here) and a week later Adam Carroll will be there. I will be burying a time capsule on the stage to be opened up by Adam 7 days later in the future. I will enclose artifacts from the 4th weekend of June
- [Historical Marker](https://owentemple.com/historical-marker/) - I stopped here to use the pay phone, but I guess they took it out. There was a new historical marker posted - I read it but there was no mention in the text of my album cover?
- [Past Tour Dates](https://owentemple.com/past-tour-dates-viz/)
- [Garbage Pail Kids](https://owentemple.com/garbage-pail-kids/) - Ran into this display at Texas Toy Museum. I was unable to explain the appeal of these to my 3rd grader, but when I was a elementary school, this collection of cartoons (sold in packages of 5 cards along with a stick of petrified gum) represented incredible wealth. Most exciting of all- they were eventually
- [The Home of Jimmie Rodgers in Kerrville](https://owentemple.com/the-home-of-jimmie-rodgers-in-kerrville/) - Headed out to Kerrville Folk Festival tonight- me and my band’s set isn’t until June 8 but I go out and listen every year I can. This morning I drove by Jimmie Rodgers’s Kerrville house- he called it “Blue Yodeler’s Paradise” when he lived here in 1929-1932. When I first started playing guitar, my grandfather
- [The Show in Houston with Guy Clark](https://owentemple.com/my-show-with-guy-clark-in-houston/) - Ahead of tonight's A Night for Guy show, listening to his unvarnished but masterful worktapes on the recently released album Truly Handmade Vol. 1, I remember a date in 2001 when I was booked to open for Guy Clark at Garden in the Heights in Houston. On the day of the show, storm clouds rolled
- [Bill Haley's South Texas Days](https://owentemple.com/bill-haleys-south-texas-days/) - There's a great article by Michael Hall in Texas Monthly, Falling Comet, on the life and Texas days of Bill Haley, one of the founders of rock n roll. One of my favorite Tom Russell songs also tells the story of Bill Haley's time in Harlingen, Texas, and here's a great version of the song
- [Buddy Holly's Home Recordings](https://owentemple.com/buddy-hollys-home-recordings/) - If you've ever wished you could hear Buddy Holly play songs across the kitchen table from you... in the winter of 1958-59, he made a 29-minute home recording where he sings 15 songs - some "new" originals and also covers he admired. You can hear Maria doing the dishes in the background (link in comments).
- [A Short Film on the Prehistoric Art in the Cave of Lascaux](https://owentemple.com/cave/) - My buddy Joshua Dodds – a songwriter, scholar of prehistory, and now filmmaker – has written and directed a short film about the Cave of Lascaux and the magnificent cave paintings discovered there. He has walked the caves himself, guiding trips for others. Now with this film- that unfolds like a film noir detective story-
- [The Skyline Club](https://owentemple.com/the-skyline-club/) - Hank Williams’ second to last show was at Austin’s old Skyline Club. Elvis Presley’s second Austin show was at the Skyline. It was good to play a show tonight in the shadow of this great old neon sign.
- [Great Townes Van Zandt Quote](https://owentemple.com/great-townes-van-zandt-quote/) - Someone asked Townes Van Zandt: why do you sing with your eyes closed? And he said, "If you would close your eyes I wouldn’t have to." Walt Wilkins and I will close our eyes (so you don't have to) at our show at Poor David's Pub on Friday, March 29th. Kimmie Rhodes has a new
- [Kerrville Folk Festival](https://owentemple.com/kerrville-folk-festival/) - I'm very happy to announce we'll be a part of a great lineup for the always magical Kerrville Folk Festival this summer- our set will be on Saturday June 8. Get tickets for the festival here.
- [McGonigel's Mucky Duck on Saturday Feb 3](https://owentemple.com/mcgonigels-mucky-duck-on-saturday-feb-3/) - Just a handful of seats left for our show with the band at The Duck on Saturday. Though the sign on the place is beautiful, we'd rather have you indoors with us. Tickets are here.
- [The Shape of Maryland](https://owentemple.com/the-shape-of-maryland/) - Maryland has a lot of waterfront. You realize this if - like me - you decide to try to draw the outline of the state. Next weekend, I am playing two shows in Maryland at Delmarvalous Americana House Concerts and Macum Creek Concerts. You are welcome to join us. I drew two guitars on the
- [Sideline Conversation](https://owentemple.com/sideline-conversation/) - I drew a cartoon of what I learned from another parent last weekend (while watching my kid cover the goal in a lacrosse tournament)
- [Merch Rapture](https://owentemple.com/merch-rapture/) - Cartoon I drew concerning the merch rapture
- [Pre-order new studio album 'Stories They Tell'](https://owentemple.com/pre-order-new-studio-album-stories-they-tell/) - 'Stories They Tell’ is the seventh studio record from Austin, Texas-based songwriter Owen Temple, and it’s about time. It’s about time and about what we do with it. The eleven songs add up to a retrospective, big picture look at what humans have been doing over the last 10,000 years: making tools and stuff, forming
- [The Saxon Pub - Thursday October 17](https://owentemple.com/the-saxon-pub-thursday-october-17/) - In South Austin tonight at The Saxon Pub, my friends The Trishas will be playing at 8pm and me and the band will be playing at 10pm- Please be sure to pay the cover charge to the medieval knight who works the door. He takes his job very seriously 6:00 The Eightysixxed8:00 The Trishas10:00 Owen
- [SRV's 59th, Saxon Pub Tonight and in Two Weeks](https://owentemple.com/srvs-59th-saxon-pub-tonight-and-in-two-weeks/) - Today would have been Stevie Ray Vaughan's 59th birthday. Here's a song I wrote for him and a few others who came up in the North Texas music scene in the 70s and 80s. We're gonna play this song with the band tonight at 10pm at the Saxon Pub
- [The Story Behind 'Stories They Tell'](https://owentemple.com/the-story-behind-stories-they-tell/) - The where/why/how on the new one: the story behind 'Stories They Tell' - the seventh studio album from songwriter Owen Temple. Part 1 Part 2
- [New Album Online Listening Meetup](https://owentemple.com/new-album-online-listening-meetup/) - On Wednesday September 17 at 8pm CDT, I'll be sharing the new recording of 'Stories They Tell' track by track here online Grab a drink, find a comfortable seat, and listen to the new songs with us here: Facebook New Album Listening Event on Wednesday September 17 at 8pm CDT We can talk about the
- [Notebook Manuscripts of Songs for Mountain Home](https://owentemple.com/notebook-manuscripts-of-songs-for-mountain-home/) - Here are the manuscripts to the songs on the album in sequence
- [Album cover revisted, 12 years later in Coleman, Texas](https://owentemple.com/album-cover-revisted-12-years-later-in-coleman-texas/) - In 1999, Austin photographer and gallery owner Steve Clark took a picture of me in Coleman, Texas that I used on my album cover for Passing Through. All he asked by way of payment was for a ride and a six pack of Coors regular. Driving by 12 years later, I stopped to see if things
- [The family is in for a treat tonight](https://owentemple.com/the-family-is-in-for-a-treat-tonight/) - ... thanks to these great culinary ideas from 1982 Actual recipes from this classic culinary text: Tangy beef balls, party franks, liver brandy spread, barbecued beef, hoboburgers
- [This Week at WhiteWater, Old Quarter, Kerrville Folk Festival](https://owentemple.com/this-week-at-whitewater-old-quarter-kerrville-folk-festival/) - I am playing at the Kerrville Folk Festival on Saturday, and so I have posted this map of Quiet Valley Ranch, where the Folk Festival is held. Most folks know that the featured performances on the main stage and on the Threadgill Theater stage are not the real performances- the real shows happen in
- [Gruene Hall and Old Quarter this Weekend](https://owentemple.com/gruene-hall-and-old-quarter-this-weekend/) - Events for March 7 - 31 Thu Mar 8 7:00 pm Gruene Hall 1281 Gruene Rd, New Braunfels, TX Ends @ 11:00 Band show Fri Mar 9 9:00 am Live Broadcast - KDRP 103.1 with Bill Paige Dripping Springs, TX Ends @ 10:00 Live broadcast on KDRP Friday Free for All with Bill PaigeListen online at streamdb2web.securenetsystems.net… or
- [October Shows in New York & Washington DC](https://owentemple.com/october-shows-in-new-york-washington-dc/) - Owen Temple and the band will be returning to Hill Country Barbecue Market in New York, NY and Washington D.C. on October 13 & 14. For more show info and details, click here.
- [The Cactus Cafe in Austin on Thursday](https://owentemple.com/the-cactus-cafe-in-austin-on-thursday/) - Austin's a great place to live, and this month, for the first time, I got to see the view from the top of the UT Tower. (I took our 8 year old son up on a Saturday evening). Looking down, and being a perpetually self-absorbed ARTISTE, my thoughts drifted to... myself. And I
- [Backyard Biergarten - Episode 3 - Man For All Seasons](https://owentemple.com/backyard-biergarten-episode-3-man-for-all-seasons-2/) - In the latest episode of the exciting series Backyard Biergarten in which I play a new song and drink a beer in a backyard:-It's spring in the biergarten, and I'm drinking a beer intended for autumn-Our preschool camera operator intern has a rainbow painted on her arm and Strawberry Shortcake freckles painted on her cheeks-Oktoberfest
- [MusicFest, Beer, & High School Football plus Shows in Houston, Luckenbach, Dallas, DC, & Memphis](https://owentemple.com/musicfest-beer-high-school-football-plus-shows-in-houston-luckenbach-dallas-dc-memphis/) - I hope January is treating you all right- Things are good here, let me catch you up on what's been going on. First of all, my friends The Band of Heathens celebrated their 6th Anniversary a couple months ago, and I sang a couple of songs with them. They're giving away free downloads of the show
- [Frio River Song Festival on August 3 & 4](https://owentemple.com/frio-river-song-festival-on-august-3-4/) - Adam Carroll and I want to invite you to join us and some of our songwriting friends in Concan, Texas this August for a small gathering we've been putting on for a few years now called the Frio River Song Festival. (To give you an idea of what it's like, here are pictures from years'
- [This Friday in Austin with Will Sexton and Lincoln Durham](https://owentemple.com/this-friday-in-austin-with-will-sexton-and-lincoln-durham/) - This Friday night, July 6th, Will Sexton, Lincoln Durham and I will be playing a very special show at The Rock Room Concert Series in Austin, Texas. The Rock Room Concert Series is a songwriter series held in an intimate 55-seat Rock Room on the grounds of Westwood Country Club in west Austin. The Rock
- [Gruene Hall, Dosey Doe, Big Bend, Frio River & Luckenbach](https://owentemple.com/gruene-hall-dosey-doe-big-bend-frio-river-luckenbach/) - In the next few days, either this Thursday night at Gruene Hall or on Friday night at the (New) Dosey Doe Acoustic Cafe in Conroe, or in Kerrville on Saturday, or in Luckenbach on Sunday, I will very likely achieve an important personal development goal of mine. I set out on January 1st with a
- [Hank](https://owentemple.com/hank/) - Great painting of Hank Williams I saw in West Virginia last week. It's by artist Andy Nicholas from Parkersburg. We're back in Texas this week with shows in Bryan, New Braunfels, Tyler, Houston, & Old Town Spring. Come on if you're around- Texas Shows in May Events for May 18 - 21 Wed May 18 8:00 pm
- [When you and your iPhone have grown apart, you just know](https://owentemple.com/when-you-and-your-iphone-have-grown-apart-you-just-know/)
- [Strange Signs](https://owentemple.com/strange-signs/) - One thing I do to keep from getting bored on the road.... I collect strange signs. That is, whenever I see a bizarre one by the side of the road, I stop and take a picture of it. Here's a few from my collection: More of my "Strange Signs" collection is here- I'll
- [Beer Quest to Shiner, Alaska, & The Last Days of Summer](https://owentemple.com/beer-quest-to-shiner-alaska-the-last-days-of-summer/) - I'll be playing a show in downtown Shiner, Texas tomorrow, and I'm hoping to try a few new beers while I'm there. Here's one from Shiner that I found that made number #410 on the beer quest... I had some very good beers in Alaska a few weeks ago, including Alaskan Amber, Midnight
- [Democracy, Lone Star Bock, and Gruene Hall Tonight](https://owentemple.com/democracy-lone-star-bock-and-gruene-hall-tonight/) - My fellow Americans- Cheers to democracy and cheers to this election cycle being OVER. I'm grateful we have the right to vote, and I thank the folks who fought hard so that we can decide the leaders of our country. In other, less hotly contested decisions, I voted for the new Lone Star Bock this past
- [Love Song for Luckenbach, Caffe Vivaldi in NYC, and Hill Country BBQ in DC](https://owentemple.com/love-song-for-luckenbach-caffe-vivaldi-in-nyc-and-hill-country-bbq-in-dc/) - To celebrate Valentine's Day, here's a rough acoustic demo of a new song (a love song called "I'll Be There Soon") I wrote with Paul Cauthen and David Beck. I'll Be There Soon by Owen Temple Last year, David and Paul formed a band called Sons of Fathers and you should pick up a
- [Celebrating in July & at the Frio River in August](https://owentemple.com/celebrating-in-july-at-the-frio-river-in-august/) - "All men are created equal; endowed by their creator with the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" Words on paper, and so began an ongoing 235 year experiment. Looking back over the course of in history, I'm thankful to be living in these exciting times. Hope you are celebrating America's birthday today,
- [Texas Gulf Coast Tour](https://owentemple.com/texas-gulf-coast-tour/) - Hey Texas Gulf Coast, we're looking forward to shows near you soon. Here's what our gigs look like from 250 miles above: Here's directions in case you're driving in from space: A. Vick's Place in Mathis, TX to B. The Happy Cow in Hunter, TX to C. McGonigel's Mucky Duck in Houston, TX
- [Old Quarter with Jason Eady on Friday](https://owentemple.com/old-quarter-with-jason-eady-on-friday/) - Events for March 9 - 31 Fri Mar 9 9:00 am Live Broadcast - KDRP 103.1 with Bill Paige Dripping Springs, TX Ends @ 10:00 Live broadcast on KDRP Friday Free for All with Bill PaigeListen online at streamdb2web.securenetsystems.net… or on 103.1FM in the Texas… 8:30 pm Old Quarter Acoustic Cafe 413 20th Street, Galveston, TX Ends @
- [Backyard Biergarten - Episode 1](https://owentemple.com/backyard-biergarten-episode-1/) - An exciting new video series, Backyard Biergarten, in which I drink a beer and play a song in a backyard, is happening now! Hold on to your seats - as camera phone video (shot by a 3rd grade intern) and stunning 2D graphics - transport you to backyards and beers all over the world. Also, usually, I will
- [The Modern Folksinger's Guide to Interstate Travel](https://owentemple.com/the-modern-folksingers-guide-to-interstate-travel/) - Part 1 - Truthful Slogans This is the first in a series of posts educating you, the traveling consumer, about what you'll find out on the road. Brought to you by a panel of intinerant singer songwriters who know a thing or two about those corridors of commerce known as the Eisenhower Interstate Highway System.
- [Summertime](https://owentemple.com/summertime-2/) - We could hear Bob Schneider playing his set in Zilker Park on Wednesday night, as our seven year old's Little League team played their first game of the Austin city coach-pitch tournament. A good soundtrack for a tough game - they lost - but it's double elimination, so they'll play at least one more game
- [This Week in Little Rock, NYC, DC, West Virginia, Indy, Madison](https://owentemple.com/this-week-in-little-rock-nyc-dc-west-virginia-indy-madison/) - We've got a quick run of CD release shows this week in Little Rock, New York City, Washington DC, Parkersburg WV, Greenfield IN, and Madison WI. Come on if you're around, and if you know someone near one of the these towns, tell them we're coming through, would ya? Click here to see one of the
- [Problem solving help from the Texas Chili Parlour bathroom door…](https://owentemple.com/problem-solving-help-from-the-texas-chili-parlour-bathroom-door/)
- [More Photos from West Texas](https://owentemple.com/more-photos-from-west-texas/) - Restaurant in Kress, Texas Sunrise near Tulia, Texas
- [Memphis](https://owentemple.com/memphis/) - A few pictures I took over the last few days in Memphis... Court Square Jukebox at Earnestine & Hazels House Rules Upstairs Room A herd of Elvis
- [Good advice for wherever you are today](https://owentemple.com/good-advice-for-wherever-you-are-today/) - I saw this sign near Tulia, Texas and realized they are words to live by everyday.
- [House Concerts](https://owentemple.com/house-concerts/) - Thanks to my friend and world class songwriter A.J. Roach for this article below, that explains house concerts- he presents the key issues very well: So you're thinking of taking the plunge and hosting a house concert? Well, you've come to the right place to help you figure out what exactly a house concert consists of.
- [January at MusicFest in Colorado](https://owentemple.com/january-at-musicfest-in-colorado/) - Owen will be performing in Steamboat Springs, Colorado in January 2012 at MusicFest. His set will be Saturday, January 7 at the Grand Hotel Ballroom at 3pm. Tickets and more info here.
- [Guitar and Songwriting Workshops for Veterans - Sundays at the Saxon Pub](https://owentemple.com/guitar-and-songwriting-workshops-for-veterans-sundays-at-the-saxon-pub/) - Starting on February 12, Dustin Welch and I will be offering a guitar and songwriting workshop to veterans on Sundays at the Saxon Pub in Austin, Texas. The workshop is sponsored by Voices of a Grateful Nation and Soldier Songs, and is open to all veterans. If you or anyone you know is an armed forces
- [Houston](https://owentemple.com/houston/) - I like Houston. My family has its roots there. My parents, grandparents, and great grandparents all lived for awhile in Houston and Harris County, so I usually enjoy the time I spend there. All over town are places I could tell you stories about, or places where I heard stories about. I lived in Houston
- [365 Beers Challenge](https://owentemple.com/365-beers-challenge/) - In honor of Saint Arnold Brewery's 18th anniversary of their first shipped keg, the 286th different beer I have tasted in 2012, is Homefront IPA. Proceeds from sale of this brew benefit Operation Homefront of Texas, a group that provides emergency assistance to troops currently deployed and wounded ones during their transition to civilian life. The
- [The greatest films of all time- a list compiled from multiple sources](https://owentemple.com/the-greatest-films-of-all-time-a-list-compiled-from-multiple-sources/) - This web app and open dataset I made for movie fans compiles several ‘greatest films’ lists to find the greatest of the great, and the analysis reveals seven films to be the best of the best. Here's a Movie Recommender visualization and interface for the data hosted on Tableau Public: The Problem There’s nothing worse
- [Correspondence between Eugene Catchings and Chloye West](https://owentemple.com/correspondence-between-eugene-catchings-and-chloye-west/) - Here is the correspondence between my grandfather and grandmother from the time they were 16 years old in 1947 to the time they were married and 21 years old in 1952.
- [Roots and Branches and Ray Wylie Hubbard](https://owentemple.com/roots-and-branches-and-ray-wylie-hubbard/) - Had a great time last night visiting with Ray Wylie Hubbard for a live broadcast of Roots and Branches of Americana on KNBT 92.1FM. I played a few songs from the new album and talked about what's happening with Ray. If you missed the show online or on the airwaves last night, you can listen to a
- [Welcome Very Important Person…](https://owentemple.com/welcome-very-important-person/) - May I ask, why are you staying here with us?
- [Celebrating in July](https://owentemple.com/celebrating-in-july/) - Two years ago, Owen Temple's fifth studio album, Dollars and Dimes, was released ahead of the Fourth of July weekend. Eleven songs about eleven characters, the concept album focused on hard times in different regions of North America. To celebrate the anniversary of the album's release (and the anniversary of its subject, America), All orders
- [Thanks to New Braunfels Artist Mark Nelson](https://owentemple.com/thanks-to-new-braunfels-artist-mark-nelson/) - Thanks to New Braunfels, Texas-based artist Mark M. Nelson. He gave this to us last night after our set at Gruene Hall last night. Click here to see more of his great work.
- [Congrats to The Band of Heathens](https://owentemple.com/congrats-to-the-band-of-heathens/) - Congrats to my friends the Band of Heathens on their album release day of Top Hat Crown and the Clapmaster's Son. They knocked it out of the park on this one. The record is a soulful journey and a trip - every second of it interesting - a real work of art. And hats off
- [Liner Notes, Lyrics, Notebooks](https://owentemple.com/liner-notes-lyrics-notebooks/) - One thing the experience of a digital download of MP3s leaves out these days is the background info on the project. MP3s have small or no art, few credits, mostly just audio 0s and 1s. So in case you miss album art, here's a PDF eBook that includes cover art, credits, lyrics, liner notes, stories
- [7th Annual Frio River Song Festival](https://owentemple.com/7th-annual-frio-river-song-festival/) - Adam Carroll and I want to invite you to join us and some of our songwriting friends in Concan, Texas this August for a small gathering we've been putting on for seven years now called the Frio River Song Festival. (To give you an idea of what it's like, here are pictures from years' past).
- [Backyard Biergarten - Episode 4 - Looking For Signs](https://owentemple.com/backyard-biergarten-episode-4-looking-for-signs/) - For the shooting of the most recent episode from the Backyard Biergarten, it was overcast skies and thunderstorms rolling in, but I persevered, revealing remarkable character strength, admirable work ethic, etc. So here is a video of me drinking a beer from a camouflage can and singing a new song that involves thunderstorms, called "Looking
- [Sno Cone Stand](https://owentemple.com/sno-cone-stand/) - "Out in the hot sun, standing in line, buying sno cones in the summertime" "Sno Cone Man" from Adam Carroll - Live At Flipnotics
- [Mountain Home in Reviews](https://owentemple.com/mountain-home-in-reviews/) - "Temple’s songs are sophisticated and enlightening, offering a view of the Texas west that’s akin to Dave Alvin’s meditations on mid-century California. He writes with a folksinger’s eye, observing intimate, interior details of every day life, and painting big, mythological sketches..." - Hyperbolium Read the full review featured on No Depression here "Owen Temple takes
- [Fall in Love Every Night](https://owentemple.com/fall-in-love-every-night/) - Fall in Love Every Night I wrote this song after reading two books by Joe Nick Patoski: Caught in the Crossfire (about Stevie Ray Vaughan) and An Epic Life (about Willie Nelson). This song is a tribute to those songwriters (and to guys like Ray Wylie Hubbard, Delbert McClinton, Billy Joe Shaver, the Vaughan Brothers,
- [The Last Box of Vinyl](https://owentemple.com/the-last-box-of-vinyl/) - I was cleaning out the office space yesterday, and way back in a corner, I found the last box of the LPs of Mountain Home pressed on vinyl. The album was originally released on April 26, so the album turns 2 years old today. Happy anniversary- we've through so much together. This album
- [Backyard Biergarten - Episode 2 - Watch It Shine](https://owentemple.com/backyard-biergarten-episode-2-watch-it-shine/) - The second episode in an exciting new video series, Backyard Biergarten, in which I drink a beer and play a song in a backyard, is happening now! Hold on to your seats - as camera phone video (shot by a 3rd grade intern) and stunning 2D graphics - transport you to backyards and beers all
- [A challenge from a friend, video from the studio, and Hal Ketchum joins Frio Festival](https://owentemple.com/a-challenge-from-a-friend-video-from-the-studio-and-hal-ketchum-joins-frio-festival/) - Wow, 103 pledges for the new album means.... we are halfway to the goal! Thank you so much for pledging to help make this new album. If you haven't pledged yet, I could really use your help in getting to the goal line. I should mention that the way a Pledge Music campaign works is
- [Proudly sponsored by our friends at Lone Star](https://owentemple.com/proudly-sponsored-by-our-friends-at-lone-star/)
- [Celebrating America in Kerrville with Robert Earl Keen](https://owentemple.com/celebrating-america-in-kerrville-with-robert-earl-keen/)
- [Sunday in Shiner, Texas](https://owentemple.com/sunday-in-shiner-texas/) - Hello friends- I went to a family reunion of my mother's side of the family in Goliad State Park yesterday, and the temperature gauge read 108 degrees. We had a good time talking and catching up in the shade of a group of oak trees, and then I walked up to Presidio La Bahia and
- [7 Marathons for LIVESTRONG](https://owentemple.com/7-marathons-for-livestrong/) - 7 Marathons For LIVESTRONG In the next six months, in honor of my heroes and in honor of friends and family who are battling cancer, I will be running 7 marathons to raise funds for LIVESTRONG Foundation. Dec 1 - Riverside Park Hot Chocolate 10K - New York, NY (Finished! Results) Dec 8 - Dallas
- [A new studio album "Stories They Tell' and a live album from Owen Temple](https://owentemple.com/a-new-studio-album-stories-they-tell-and-a-live-album-from-owen-temple/) - Hello friends, I am excited to announce an idea we've been working on for awhile now- I am looking to team up with some friends to make a new studio album AND a new live album, and I need YOUR help to pull it off. I have 40 days to raise the funds to
- [333,001 Miles and 'Be Here to Love Me' to Start 2014](https://owentemple.com/333001-miles-and-be-here-to-love-me-to-start-2014/) - I started the new year off right- by watching the great Townes Van Zandt documentary "Be Here to Love Me" and by driving the 333,001st mile on my 1998 Toyota 4Runner. Here's hoping 2014 brings you many good miles and many good songs- Onward.... OT THIS WEEKEND'S SHOWS (view full calendar): MAIN STREET CROSSING - FRI 1/10
- [Cracking the Code](https://owentemple.com/cracking-the-code/) - In Walden, Thoreau wrote that "men have become the tools of their tools" Facebook is a tool- a beautiful way of communicating and sharing, but most of us have, at one time or another, been used by Facebook. We got a 'notification' that someone liked our photo, and so we picked up the screen and
- [Hyperbolium Reviews 'Stories They Tell'](https://owentemple.com/hyperbolium-reviews-stories-they-tell/) - Hyperbolium posted another thoughtful review of the new album 'Stories They Tell' Owen Temple is a singer-songwriter with a sociologist's eye. His third collaboration with producer Gabriel Rhodes extends a string of albums that looks at people, society and the interrelationship between the two. Read the full article here
- [Backyard Biergarten - Episode 6 - Good Behavior](https://owentemple.com/backyard-biergarten-episode-6-good-behavior/) - The sixth episode in the continuing video series, Backyard Biergarten, in which we drink a beer and play a song in a backyard, is happening now! Hold on to your seats - as camera phone video and stunning 2D graphics - transport you to backyards and beers all over the world (this time in Houston,
- [Interview with CMT Edge](https://owentemple.com/interview-with-cmt-edge/) - Owen recently spoke to Brian T. Atkinson of CMT Edge about the new album, Stories They Tell: Owen Temple's folky masterwork Stories They Tell showcases a sharp storyteller in peak form. CMT Edge spoke with Temple about the excellent new collection, his approach to narrative songwriting and life in Austin. “There’s a wealth of great songwriters
- [Backyard Biergarten - Episode 7 - Beautiful Accidents](https://owentemple.com/backyard-biergarten-episode-7-beautiful-accidents/) - For the seventh episode in the continuing video series, Backyard Biergarten, in which we drink a beer and play a song in a backyard, we travel to Gruene River Inn in beautiful New Braunfels, Texas. In this very special INDOOR edition of Backyard Biergarten (it was too damn windy and cold outside on this February
- [SXSW: I will singing songs and offering free denim lessons](https://owentemple.com/sxsw-i-will-singing-songs-and-offering-free-denim-lessons/) - Should you go with acid washed or stone washed at #SXSW? Tough call. SXSW in Austin is a time for looking your best! Songwriters need to use denim wisely so this week I will be offering my fashion advice and songs at the following locations:
- [Backyard Biergarten - Episode 8 - Traveling Together](https://owentemple.com/backyard-biergarten-episode-8-traveling-together/) - Episode 8 of Backyard Biergarten comes to you from Luling, Texas. It was a cold and miserable day, so we decided, sensibly, to move the backyard (temporarily) onto a front porch. Yes, we still drink a beer and we do still play a song. Some traditions cannot be changed. My co-host in the Front Porch
- [Backyard Biergarten - Episode 9 - Mr Mudd and Mr Gold](https://owentemple.com/backyard-biergarten-episode-9-mr-mudd-and-mr-gold/) - An overcast, snow-infused Kansas City, Missouri edition of Backyard Biergarten... Looking out over downtown, playing a song about an epic card game written by Townes Van Zandt, and drinking a beer by Bell's Brewery of Comstock, Michigan.
- [Backyard Biergarten - Episode 11 - Virginia and Hazel](https://owentemple.com/backyard-biergarten-episode-11-virginia-and-hazel/) - A Houston edition of Backyard Biergarten, co-hosted by Mike Kane, with gulf snapper on the grill and Karbach double IPA in hand. We toast grandparents for making it possible for us to be here, and then I sing a song I wrote with Kelley Mickwee called "Virginia and Hazel." The song is a Prohibition era
- [Cocktails for Quitters Party at Austin Marathon](https://owentemple.com/cocktails-for-quitters-party-at-austin-marathon/) - Thanks to my buddy Gordy Quist for the encouragement at the Austin Marathon last month- he had a banana and a mimosa for me at mile 13. Turns out that's what runners crave: carbs and vodka.
- [I stole your CD, and I'm really glad I did](https://owentemple.com/i-stole-your-cd-and-im-really-glad-i-did/) - It was the fall of 1999, and I was at a beautiful old central Texas dancehall (now closed) that was near San Antonio, off of Evans Road, called Cibilo Creek Country Club. I had just played the CD release show for my second album with my band in the old wooden building. The place was
- [City Market in Luling, then Schroeder Hall tonight](https://owentemple.com/city-market-in-luling-then-schroeder-hall-tonight/) - Tonight, my buddy Adam Carroll and I will be playing songs in Goliad County at Schroeder Hall. Details on tonight and other upcoming shows We will be driving through Luling, Texas on the way down, so of course, we will have to stop in downtown Luling for the low hype, but reliable and amazing brisket,
- [Beautiful Accidents, Anderson Fair, and Magnolia Motor Lounge](https://owentemple.com/beautiful-accidents-anderson-fair-and-magnolia-motor-lounge/) - North Texas amigos y Houston amigas! Houston amigos y North Texas amigas! I am looking forward to gigs this weekend: on Friday at the legendary Houston music landmark - Anderson Fair - with my friend Jamie Lin Wilson (of The Trishas) and then on Saturday with my band in Fort Worth at Magnolia Motor Lounge. If you
- [At the oldest dancehall in Texas, we're gonna party like it's 1879](https://owentemple.com/at-the-oldest-dancehall-in-texas-were-gonna-party-like-its-1879/) - Gruene Hall was built in 1879, and me and the band are going to use it on Thursday June 5 to get together, drink beer, and sing songs just as Heinrich D. Gruene, the original owner, intended. The only difference between those old times and now is that we will be singing IN COLOR. We're also
- [Make Something](https://owentemple.com/make-something/) - Maybe you like to make beer, barbecue, clothes, songs. Maybe you fix things, paint things, build things, or write things- I don't know what it is that you like to make, but I bet you do try to make something. Here's a performance I taped for the TV show "Texas Music Scene" of "Make Something"
- [La Bamba Rolling Stone](https://owentemple.com/la-bamba-rolling-stone/) - In a 1969 interview, the famous "Wall-of-Sound" producer Phil Spector said that Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone" was just basically the same as "La Bamba." Here are Phil's thoughts on "Like a Rolling Stone": "That's his grooviest song is far as songs go. It may not be his grooviest message. It may not be the greatest thing he
- [How to make a video game out of household objects](https://owentemple.com/how-to-make-a-video-game-out-of-household-objects/) - In this simple "how to video" / music video / documentary (written, directed, and filmed by my ten year old), let me teach you how you can make your own homemade version of a popular video game from 3 household objects, including: an elastic exercise stretch band, a basketball goal, and stuffed or taxidermied bird.
- [Antioxidant Content in Foods](https://owentemple.com/antioxidant-content-in-foods-2/) - An study published in 2010 assessed the antioxidant content of more than 3100 foods. The paper they published was a PDF document had 138 pages of tables, listing the antioxidant quantity in foods by category. One of my passions is to make data usable, so I used Tabula to extract the rows Read the
- [Past Tour Dates Visualization (as of 2016)](https://owentemple.com/past-tour-dates-visualization-as-of-2016/)
- [8th Annual Frio River Song Festival on August 7, 8 & 9](https://owentemple.com/8th-annual-frio-river-song-festival-on-august-7-8-9/) - Hello my friends near and far- Adam Carroll and I want to invite you to join us and some of our songwriting friends in Concan, Texas this August for a small gathering we've been putting on for 8 years now called the Frio River Song Festival. 11 songwriters, including Hal Ketchum, Jon Dee Graham, Michael
- [Make Something and Shows in TX and WI in July](https://owentemple.com/make-something-and-shows-in-tx-and-wi-in-july/) - Happy Fourth of July to you- Wherever you are today, I wish you sun, friends, family, hot dogs (or veggie dogs), good times, and gratitude for all the people that made it possible for us to live in this 238 year old country. We all make this place together so here's a song (here and
- [Summer trips and Frio River this weekend](https://owentemple.com/summer-trips-and-frio-river-this-weekend/) - Hope your summer is going well- It's August, so lots of folks are getting their summer trips in now. I remember when I was younger, parents used to take their kids to Six Flags in the summer, now they just take them to Buc-ee's. (Buc-ee's does have a thrilling "snack wall.") And I noticed that a
- [Backyard Biergarten - Episode 14 - Beautiful Texas Sunshine](https://owentemple.com/backyard-biergarten-episode-14-beautiful-texas-sunshine/) - From a windy hilltop in the Texas hill country, near the Frio River in Concan, Texas, we bring you the 14th episode of Backyard Biergarten - co-hosted by songer Steve Long. We talk of Alaska, IPAs, and Alaskan IPAs and Steve and the cicadas sing a classic Doug Sahm song called "Beautiful Texas Sunshine"
- [Tips and advice for mid summer enjoyment](https://owentemple.com/tips-and-advice-for-mid-summer-enjoyment/) - It's mid July people, so here's some summer tips: Put on your jorts and boots and come to Cheatham Street Warehouse tonight The pina colada is a frozen alcoholic drink & though it smells like suntan lotion it will not prevent your drunk ass from getting sunburned Spray aerosol sunscreens are a great way to
- [On the side of a building in San Marcos](https://owentemple.com/on-the-side-of-a-building-in-san-marcos/) - I finally figured out what I've been seeing all these years painted on the side of the building in San Marcos.
- [Rings on a Tree - Fall Tour Dates](https://owentemple.com/rings-on-a-tree-fall-tour-dates/) - Hallelujah. My favorite months of the year are at hand - September, October, November - and since we're all one year older since the last time fall came around, here's an acoustic demo of a song called 'Rings on a Tree' that I wrote with George Ensle a few weeks ago: Excited to be seeing
- [Modern Explorer - Episode 1 - John Edward Baumann](https://owentemple.com/modern-explorer-episode-1-john-edward-baumann/) - Launching a new project today- recorded straight from my garage- it's the Modern Explorer podcast. In this first episode, I talk with songwriter John Edward Baumann about how he first started writing songs and the ways we are trying to get better at it. We talk about summer camps, places we always stop on the
- [Pull Over](https://owentemple.com/pull-over/) - When I'm driving down the highway, there are so many places I would love to see, but they're on the wrong side of the road. Sorry- can't crossover. That’s a car rule. Good news that The Saxon Pub, Dan's Silver Leaf, and The Blue Door are all on the right side of the road this
- [Songfarmer: A Songwriting Workshop in Austin, TX](https://owentemple.com/songfarmer-a-songwriting-workshop-in-austin-tx/) - On the weekend of December 5-7, Gordy Quist and Owen Temple will host Songfarmer, a songwriting retreat on Lake Travis in the beautiful hill country around Austin, Texas. The creative retreat will be limited to 10-12 folks who are interested in exploring the craft/process/art of songwriting in a collaborative group setting. Through small group discussion, some
- [Modern Explorer - Episode 2 - Gordy Quist](https://owentemple.com/modern-explorer-episode-2-gordy-quist/) - In this second episode of the podcast, I talk with Gordy Quist, an Austin, Texas-based songwriter and a member of The Band of Heathens. Over the years, Gordy and I have traded ideas for tricking ourselves into being more productive as songwriters, and in this episode, we compare notes on recent efforts and play a
- [In Honor of Her First Lost Tooth](https://owentemple.com/in-honor-of-her-first-lost-tooth/) - A little white rectangle loosens and wiggles until you can push it over with your tongue then you know its job is done and it can finally take a break. The tooth you've had in your head for six years the very tooth you have used to pierce the skin of a thousand apples is
- [Learning to dance and my music on cassette tape](https://owentemple.com/learning-to-dance-and-my-music-on-cassette-tape/) - When my mom was a kid, she learned to dance at Schroeder Hall. Me and Adam Carroll are playing a show there on Thursday night, and I never learned to dance anywhere, but: I never say never. So I am saying: There is a chance that I am going to learn to dance at Schroeder
- [Shows Downtown on Main Street](https://owentemple.com/shows-downtown-on-main-street/) - Old downtown brick buildings have a lot of charm so I'm playing 2 of them - and both on Main Street - but one is Tavern on Main in Buda on Saturday and one is Main Street Crossing in Tomball next Friday. Both places happen to be run by very cool, community-minded folks (Julie Renfro
- [Walt Wilkins' new albums, Watch It Shine and Streetlight](https://owentemple.com/walt-wilkins-new-albums-watch-it-shine-and-streetlight/) - My friend Walt Wilkins released two albums this month. One is a solo album called 'Streetlight' and the other is a collaboration with bandmates The Mystiqueros called 'Watch It Shine.' Streetlight is personal, intense, and intimate, and Watch It Shine is both joyful and meditative. I had a great time writing a few of the
- [Lucky 2015](https://owentemple.com/lucky-2015/) - I had 365 black eyed peas, and now I'm set to play the Old Quarter in Galveston on Saturday night-- good 2015 luck already rolling in. I saw a quote I like: "A year from now you may wish you started today." Yep, the time is now. And if my good luck holds, baby
- [Greetings from day 14,025](https://owentemple.com/greetings-from-day-14025/) - Hello fellow travelers (Yes, fellow travelers, because even if you are sitting down, the earth is spinning around its axis, so that here in Austin I am going at 898 mph). (Oh, and not to mention that we are also revolving around the sun, so we are all also traveling at a speed of 66,600
- [Shows in Missouri: Home of Old Sam, Big Samuel Clemens](https://owentemple.com/shows-in-missouri-home-of-old-sam-big-samuel-clemens/) - Hello to my musical friends of the great state that gave us Samuel Clemens- (big thanks for that, by that way) I will be making a few stops in your neck of the woods, and if your schedule allows, would be great to see you. Also: any can't miss food/cafe/diner/BBQ recommendations between Osage Beach, Columbia, and
- [Cowboy Jack Clement's Ten Tips for Songwriters](https://owentemple.com/cowboy-jack-clements-ten-tips-for-songwriters/) - Songwriter/producer/character/storyteller "Cowboy" Jack Clement has ten tips for songwriters posted in the kitchen of his studio. Jack produced records for Waylon Jennings, Townes Van Zandt, U2 and wrote songs recorded by George Jones, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley. He passed away in 2013, but Cowboy Jack's influence lives on in the songs, the recordings, and
- [Backyard Biergarten - Episode 15 - Gulf Moon and Rings on a Tree](https://owentemple.com/backyard-biergarten-episode-15-gulf-moon-and-rings-on-a-tree/) - John Edward Baumann co-hosts, my neighbor plays percussion (with a rake), and the dog shakes his collar like a tambourine in a end of summer edition of Backyard Biergarten. John plays a great song that's the title track of his new project "Gulf Moon" and I play a song that I wrote with George Ensle
- [Backyard Biergarten - Episode 18 - Days](https://owentemple.com/backyard-biergarten-episode-18-days/) - From the backyard! It's the latest episode of Backyard Biergarten. With Founders All Day IPA and a song I wrote with Walt Wilkins - "Days" - that appears on Walt's new retrospective double album called "A Good Ramble."
- [Backyard Biergarten - Episode 17 - Here Tonight](https://owentemple.com/backyard-biergarten-episode-17-here-tonight/) - In the backyard- dogs are barking, neighbor is running the chainsaw, and I'm playing a song and drinking a beer. My friend Jamie Lin Wilson just released a great new album, and it's called Holidays and Wedding Rings. It's a beautiful and interesting collection of songs - full of heart and wisdom. Holidays & Wedding Rings
- [What do you find in Kerrville out in the hills? Great folk music](https://owentemple.com/what-do-you-find-in-kerrville-out-in-the-hills-great-folk-music/) - Growing up in Kerrville, my elementary school mascot was the scorpions. Scorpions, cedar trees, and great folk music are abundant in Kerr County this time of year, so I'm headed to Kerrville Folk Festival on Monday, May 25 to play songs as part of the Celebration of Life for Segle Fry, Kent Finlay, and Steve Fromholz. Songs
- [Songfarmer](https://owentemple.com/songfarmer-2/) - On the weekend of November 20-22, Gordy Quist and Owen Temple will again host Songfarmer™, a weekend-long songwriting workshop. First launched in spring of 2014, now our third edition of the workshop will be held on Lake Travis in the beautiful hill country around Austin, Texas. In addition to the live, in-person workshop, registration for
- [Classifying the different types of songs](https://owentemple.com/classifying-the-different-types-of-songs/) - I made an attempt to put together a list of different song types or different kinds of songs- I know it's incomplete, but what's missing? Let me know in the comments! - How I am, my attitude, my point of view - Metaphor: I am like a ____, you are like a _____,
- [Geologic time scale always makes me feel young](https://owentemple.com/geologic-time-scale-always-makes-me-feel-young/) - Summertime with kids means a desperate search for things to do to keep them occupied without burning up in the heat. So we have been in lakes, rivers, and even occasional thoroughly air-conditioned museums trying to make it through the afternoons. I was looking at this geologic map at the Texas Memorial Museum, looking ahead
- [Mucky Duck, Gruene, Luckenbach, Taos & Tahlequah](https://owentemple.com/mucky-duck-gruene-luckenbach-taos-tahlequah/) - This is not a recording- we are live, ladies and gentlemen, you are live... and it's your dog days bulletin- Had a magical time with folks from all over at Frio River Song Festival a few weeks ago. Here's more pictures of this years' festivities captured by the eye and lens of our friend Dave Hensley.
- [South Padre Island, Mount Vernon, Tahlequah and Fort Worth](https://owentemple.com/south-padre-island-mount-vernon-tahlequah-and-fort-worth/) - My longtime friend Roger Creager has got a new record coming out next week, and -guess what?- he and his band recorded a killer version of a song I wrote (many moons ago) about a beach bar on South Padre Island. It's available for preorder on iTunes-- official release is next weekend. Also
- [Next Songfarmer Workshop: Nov 20-22](https://owentemple.com/next-songfarmer-workshop-nov-20-22/) - Back in May 2014, my frequent songwriting collaborator and old friend Gordy Quist (of the Band of Heathens) and I hosted our first Songfarmer™ workshop. 13 folks from all over the country joined us at beautiful location on Lake Travis, west of Austin. Some were just beginning to write songs and some had been writing songs awhile.
- [Co-writes and Shows in Austin, Dallas, Galveston and Red River](https://owentemple.com/co-writes-and-shows-in-austin-dallas-galveston-and-red-river/) - As 2015 winds down, I expect that your year was full of challenges, problems, solutions, good days, bad days, old friends, new friends, and family. My prediction for you: 2016 will present opportunities, questions, answers, joy, difficulty, many laughs, a few tears, and you will figure out how to do some things you have never
- [Most Persuasive TED Talks](https://owentemple.com/most-persuasive-ted-talks/) - Learn to communicate better from the most persuasive speakers in the world with tools and insights from the Theodore Speaks web app. The purpose of this app is to understand (and emulate) the content and linguistic style of highly persuasive talks. The app uses natural language processing techniques and the Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count
- [Fork in the Road](https://owentemple.com/fork/) - On Saturday mornings when I was a kid, I would watch cartoons for hours. My parents said if you watch too much of those, you’ll turn into one. They were right- I did turn into a cartoon character. This short film was made by the creative folks at Collection Agency Films, and that’s me in
- [Beautiful Accidents](https://owentemple.com/ba/) - I’d like to propose a toast to the people who made this day and every other day possible for us — cheers to our parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents. The 8 adorable people I sketched above are your cousins (we’re all cousins) and my great-grandparents. Somehow they got together long enough to make this conversation between
- [The Ballad of Citizens at Last](https://owentemple.com/ballad-of-citizens-at-last/) - I am inspired by stories about people who lived remarkable lives and overcame immense challenges to survive, thrive, and make the world a better place for the people around them. On previous albums, my co-writers and I have written songs about Cabeza de Vaca, Sam Houston, Lyndon Johnson, and now we have written a song
- [Dosey Doe](https://owentemple.com/doseydoe/) - I love seeing the neon sign of a welcoming place in the night. In my experience, all the people at Dosey Doe, from the sound engineers to the waitstaff to the owners, go out of their way to make sure folks have a great time any night you’re with them. We’ll be playing an album release
- [The Post in Fort Worth on Sunday October 15](https://owentemple.com/thepost/) - This Sunday, October 15, Mike Graham and I will be swapping songs at a great listening room in Fort Worth called The Post at River East. The show starts at 6pm. Mike and I have played a songswap together at this venue once before – last summer – and it was a pleasure. The folks
- [8 Songwriters, 10 Musicians, 15 Songs](https://owentemple.com/gratitude/) - 8 songwriters, 10 musicians, 15 songs. The new album – Rings on a Tree – is released today. You can hear it here. If you trace the branches of any family tree back far enough, you can see we’re all connected. Rings on a Tree is a concept album looking at our shared family histories and the
- [Color Songwriting Challenge](https://owentemple.com/colors/) - Escalating songwriting challenge idea: write a song for every Crayola color in the box. (That is, the song lyrics should include the color name. This should be good for writing 120 songs.)Level 1: Blue, black, brown, green, orange, red, violet, yellow.(Move up to bigger boxes)Level 4: cadet blue, chestnut, melon, peach, sky blue, tan, timberwolf,
- [New Album Coming in 2023: Rings on a Tree](https://owentemple.com/coming-soon/) - Rings on a Tree (click to preorder) A new album of 15 songs written by Owen Temple and friends will be officially released on September 29th. It was produced by Gordy Quist and recorded in Austin, Texas at The Finishing School. “I am releasing my first batch of new songs in a long while. I’m happy
- [Are We There Yet? - 3rd single from Rings on a Tree](https://owentemple.com/arewethereyet/) - Listen to Are We There Yet? on streaming services A new song for your summertime roadtrip soundtrack — it’s single number 3 from the upcoming album Rings on a Tree. Thanks to NASA for sharing footage of some long trips with good views out the window: I wrote the song with Brandon Bolin on a
- [Watch It Shine - 2nd Single from Rings on a Tree](https://owentemple.com/watch-it-shine/) - Here’s the the second single from the upcoming album Rings on a Tree (pre-order album here). The song – Watch It Shine – was written by Walt Wilkins and me. I think it might be described as a transcendental road song or maybe it’s a love song to the sun… Whatever it is, I love to sing
- [25 Years in the Life of a Record Label](https://owentemple.com/25years/) - This week, we’re celebrating 25 years of releasing recordings through El Paisano Records. I started this record label as a sophomore at UT after spending a week at the (very rundown, pre-renovation) Hotel Paisano in Marfa. Our first products were cassette tapes(!) and CDs, and this week, our 15th and most recent release this week
- [Rings on a Tree Album Release Shows](https://owentemple.com/release-shows/) - LISTEN TO THE NEW ALBUM GET THE ALBUM AS VINYL LP OR CD
- [Owen Temple Takes a Long Look Forward and Back on His New Album 'Rings On A Tree'](https://owentemple.com/story/) - The Collection Investigates His Family History and The History of Humankind with His Usual Blend of Humor and Honesty Owen Temple’s new record, Rings on A Tree, is a concept album – an examination of family history and the way every interaction we have reverberates for generations. “It’s clear that our lives are a
- [The Road So Far](https://owentemple.com/archived-bio/) - Owen Temple has wanted to be a songwriter and storyteller for as long as he can remember. He grew up in Mountain Home, a small town outside of Kerrville, Texas, home of the renowned Kerrville Folk Festival. “I did my first singing at our Presbyterian church, but I was inspired to become a songwriter by
- [The Owen Temple Show - New Full Episodes Coming](https://owentemple.com/show/) - Folks who pre-order the upcoming album Rings on a Tree will receive invitations to view 3 new full episodes of The Owen Temple Show, brought to you by Collection Agency Films and Sizzlean. The new episodes will be released this summer.Everyone who has already pre-ordered the album will receive emailed invitations beginning in July 2023
- [The Philosophy Behind the Album](https://owentemple.com/the-philosophy-behind-the-album/) - “We are a way for the cosmos to know itself” - Carl Sagan "I am the consequence of 3 miracles: the miracle of Life, the miracle of Mind, and the miracle of Culture." - Gregg Henriques "I am large, I contain multitudes." - Walt Whitman, Song of Myself Photo by Robert Hensley I have learned
- [Owen Temple Show Clip - April 28, 2023](https://owentemple.com/ots2/) - Folks who pre-order the upcoming album Rings on a Tree will receive invitations to view 3 new full episodes of The Owen Temple Show, including interviews with special musical guests, brought to you by Collection Agency Films and Sizzlean. The new full episodes will be released this summer. Everyone who has already pre-ordered the album – thank you! –
- [The Song of Us - First Single from the Upcoming Album](https://owentemple.com/the-song-of-us-first-single-from-the-upcoming-album/) - “The Song of Us” is the lead single from a new upcoming album “Rings on a Tree” – the ninth studio album from Austin, Texas-based singer-songwriter – to be released in September 2023. For this song, Owen Temple teamed up with producer Gordy Quist (of The Band of Heathens) to record at The Finishing School
- [Preview of the first 5 songs - Part 1 of Rings on a Tree](https://owentemple.com/part1/) - CO-WRITERS OF THE FIRST 5 SONGS Nathan Hamilton Walt Wilkins Kelley Mickwee Rings on a Tree (click to preorder) A new album of 15 songs I wrote with friends will be officially released on September 26. In the video above is a preview of the first 5 songs – the songs that are in Part
- [Songfarmer Book released as paperpack and Kindle editions](https://owentemple.com/songfarmer/) - After many long conversations about songwriting over the years, Gordy Quist and I emptied our pockets of all the songwriting tricks we used and put together a book. Mainly, we wrote down all the ways we got unstuck and dealt with the dreaded blank page. We also noted all the strategies we used - and
- [Pump It Up by Elvis Costello - Modern Song #2](https://owentemple.com/pump-it-up-by-elvis-costello-modern-song-2/) - The new book by Bob Dylan is The Philosophy of Modern Song - essays on 65 songs he admires. I’m gonna listen/revisit one a day, and today I am listening to Elvis Costello's "Pump It Up". Here's the list from the Table of Contents and a playlist on Spotify if you'd like to play along-
- [Detroit City by Bobby Bare - Modern Song #1](https://owentemple.com/detroit-city-by-bobby-bare-modern-song-1/) - New book by Bob Dylan is The Philosophy of Modern Song - essays on 65 songs he admires. The next 65 days I’m gonna listen/revisit one a day starting today with ‘Detroit City’ by Bobby Bare. Listening to ‘Detroit City’ reminds me that probably a quarter of all the country/Americana/folk songs ever written are about
- [Letters from HWL Temple](https://owentemple.com/letter-from-hwl-temple-to-lucy-temple-1846/) - Here is a letter he wrote in 1845: Loretto VaMay 28, [1845]Care ofMr. John Gray, Sr. Mrs. Mary TempleFredericksbg Edenetta Tues: EveningMy dear MotherI was sorry not to find you when I got back but waspleased that you had gone too. I doubt whether you needregret that you did not get to Convention tho: there
- [Learning The Role of a Minister of the Gospel](https://owentemple.com/learning-the-role-of-a-minister-of-the-gospel/) - In the same letter of 1846 to his sister Lucy, Henry Waring Latané Temple asks Lucy, while in New York, to: "get for me, of J.C. Riker Bookseller & Publisher 'The Preacher's Manual'. He sent me a prospectus of the work. It does not say in what part of N. York he is but this
- [Food choices as knobs on vintage audio gear](https://owentemple.com/food-choices-as-knobs-on-vintage-audio-gear/) - Do you prefer to think about your daily nutrition choices as vintage audio gear? From my reading of Greger and Ornish, it looks like optimal health happens when you turn as many of these knobs to the right as you can. Go for more fiber, more greens, more whole foods (versus processed foods), more plant-based
- [Larry Campbell Interview on his years with Bob Dylan](https://owentemple.com/larry-campbell-interview-on-his-years-with-bob-dylan/) - Ray Padgett on his Flagging Down the Double E's blog posted an interview with Larry Campbell discussing his years in Bob Dylan's band. There were some truly great performances mentioned by Larry that were featured on part 2 of this interview- And this acoustic version of "I'll Remember You" from the 2003 film Masked and
- [Classic Jazz Album Playlist](https://owentemple.com/classic-jazz-album-playlist/) - Greg Thomas of the Jazz Leadership Project posted a list of his 25 favorite jazz albums. I enjoy jazz, but I know I have huge gaps in my familiarity with jazz music. So I've been listening to all the songs on these albums as a project in 2023, and I created a Spotify playlist of
- [Gold Standard](https://owentemple.com/gold-standard/) - My friend Kelley Mickwee has released a brilliant recording of a song we wrote together called "Gold Standard." We wrote it thinking about how if two people spend enough time together, they might wake up one day to find that they’re “an item” - a couple. And if the match looks good enough to the
- [True Beautiful Thing](https://owentemple.com/910-2/) - Happy Easter y'all. Though we're practicing physical distancing, we are closer together today, thanks to an online recording collaboration that brought this song I wrote with Walt Wilkins to life. Hear the song at https://www.waltwilkins.com/ and below- Thanks and peace to Tina Wilkins, Corby Craig Schaub, Bill Small, Bart deWin, Ray Rodriguez, Ron Flynt, Jimmy Davis and Walt
- [It's All Connected](https://owentemple.com/trees/) - The ToK System as described by Henriques (2003). It’s all connected isn’t it? It’s not just six degrees of separation from any actor to Kevin Bacon, it’s a low number of degrees of separation between anything and anything else in the world. Start with any observation or fact and you can get to any other
- [Band of Heathens New Video for "Trouble Came Early"](https://owentemple.com/band-of-heathens-new-video-for-trouble-came-early/) - I love this new video the Band of Heathens did for a song that Gordy and I wrote together called "Trouble Came Early." Recorded at several live performances, it shows off the band's blistering version of this song that was released on their new album (details below). Thanks to Rolling Stone for the coverage of
- [Updated Greatest Films of All Time for 2017](https://owentemple.com/updated-greatest-films-of-all-time-for-2017/) - A new edition of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die was published in October 2017, and that means a batch of new movies have been added to the "Greatest Films of All Time" movie recommendation app. In the 7th edition of the '1001 Movies' series, 22 movies released in 2015 and 2016 were
- [Words of Persuasion - The Text Predictors of Persuasive TED Talks](https://owentemple.com/ted-talks/) - What makes for a persuasive presentation? How can you speak to persuade? To create theodorespeaks.com, I webscraped every TED Talk, analyzed words in the transcripts & user's ratings, and found that the most persuasive speakers used MORE negative emotion words and LESS 'I, me, my' words. So the next time you're trying to convince, try
- [What's your favorite Austin restaurant? (What was it's last health inspection score)](https://owentemple.com/whats-your-favorite-austin-restaurant-what-was-its-last-health-inspection-score/) - Last night, the organizers of a meetup at data.world issued a challenge: in 1 hour, pull together 1 visualization that tells a story from an open dataset. Our team created an interactive dashboard to explore 3 years of good and bad restaurant health inspection scores in Austin. Search by restaurant name, choose your zip code

## Pages

- [Home 2024](https://owentemple.com/) - Owen Temple is an Americana singer-songwriter blending folk and country roots with timeless storytelling. Based in Austin, TX.
- [Past Tour Dates](https://owentemple.com/past-tour-dates/) - Past Tour Dates Date Venue City Region Country 4/25/26 Old Tomball Honky Tonk Tomball TX United States 4/17/26 The Redbird Listening Room New Braunfels TX United States 3/15/26 Poor David’s Pub Dallas TX United States 3/1/26 Luckenbach Texas Fredericksburg TX United States 2/28/26 Iron Bridge Songwriting Retreat East Tawakoni TX United States
- [](https://owentemple.com/songwriting/) - Songwriting The BookA few years ago, Gordy Quist and I wrote a book called Songfarmer: Writing More and Better Songs. The premise was simple: songwriting isn’t a talent you’re born with — it’s a crop you cultivate. Four daily habits, kept small enough that you can’t say no. Write. Read. Listen. Perform. Get it on
- [Apps](https://owentemple.com/apps/) - Productivity Web AppHatRackhatrack.itA gamified focus timer for wearing your many hats.Most of us juggle multiple roles and projects — we “wear many hats.” HatRack™ lets you put all your hats on the rack. Writing, Meditating, Reading, Drawing, Coding — whatever you want to make progress on. Start a focus session, and HatRack draws a hat
- [](https://owentemple.com/books/) - Songfarmer: Writing More and Better Songs Songfarmer: Writing More and Better Songs is a practical guide to the craft of songwriting, co-written by Owen Temple and Gordy Quist. Drawing on decades of writing, performing, and collaborating with beginnners and Grammy-winning legends, the book offers tools and insights for songwriters at every level — from finding
- [Fine Art Prints](https://owentemple.com/art/) - Art Fine art prints of drawings and watercolors by Owen Temple. A collection of these works and more is coming fall 2026. Watch It Shine: Selected Drawings, Watercolors, and Lyrics — from El Paisano Press.
- [About](https://owentemple.com/about/) - About Texas-born troubadour Owen Temple has spent decades mining the landscapes of America—its geography and heart—for songs that resonate with both the open road and the intimate details of everyday life. Known for his blend of folk sensibility and honky-tonk punch, Temple’s music captures the rugged beauty of small towns, family ties, and moments of
- [Upcoming Tour Dates](https://owentemple.com/upcoming/) - Upcoming Shows Praise Owen Temple takes on the job of Texas troubadour with grave intent… One has to admire Temple’s focus on his craft, which he continues to burnish in smart and tuneful ways.” Jim Caligiuri, Austin Chronicle Temple’s songs are sophisticated and enlightening… He writes with a folksinger’s eye, observing intimate, interior details of
- [Fats Domino](https://owentemple.com/fd/) - A song about a day in March 1957 on the road between Victoria and Corpus Christi, when my grandfather Gene (who was 26 years old at the time) was driving to work and saw a man by the side of the road who looked like he needed help with a flat tire on his Cadillac.
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- [The Ballad of Citizens at Last](https://owentemple.com/the-ballad-of-citizens-at-last/) - Created in connection with the film "Citizens at Last: Texas Women Fight for the Vote" (www.citizensatlastfilm.com) "Citizens at Last" will air on Austin PBS HDTV on August 23 at 10pm. The original song, written by Owen Temple and the filmmakers Ellen C. Temple and Nancy Schiesari, will be released in August 2022. The August release
- [Austin Restaurant Health Inspection Scores](https://owentemple.com/apps/austin-restaurant-health-inspection-scores/) - This is an interactive dashboard. Search restaurants by name in the search box or choose a specific area on the map to see details. Click on a specific restaurant to see the scores over time.
- [Greatest Films](https://owentemple.com/apps/the-greatest-films-of-all-time/)

## Archives

- [Albums, Lyrics, and Liner Notes](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/)
- [Videos](https://owentemple.com/videos/)
- [Gigs](https://owentemple.com/shows/)

## Records

- [Songs Covered by Other Artists](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/songs-covered-by-other-artists/)
- [Weathered](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/weathered/) - released July 25, 2025 Produced by Gabriel Rhodes Vocals, Acoustic Guitar: Owen Temple Vocals, Harmonica: Jamie Lin Wilson Drums: Rick Richards Acoustic Guitar: Gabriel Rhodes Recorded at Sunbird Studios, Austin, Texas "John Wayne Cowboy" Music and Lyrics by Owen Temple & Jamie Lin Wilson (c)2012 Owen Temple Music (BMI) / Pickled Ginger Music (BMI) /
- [Live in Austin](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/live-in-austin/) - Recorded Live at The Saxon Pub, Austin, Texas, November 7, 2023 Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica: Owen Temple Guitar: Gabriel Rhodes Upright Bass: Josh Flowers Pedal Steel: Geoff Queen Drums: Rick Richards Harmony Vocals: Kelley Mickwee Harmony Vocals: Tina Wilkins Sound Engineer: Richard Vannoy Photo: Michael Wright
- [Live at the Saxon Pub](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/live-at-the-saxon-pub/) - OWEN TEMPLE - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar GABRIEL RHODES - Acoustic Guitar JOSH FLOWERS - Bass RICK RICHARDS - Drums Engineered & Mixed by Richard Vannoy Recorded at The Saxon Pub in Austin, Texas on March 17, 2012 Mastered by Mark Hallman, The Congress House Studio, Austin, Texas All songs written by Owen Temple © 2012
- [Stories They Tell](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/stories-they-tell/) - Owen Temple - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar Gabriel Rhodes - Acoustic Guitar, Slide Guitar, Baritone Guitar, Organ, Accordion, Mandolin Josh Flowers - Bass Rick Richards - Drums, Percussion Tommy Spurlock - Pedal Steel Guitar, Dobro Colin Brooks - Harmony Vocals Jamie Wilson - Harmony Vocals Produced by Gabriel Rhodes Engineered & Mixed by Bradley Hartman Recorded
- [Dollars and Dimes](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/dollars-and-dimes/) - Release date: June 9, 2009 Produced by Gabriel Rhodes OWEN TEMPLE – Vocals, Acoustic Guitar GABRIEL RHODES – Acoustic Guitar, High Strung Guitar, Electric Guitar, Ukelele, Pump Organ, Piano WILL SEXTON – Bass, Electric Guitar, Background Vocals HUNT SALES – Drums, Percussion, Electric Guitar BRIAN STANDEFER – Cello MICHAEL THOMPSON – Piano ADAM CARROLL –
- [Right Here and Now](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/right-here-and-now/) - released March 1, 2002 Produced by Phil Madeira Engineered by Jordan Richter and Phil Madeira Recorded at Roswell East, Nashville, Texas and at The Mission, Nashville, Tennessee Owen Temple - Acoustic Phil Madeira - Electric guitar, Acoustic, Pedal steel, Piano, Mandolin, Accordion, Dobro, Harmony vocals Mark Robertson - Bass Al Perkins - Pedal steel Fats
- [Passing Through](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/passing-through/) - released October 4, 1999 Produced by Lloyd Maines Engineered by Fred Remmert Recorded at Cedar Creek Studios, Austin, Texas Owen Temple - Acoustic Lloyd Maines - Electric guitar, Acoustic, Pedal steel, Mandolin, Dobro, Harmony vocals Michael Tarabay - Bass Darcie Deaville - Fiddle Bukka Allen - Accordion, Piano Mark Patterson - Drums Zack Taylor -
- [Two Thousand Miles](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/two-thousand-miles/) - released January 29, 2008 Produced by Lloyd Maines Engineered by Cris Burns Recorded at Bismeaux Studio, Austin, Texas Owen Temple – Acoustic and Electric guitar, Harmonica Lloyd Maines – Electric guitar, Steel, Mandolin, Dobro David Grissom – Electric guitar Glenn Fukunaga – Bass, upright bass Riley Osbourn – Hammond B3 organ Richard Bowden – Fiddle
- [Mountain Home](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/mountain-home/) - Produced by Gabriel Rhodes Recorded at Graceyland / Sunbird Studios, Austin, Texas OWEN TEMPLE - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar CHARLIE SEXTON - Baritone Guitar, Bass GABRIEL RHODES - Acoustic Guitar, Banjo, Dobro, Piano RICK RICHARDS - Drums, Percussion BRIAN STANDEFER - Cello BUKKA ALLEN - Piano, Organ, Accordion TOMMY SPURLOCK - Pedal Steel Guitar ADAM CARROLL
- [General Store](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/general-store/) - Liner Notes The Players Owen Temple - acoustic guitar, vocals Lloyd Maines - acoustic guitar, slide guitar, dobro, pedal steel, electric guitar John Inmon - electric guitar, acoustic guitar Rich Brotherton - mandolin Michael Tarabay - bass guitar Mark Patterson - drums, percussion Richard Bowden - fiddle, mandolin Bukka Allen - accordion Riley Osbourn -
- [Rings on a Tree](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/rings-on-a-tree/) - Produced by Gordy Quist Engineered & Mixed by Steve Christensen Recorded at The Finishing School, Austin, Texas Mastered by Chris Longwood The Players Owen Temple - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Harmonica Gordy Quist - Harmony Vocals, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass Josh Flowers - Bass Rick Richards - Drums, Percussion Geoff Queen - Pedal Steel Guitar,

## Tracks

- [Turquoise Blue](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/closer-says-love/track/turquoise-blue/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE & WALT WILKINS Saltwater and sun on your face Floating on a state of grace Horizon, straight and far as eyes can see Wind and waves say welcome home From every borderline you've ever known Tides keep pulling me back out to sea We call it Earth when it's mostly water
- [Ain't We Lucky?](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/closer-says-love/track/aint-we-lucky/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE Woke up this morning And that was real good luck I had coffee Hot in a cup I had breath to say Good morning too That counts as lucky to me How ‘bout you Ain’t we lucky? Ain’t we lucky? And it’s lucky to know that we’re lucky too It’s
- [Up North](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/closer-says-love/track/up-north/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE & GORDY QUIST The wind blows a little colder The trees are a little older Up north Flames dancing in a fireplace Whiskey warm going down Shadows act out stories To the pop and crackle sound You pull your darling closer Sink into snowy dreams Feeling high as tallest pines
- [Long Gone Daddy](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/passing-through/track/long-gone-daddy/) - Written by Hank Williams ©1948 Acuff-Rose Music
- [Jaded Lover](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/general-store/track/jaded-lover/) - WRITTEN BY: CHUCK PYLE © 1975 Toad Hall Music (BMI)
- [Prince of Peace](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/mountain-home/track/prince-of-peace/) - WRITTEN BY: LEON RUSSELL AND GREG DEMPSEY
- [Rings on a Tree](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/rings-on-a-tree/track/rings-on-a-tree/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE & GEORGE ENSLE The cottonwood taught me how to listen to the wind The willow showed me how to bend The mighty oak showed me how to stand strong in a storm And all that can become of an acorn The cypress tree taught me how to hold on through
- [Phantom Pain - B.R. Lively](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/songs-covered-by-other-artists/track/phantom-pain-b-r-lively/) - Recorded by B.R. Lively – People (2023) Music and Lyrics by Bryan Blaylock and Owen Temple Smells like thunder, feels like lightning Pull me underneath the wind Torn asunder, new enlightening Back out to sea again Hidden secrets, information Held out from a friend Darkest, deepest revelations Heal the weakest place within Wake me-
- [Watch It Shine - Gretchen Peters](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/songs-covered-by-other-artists/track/watch-it-shine-gretchen-peters/) - Recorded by Gretchen Peters - If It Weren't for You (2024) Music and Lyrics by Owen Temple and Walt Wilkins I am one more pilgrim on this road low and high Through this land of miracles I've been traveling all night I tangled with the darkness I swear at moments I was blind Til
- [Force of Nature - Kelley Mickwee](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/songs-covered-by-other-artists/track/force-of-nature-kelley-mickwee/) - Recorded by Kelley Mickwee - Everything Beautiful (2024) Music and Lyrics by Owen Temple and Kelley Mickwee It gets a little dark some days Hard to see through the haze We’ve all gone different ways Wondering which one’s the right one So many voices and signs And standing in lines Losing our minds Searching
- [Walk this World - Walt Wilkins](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/songs-covered-by-other-artists/track/walk-this-world/) - Recorded by Walt Wilkins & The Ramble - Through the Stars (2025) Music and Lyrics by Walt Wilkins and Owen Temple I got to walk this world Hidden trails and ancient streets Feel the borders melt beneath my feet And open wide Put my skin in the endless sea In the beat of its
- [Guy on a Rock - John Baumann](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/songs-covered-by-other-artists/track/guy-on-a-rock/)
- [Wild Seeds on the Wind - Walt Wilkins](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/songs-covered-by-other-artists/track/wild-seeds-on-the-wind/)
- [One True Beautiful Thing - The Rifters](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/songs-covered-by-other-artists/track/one-true-beautiful-thing-the-rifters/) - Recorded by The Rifters - Heroes and Friends (2025) Music and Lyrics by Owen Temple and Walt Wilkins Damn this news, another hope gone through Everything we thought that we might be More sorrow every day, goes on age to age But I still want to believe Give me one true beautiful thing Something
- [Amber and Bones - Clay McClinton](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/songs-covered-by-other-artists/track/amber-and-bones-clay-mcclinton/)
- [Homegrown - Clay McClinton](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/songs-covered-by-other-artists/track/homegrown-clay-mcclinton/)
- [Watch It Shine - Drew Kennedy](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/songs-covered-by-other-artists/track/watch-it-shine-drew-kennedy/) - Recorded by Drew Kennedy - Marathon (2022) Music and Lyrics by Owen Temple and Walt Wilkins I am one more pilgrim on this road low and high Through this land of miracles I've been traveling all night I tangled with the darkness I swear at moments I was blind Til the dawn came up
- [Cities Made of Gold - Clay McClinton](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/songs-covered-by-other-artists/track/cities-made-of-gold-clay-mcclinton/)
- [It's Like Love - Clay McClinton](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/songs-covered-by-other-artists/track/its-like-love-clay-mcclinton/)
- [Waste of Time - Clay McClinton](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/songs-covered-by-other-artists/track/waste-of-time-clay-mcclinton/)
- [One True Beautiful Thing - Walt Wilkins](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/songs-covered-by-other-artists/track/one-true-beautiful-thing-walt-wilkins/) - Recorded by Walt Wilkins - Pedernales (2021) Music and Lyrics by Walt Wilkins and Owen Temple Damn this news, another hole blown through everything we hoped we'd be More blood across the page, and it goes on age to age I still want to believe Give me one true beautiful thing Something to hold
- [Gold Standard - Kelley Mickwee](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/songs-covered-by-other-artists/track/gold-standard-kelley-mickwee/) - Recorded by Kelley Mickwee - Gold Standard (2022) Music and Lyrics by Kelley Mickwee and Owen Temple Golden bands on their hands in the picture Fifty years, smiles and tears, they’re a fixture In the town and on the street Every couple they meet (Says) look at them, her and him - the gold
- [Country Girl - Clay McClinton](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/songs-covered-by-other-artists/track/country-girl-clay-mcclinton/) - Recorded by Clay McClinton - Age Like Wine (2022) Music and Lyrics by Clay McClinton and Owen Temple She can catch that fish, fry it in a pan Drink cold beer out of a can Barefoot wearing cut off shorts Cookin' and cleaning and watching sports. She rides a horse and wears a hat
- [Christmas Whiskey - Walt Wilkins](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/songs-covered-by-other-artists/track/christmas-whiskey-walt-wilkins/) - Recorded by Walt Wilkins - Pedernales (2021) Music and Lyrics by Walt Wilkins and Owen Temple The Christmas whiskey is almost gone We’ve talked all night- it’s almost dawn Got a long road ahead We all go as we are led While l’m covering ground You keep your records spinning round We’ve got secrets
- [My Friends - Walt Wilkins](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/songs-covered-by-other-artists/track/my-friends-walt-wilkins/) - Recorded by Walt Wilkins - Pedernales (2021) Music and Lyrics by Walt Wilkins and Owen Temple [Verse 1] E A Life's a rocky road, lot of highs and lows E B7 There's no way around some tears and woes E A But the days we get are worth it in the end E B7
- [Gold Standard - Courtney Patton](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/songs-covered-by-other-artists/track/gold-standard/) - Recorded by Courtney Patton - What It's Like to Fly Alone (2018) Music and Lyrics by Kelley Mickwee and Owen Temple Golden bands on their hands in the picture Fifty years, smiles and tears, they’re a fixture In the town and on the street Every couple they meet (Says) look at them, her and
- [One Day Closer to Rain - Charlie and The Regrets](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/songs-covered-by-other-artists/track/one-day-closer-to-rain-charlie-and-the-regrets/) - Recorded by Charlie and the Regrets - Walking Away (2021) Music and Lyrics by Owen Temple
- [Reno - Lola and the Huntsmen](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/songs-covered-by-other-artists/track/reno-lola-and-the-huntsmen/) - Recorded by Lola and the Huntsmen - Don't Get Lonely (2017) Music and Lyrics by Owen Temple and Lauren Hunt It’s cruel and unusual the loving game he gave me a ring, but we’re not the same he said 'let’s get married before we get old get out of town, forget what we’re told go
- [Don't Get Lonely - Lola and the Huntsmen](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/songs-covered-by-other-artists/track/dont-get-lonely-lola-and-the-huntsmen/) - Recorded by Lola and the Huntsmen - Don't Get Lonely (2017) Music and Lyrics by Lauren Hunt, Owen Temple, and Gordy Quist They all ask ‘what you running from?’ ‘Why must you live out in the sun’ The desert wind’s what blew me in Cause it’s just too hard to start again The rhythm
- [Cracking the Code - The Band of Heathens](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/songs-covered-by-other-artists/track/cracking-the-code-the-band-of-heathens/) - Recorded by The Band of Heathens - Duende (2017) Music and Lyrics by Owen Temple and Gordy Quist A window to the world in hand Tablets, books, the tools of man Take a picture quick, remember it Gates and Jobs and walls of fame They’re here and gone and back again Just like Lazarus,
- [Trouble Came Early - The Band of Heathens](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/songs-covered-by-other-artists/track/trouble-came-early-the-band-of-heathens/) - Recorded by The Band of Heathens - Duende (2017) Music and Lyrics by Owen Temple and Gordy Quist The only speakeasy in a hard neighborhood She said "hanging round there, I know you're up to no good" Singles and doubles, seven years aged It's a rich man's playground, a working man's cage So what's
- [Be There Soon - Paul Cauthen](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/songs-covered-by-other-artists/track/be-there-soon-paul-cauthen/) - Recorded by Paul Cauthen - My Gospel (2016) Music and Lyrics by Owen Temple, Paul Cauthen, and David Beck If I were to walk down this road would I find you? Waiting there for me to stop the noise and break on through Oh I could always call but that ain't the same I'll
- [My Gospel - Paul Cauthen](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/songs-covered-by-other-artists/track/my-gospel-paul-cauthen/) - Recorded by Paul Cauthen - My Gospel (2016) Music and Lyrics by Owen Temple, Paul Cauthen, Beau Bedford, Nik Lee Son are you weary with the troubles in life? You take your heartache with a glass of wine? Are you haunted by the ghost you know? Pay them off with kindness, the debt you
- [The Painter by the Lake - Walt Wilkins](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/songs-covered-by-other-artists/track/the-painter-by-the-lake-walt-wilkins/) - Recorded by Walt Wilkins - Streetlight (2016) Music and Lyrics by Owen Temple and Walt Wilkins I may never be Monet, but I love it just as much The silence, the canvas, the colors on the brush It changes every morning, I never know what I might find Some new mix of sun and
- [Watch It Shine - Walt Wilkins and The Mystiqueros](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/songs-covered-by-other-artists/track/watch-it-shine-walt-wilkins-and-the-mystiqueros/) - Recorded by Walt Wilkins and The Mystiqueros - Watch It Shine (2016) Music and Lyrics by Owen Temple and Walt Wilkins
- [Watch It Shine - Walt Wilkins](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/songs-covered-by-other-artists/track/watch-it-shine-walt-wilkins/) - Recorded by Walt Wilkins & The Mystiqueros Streetlight (2016) and Watch It Shine (2016) Music and Lyrics by Owen Temple and Walt Wilkins I am one more pilgrim On this road low and high Through this land of miracles I've been traveling all night I tangled with the darkness I swear at moments
- [Ask Her to Dance - Walt Wilkins](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/songs-covered-by-other-artists/track/ask-her-to-dance-walt-wilkins/) - Recorded by Walt Wilkins - Streetlight (2016) Music and Lyrics by Owen Temple and Walt Wilkins Ask her to dance, look in her eyes Take her hand, don't be too shy This whole night may not turn on this one chance But then again- ask her to dance Just be yourself, you'll be alright
- [The 22 Long - Thom Shepherd](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/songs-covered-by-other-artists/track/the-22-long-thom-shepherd/) - Recorded by Thom Shepherd Music and Lyrics by Owen Temple and Thom Shepherd This was my grandpa's favorite shirt He got it in Fort Worth He loved the pearl snaps and the piping on it too You see this embroidered rose Well, in the center there's a bullet hole that matches the one in
- [Crows - Walt Wilkins](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/songs-covered-by-other-artists/track/crows-walt-wilkins/) - Recorded by Walt Wilkins - Streetlight (2016) Music and Lyrics by Owen Temple and Walt Wilkins Hungry wolves at my door Every night there’s one wolf more I can hear you Crows all up in my tree I know you got your eyes on me I can feel them And I know you can
- [Wanna Wanna Bar - Roger Creager](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/songs-covered-by-other-artists/track/wanna-wanna-bar-roger-creager/) - Recorded by Roger Creager - Gulf Coast Time (2016) Music and Lyrics by Owen Temple A seagull cry, a child laugh, an old man orders a drink It's been ten years since he got here and it hurts to think That years ago at this beachside bar a woman held his hand And he
- [All I Need is You - Cory Morrow](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/songs-covered-by-other-artists/track/all-i-need-is-you-cory-morrow/) - Recorded by Cory Morrow - The Good Fight (2015) Music and Lyrics by Owen Temple, Cory Morrow, Brian Keane, John Baumann, and Shane Smith Bought ourselves a broke down, worn out, beat up mess of a home All the walls are falling down but the foundation’s strong The first time that I saw her,
- [Days - Walt Wilkins](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/songs-covered-by-other-artists/track/days-walt-wilkins/) - Recorded by Walt Wilkins - A Good Ramble (2015) Music and Lyrics by Owen Temple and Walt Wilkins A place to start and a place to go A mind a heart and an open road And it can all go a million ways And some highs and lows - and days A fire at
- [Winning Hand - Cory Morrow](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/songs-covered-by-other-artists/track/winning-hand-cory-morrow/) - Recorded by Cory Morrow - The Good Fight (2015) Music and Lyrics by Owen Temple, Cory Morrow, and Brian Keane I don't know where we gonna go But if you're down, let's go another round or two Oh and maybe we can stay Stick around to see this whole thing through Oh and let's
- [Here Tonight - Jamie Lin Wilson](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/songs-covered-by-other-artists/track/here-tonight-jamie-lin-wilson/) - Recorded by Jamie Lin Wilson - Holidays and Wedding Rings (2015) Music and Lyrics by Owen Temple and Jamie Lin Wilson The man on the radio Said it's never been so cold And it's coming tomorrow night It's gonna be a rainy day I wish that I could stay Oh you know that's my
- [Old Child Country Star - Adam Carroll](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/songs-covered-by-other-artists/track/old-child-country-star-adam-carroll/) - Recorded by Adam Carroll - Let It Choose You (2014) Music and Lyrics by Owen Temple and Adam Carroll Down in Palacios drinking Blue Ribbon Beer Smoking on a Pall Mall, hauling in his gear Setting up a tip jar, that's a hollow as a drum Back in 52 he almost made number one
- [Good Behavior - Adam Carroll](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/songs-covered-by-other-artists/track/good-behavior-adam-carroll/) - Recorded by Adam Carroll - Let It Choose You (2014) Music and Lyrics by Owen Temple and Adam Carroll He said you boys ain't the Opry and y'all ain't the Tennesee Three It ain't no jailhouse rock, but it sounds all right to me The warden said I feel like I've known you all
- [Beautiful Accidents - Kelley Mickwee](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/songs-covered-by-other-artists/track/beautiful-accidents-kelley-mickwee/) - Recorded by Kelley Mickwee - You Used to Live Here (2014) Music and Lyrics by Owen Temple and Kelley Mickwee He had the smell of tobacco smoke on his clothes Didn’t look a day over seventeen years old She had the smell of magnolia on her hair And a southern drawl that stretched from
- [John Wayne Cowboy - The Trishas](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/songs-covered-by-other-artists/track/john-wayne-cowboy-the-trishas/) - Recorded by The Trishas - High, Wide, and Handsome (2012) Music and Lyrics by Owen Temple and Jamie Lin Wilson Hands like granite rock Door you can't unlock Keeps ticking like a windup clock Won't ever stop Comes in like an earthquake Bends but never breaks Look you in the eyes handshake That's all
- [Gris Gris Satchel - The Band of Heathens](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/songs-covered-by-other-artists/track/gris-gris-satchel-the-band-of-heathens/) - Recorded by The Band of Heathens Top Hat Crown and the Clapmaster's Son (2011) / The Double Down - Live in Denver (2012) Music and Lyrics by Owen Temple, Gordy Quist, Ed Jurdi, Colin Brooks Saint John's Eve gone to see Marie on Ponchartrain Twelve thousand black and white standing in the rain Gold stars
- [Can't Take It with You - Mark Jungers](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/songs-covered-by-other-artists/track/cant-take-it-with-you-mark-jungers/) - Recorded by Mark Jungers - More Like a Good Dog Than a Bad Cat (2011) Music and Lyrics by Owen Temple and Mark Jungers There ain't been no moon for the last five days And there ain't enough rain so there won't be no hay And the cows can't eat cause the grass won't
- [Medicine Man - The Band of Heathens](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/songs-covered-by-other-artists/track/medicine-man-the-band-of-heathens/) - Recorded by The Band of Heathens Top Hat Crown and the Clapmaster's Son (2011) / The Double Down - Live in Denver (2012) Written by Owen Temple, Gordy Quist, and Adam Carroll Across the land, I'm spoken of Wise as a snake, tame as a dove Just like a wolf in sheep clothes Shake
- [Ramblin' Man - Cory Morrow](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/songs-covered-by-other-artists/track/ramblin-man-2010/) - Recorded by Cory Morrow - Ramblin' Man (2010) Music and Lyrics by Owen Temple and Cory Morrow I was a ramblin man when I was young I'll be a ramblin man 'til my days are done I left my footprints along the road for y'all to see Trying to find a ramblin man for to
- [She Don't Know Where She's Going - Cory Morrow](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/songs-covered-by-other-artists/track/she-dont-know-where-shes-going-cory-morrow/) - Recorded by Cory Morrow - Double Exposure (2003) Music and lyrics by Owen Temple and Cory Morrow Well the stage was set, so was I the barroom lights were dim Hank Thompson's on the jukebox, when she came struttin in She was a honky tonk angel, from the wild side of life She said
- [Fats Domino](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/closer-says-love/track/fats-domino/) - It was 1957 south of San Antonio Blue Cadillac was stopped by the shoulder of the road Gene was on his way to work, rolled a window down to see Big man standing there said “can ya help me please” A Cadillac, a silk shirt, side of the road The man by a flat tire
- [The Song of Us](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/rings-on-a-tree/track/the-song-of-us/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE & NATHAN HAMILTON When the noise is a bit too much There's a way to stay in touch Drop the layers of distraction Fall into the main attraction You're the message You're the sender You're the blessing and the receiver The song of us is in the waves always on
- [Made in the Shade](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/weathered/track/made-in-the-shade/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE, JAMIE LIN WILSON, & JASON EADY In the shade, in the shade Lord, I'm made in the shade Long hot days, I got paid And now I'm made in the shade All week long, I sold my time Hundred dollar bill and a jug of wine Spot on the hill
- [Drought or Flood](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/weathered/track/drought-or-flood/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE & JAMIE LIN WILSON If it's knee high by the Fourth of July The corn will be just fine, come September If that's true, there's nothing that we can do ‘Cause its the driest I can remember Drought or flood, dust or mud Heads or tails, loss or gain It
- [John Wayne Cowboy](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/weathered/track/john-wayne-cowboy/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE & JAMIE LIN WILSON Hands like granite rock Door you can't unlock Keeps ticking like a wind-up clock Won't ever stop Comes in like an earthquake Bends but never breaks Look you in the eyes handshake That's all it takes Plays cards close to the vest Hard on all the
- [Medicine Man](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/live-in-austin/track/medicine-man/)
- [Watch it Shine](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/live-in-austin/track/watch-it-shine/)
- [Virginia and Hazel](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/live-in-austin/track/virginia-and-hazel/)
- [Beautiful Accidents](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/live-in-austin/track/beautiful-accidents/)
- [Tennessee Highway](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/live-in-austin/track/tennessee-highway/)
- [Days](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/live-in-austin/track/days/)
- [Man for All Seasons](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/live-in-austin/track/man-for-all-seasons/)
- [Are We There Yet?](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/live-in-austin/track/are-we-there-yet/)
- [Fork in the Road](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/live-in-austin/track/fork-in-the-road/)
- [Rings on a Tree](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/live-in-austin/track/rings-on-a-tree/)
- [Make Something](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/live-in-austin/track/make-something/)
- [Intro to Mountain Home](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/live-at-the-saxon-pub/track/intro-to-mountain-home/)
- [Mountain Home](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/live-at-the-saxon-pub/track/mountain-home/)
- [The Dirty South](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/live-at-the-saxon-pub/track/the-dirty-south/)
- [Intro to The Dirty South](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/live-at-the-saxon-pub/track/intro-to-the-dirty-south/)
- [One Day Closer to Rain](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/live-at-the-saxon-pub/track/one-day-closer-to-rain/)
- [Fall in Love Every Night](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/live-at-the-saxon-pub/track/fall-in-love-every-night/)
- [Intro to One Day Closer to Rain](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/live-at-the-saxon-pub/track/intro-to-one-day-closer-to-rain/)
- [Intro to Fall in Love Every Night](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/live-at-the-saxon-pub/track/intro-to-fall-in-love-every-night/)
- [Memphis](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/live-at-the-saxon-pub/track/memphis/)
- [Intro to Memphis](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/live-at-the-saxon-pub/track/intro-to-memphis/)
- [Intro to Old Sam](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/live-at-the-saxon-pub/track/intro-to-old-sam/)
- [Old Sam](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/live-at-the-saxon-pub/track/old-sam/)
- [Desdemona](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/live-at-the-saxon-pub/track/desdemona/)
- [Medicine Man](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/live-at-the-saxon-pub/track/medicine-man/)
- [Intro to Desdemona](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/live-at-the-saxon-pub/track/intro-to-desdemona/)
- [Intro to Medicine Man](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/live-at-the-saxon-pub/track/intro-to-medicine-man/)
- [Cornbread and Beans](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/live-at-the-saxon-pub/track/cornbread-and-beans/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE, ADAM CARROLL, & JORDAN MINOR You eat too much candy You just might get sick I never had much cash in hand I never learned that trick Money doesn't talk, boys I tell you money screams But I got more than enough Cornbread and beans My sister's got a Hooters
- [Looking for Signs](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/stories-they-tell/track/looking-for-signs/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE A thunderstorm shook my bed And I thought of all the things you said Earthquake shook the ground Like it never did with you around The Moon's covered up by clouds Ashamed to show his face Tides move like they rarely do Things all out of place I'm looking for
- [Make Something](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/stories-they-tell/track/make-something/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE Tighten up that string, stomp your foot on the floor Find some words to sing, open up your door Grow the tree, carve the wood, polish till it shines Find the better way, something that saves time Go on light the way that no one's ever seen Bridge the gap,
- [Big Man](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/stories-they-tell/track/big-man/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE Dashing, young, and full of charm Ambitious as the wind Fear and greed helped him Climb over all his friends He worked angles like a sheepdog Dividing up the herd They voted him in office once The law became his word Became a big man Big man, put on your
- [Cities Made of Gold](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/stories-they-tell/track/cities-made-of-gold/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE & CLAY MCCLINTON I was headed west through El Paso I had broke down by the side of the road Guitar, a smoking car, and an empty bottle The sun was sinking through the blowing dust A truck passed by, then backed up She said, "tough luck, do you want
- [Cracking the Code](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/stories-they-tell/track/cracking-the-code/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE & GORDY QUIST A window to the world in hand Tablets, books, tools of man Take a picture quick, remember it Gates and Jobs and halls of fame Has rock n roll gone dead again Like Lazarus, faking it They’re cracking the code again Making all kinds of friends Together
- [Man for All Seasons](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/stories-they-tell/track/man-for-all-seasons/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE As the wheel turns around it makes no sound In the struggle between oak and holly The sun will shine all in good time But the moon is forever falling Midsummer morn when our love was born By winter it seemed to be fading But snow melts away and the
- [Be There Soon](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/stories-they-tell/track/be-there-soon/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE, PAUL CAUTHEN, & DAVID BECK If I were to walk down this road, would I find you? Waiting there for me to stop the noise and break on through I could always call, but that ain’t the same I’ll be there soon, I’ll be there soon Out here in the
- [Homegrown](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/stories-they-tell/track/homegrown/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE & CLAY MCCLINTON The old farmer had a look in his eye Like he knew something I didn't know I was rushing around trying to get out of town To somewhere I needed to go He said, "You look like you're running hard I've been there before" I said, "I
- [Johnson Grass](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/stories-they-tell/track/johnson-grass/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE, ADAM CARROLL, & A.J. ROACH Pour me another my dreams do fly Above the Johnson grass so high Reflections of Daddy's dreams Floating on a yellow submarine He wore that Open Road so well The Stetson hat he helped sell Shared three letters L B J So Lady Bird won't
- [Stories They Tell](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/stories-they-tell/track/stories-they-tell/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE & CLAY MCCLINTON Cracks on the floor, lines in your face Marking the time in this beat up place Hours and days, scratches and scars Old towns, broken down cars What is left behind is just an empty shell What lives on are the stories they tell Cradled in ash,
- [Six Nations Caledonia](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/stories-they-tell/track/six-nations-caledonia/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE & GORDY QUIST Grand River wide, slow and deep Six Nations wake from a long night’s sleep On the tracks, a blockade Gonna stop the flow of the white man’s trade Caledonia How come they don’t have Iroqouis names How come the judge won’t hear their claims Miles of land,
- [Dollars and Dimes](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/dollars-and-dimes/track/dollars-and-dimes/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE As a kid in Arkansawyer, I got my hambone on But those days are gone To get me paid some wages, I rolled out of town Where I find work is where I'm bound Indy to Atoka, on roofs and under cars Building churches, building bars Tampa to Kalkaska picking
- [Broken Heart Land](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/dollars-and-dimes/track/broken-heart-land/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE, GORDY QUIST, & JEFF BURKHART How did your past get stuck in a pawnshop Seems everything you owned is held in hock At the only store open on this whole downtown block On a shelf next to records and pistols I found your old guitar I saw your Chevy Nova
- [Black Diamond](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/dollars-and-dimes/track/black-diamond/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE, ADAM CARROLL, & SCOTT NOLAN There's nothing sadder than an empty sidecar A train with no engineer The cop in this town, he hates Elvis He's hanging from my rearview mirror But he never sees it, he's usually drinking beer Leaves his patrol car parked down here In Black Diamond
- [Making a Life](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/dollars-and-dimes/track/making-a-life/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE, GORDY QUIST, & CHRIS ANDERSON Waitress in a pink dress Works before the sun's up Barely pays the rent Pouring coffee into coffee cups To wake the truck drivers up Then out on the interstate He's out in a traffic grind Got to keep the rig safe Cause he's got
- [City of the King](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/dollars-and-dimes/track/city-of-the-king/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE, GORDY QUIST, & EVAN CHRISTIAN I heard they named St Louis after some French king She said she's named Marie after the last French queen The city of the king comes callin' when the sun goes down But she only likes to call me when no one comes around The
- [Memphis](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/dollars-and-dimes/track/memphis/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE She was seventeen left Arkansas moved here on her own After mom's boyfriend and a tornado tore up her home She brought her small dog with her but she left behind her old clothes She emptied out albums of pictures by the side of the road She'd make some money
- [Los Angeles](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/dollars-and-dimes/track/los-angeles/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE It's low, it's brand new, it's sprawling Without center, gasoline powered, crawling Dams and powerlines made the desert disappear Now there's millions of people living here It's paradise and hell all smashed together Danger and glamour and good weather Los Angeles is the city of the future And it's coming
- [I Don't Want to Do What I Do](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/dollars-and-dimes/track/i-dont-want-to-do-what-i-do/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE & ADAM CARROLL This lawyer hole I been crawling in Feels dark and wet and cold Twenty five years on the Louisiana Bar Make you feel five hundred years old I don't want to do what I do Do you, do you? I don't want to do what I do
- [Quiet Look](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/dollars-and-dimes/track/quiet-look/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE She was wearing a black dress as she spoke across the years He nearly dropped his drink to hear her voice ringing in his ears Love in the ruins, late for the show She said, "Love will always live if we don't let it grow" I will pass you on
- [Golden Age](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/dollars-and-dimes/track/golden-age/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE & GORDY QUIST A building filled with a hundred rooms, looms overhead Behind the glass and curtains, a million lovers' beds They bulldozed that old beer joint where we drank for free Put a hotel on the skyline where O. Henry's used to be Four thousand days ago in a
- [Winnipeg Waltz](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/dollars-and-dimes/track/winnipeg-waltz/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE Two frozen rivers with ice like boulders Cracking past Portage and Main Dark downtown buildings, one glowing tavern Breaking loose from winter's chains Two frozen rivers with ice like boulders Cracking past Portage and Main Dark downtown buildings, one glowing tavern Breaking loose from winter's chains Winter wind whistling the
- [Trouble with You](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/right-here-and-now/track/trouble-with-you/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE What you got is not what you wanted And what you don't have, you think you need It's a daily human drama Of insecurity and greed All that matters is what you're chasing What you've caught before is out of mind For the chance to catch what's just out of
- [The Madder You Are (The Cuter You Get)](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/right-here-and-now/track/the-madder-you-are-the-cuter-you-get/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE Don't try and look so tough I know what you're trying to do You think you have to put on a show For me to pay attention to you Well baby you've got the floor And I'm all eyes and ears You don't have to act angry For me to
- [Faith Without Works](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/right-here-and-now/track/faith-without-works/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE What am I doing with my days I can spend my time so many ways Work I could do running through my head But faith without works is dead There is a meaning you can find In every action, heart, and mind Uncover this, I thought I heard it said
- [No Daring Is Fatal](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/right-here-and-now/track/no-daring-is-fatal/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE We looked for the perfect moment each and every night Waiting for the timing to be just right To say what we were feeling between us two Both afraid of not hearing "I love you too" Being in between loving is worse than no love at all You can't keep
- [Move Around Money](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/right-here-and-now/track/move-around-money/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE Concrete and chrome, I'm spending time Getting more of what's yours for less of mine In fluorescent daylight above the ground Nobody's life's made richer, money moves around The transfer of wealth is the greatest good Don't use imagination if you think you could Art's by corporations, mass-produced today It's
- [For Old Times' Sake](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/right-here-and-now/track/for-old-times-sake/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE You called and said let’s get together again sometime You said that lately I’d crossed your mind It’s been a while since we’ve spoken I’m pretty sure the last time our hearts got broken We had something special once but now it’s gone Our lives intersected then we just moved
- [Before the Night Becomes the Dawn](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/right-here-and-now/track/before-the-night-becomes-the-dawn/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE Before the night becomes the dawn I'll be beside my only one Baby knows that when it's dark I'm gone But I'll be back before the night becomes the dawn I travel up the road with songs to sing And baby waits at home and wears my ring She knows that
- [Accidentally Break My Heart](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/right-here-and-now/track/accidentally-break-my-heart/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE We’ve been tangled up like this before Saying things we both regret We dig in and start keeping score We both forgive but we don’t forget And It seems like nothing when it’s going down We’ve got to watch these words we throw around We’ve got to stop this game
- [Burning Too Hot to Last](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/right-here-and-now/track/burning-too-hot-to-last/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE The first time I loved I didn't know How good that it could be To have another heart see in you Everything you hoped they'd see If someone said the feeling wouldn't last There's no way I'd ever believe That something I felt so true and fast Could ever slip
- [Little Sweet Loss](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/right-here-and-now/track/little-sweet-loss/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE She was smiling in the sun at a sidestreet café She had a love in her eyes and an ease in her way Like her soul was lit up, her heart rung like a bell I'll never know her name but I remember her well People you're passing on the
- [This Ain't Las Vegas](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/right-here-and-now/track/this-aint-las-vegas/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE Look at you and me We got two hearts It's not a full house yet Could be a pretty good start There's no guarantees In this hand that we play We get to keep some cards We have to throw some away This ain't Las Vegas We're not bound to
- [One Less Thing to Worry About](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/passing-through/track/one-less-thing-to-worry-about/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE I was late for work My boss is a jerk He said don't let it happen again But when I got my check I said what the heck I'll spend a weeknight out with friends The last thing I recall About the old dancehall Was thinking I should probably get
- [Passing Through](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/passing-through/track/passing-through/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE Flickering lights mean distant towns Rolling wheels make humming sounds The full moon makes the night like day A lonely road will make you feel this way When the town square’s dark, the stoplights flash A midnight diesel rolls on past A northern front gives the air a chill I
- [I Wrote You a Waltz](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/passing-through/track/i-wrote-you-a-waltz/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE You heard I was lonely I heard you were blue I heard a song in my head I wrote it down here for you It's nothing too fancy Just a few rhyming lines It's just something to tell you That you're on my mind I wrote you a waltz I
- [Lights of Town](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/passing-through/track/lights-of-town/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE The red sun's going down And I'll be waiting up again Wondering where you are tonight Out with all your friends And I guess that you don't think about The home you left behind But I'd give everything To get you out of my mind You thought a quiet ranch
- [Open Window](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/passing-through/track/open-window/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE Through the open window I can hear a passing train In the gentle wind I can smell the coming rain I can tell its dusk by the shadow on the wall But I don't know if you're in love with me at all I can watch the sky and I
- [Listening to the AM](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/passing-through/track/listening-to-the-am/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE I pulled out of Charleston West Virginia In the middle of the night I made it down to Nashville town When the sun was shining bright I'm headed out west on a four day run And I've got to make pretty good time I gotta make a living livin' my
- [House of Cards](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/passing-through/track/house-of-cards/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE We live in a house of cards so tall It looks fine on the outside but it's bound to fall But the looking good is easy, it's the feeling good that's hard And this house is just a house of cards We've been bluffing each other for almost seven years
- [Downtown](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/passing-through/track/downtown/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE Downtown's all closed down They've boarded up the windows Just like an old ghost town The storefronts are empty And there's no one around Downtown's all closed down A small town in Texas by the courthouse in the square The middle of the afternoon, there's nobody there Well I shook
- [Driving Myself Crazy](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/passing-through/track/driving-myself-crazy/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE & PAUL LEE, JR I guess it’s been some time since my feet been on solid ground They’ve been hovering over the road that my wheels keep rollin’ down And I bet you that these truckers, they must wonder who I am To keep speedin’ past ’em up the road
- [Can't Keep My Mind Off You](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/passing-through/track/cant-keep-my-mind-off-you/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE All night I tossed and turned, I couldn't sleep a wink I laid there in the dark, I couldn't help but think About those miles between you and me Then I gave up on sleeping and I reached for my keys 'Cause I can't keep my mind off you No
- [Treat You Like I Do](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/passing-through/track/treat-you-like-i-do/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE I broke your heart one more time I came home you were crying I love you babe you know it's true But I can't keep from hurtin' you 'Cause I go out to those roadside bars Livin' fast beneath the stars And you just want your man at home At
- [You Don't Have to Be Lonely](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/two-thousand-miles/track/you-dont-have-to-be-lonely/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE When you come how from work – dark house and noone’s there You might think that nobody cares If the telephone won’t ring and no message is waiting You can’t say that hope for love is fading If you don’t want to be alone You don’t have to stay at
- [The Pluto Blues](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/two-thousand-miles/track/the-pluto-blues/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE I heard what happened, what they did to you I read it in the paper, could not believe it was true Scientists all met up as I understand it Changed their minds one more time and now Pluto's not a planet Pluto was once every astronomer's dream A few decades later,
- [Rivers Run From Many Waters](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/two-thousand-miles/track/rivers-run-from-many-waters/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE My great grandfather was a rake and a rambler Good with the women but not a good gambler Bet away a fortune and lost a family business Deep in East Texas, he died with no witness A son of a son, a father of fathers Rivers run from many waters
- [On the Lonesome Road](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/two-thousand-miles/track/on-the-lonesome-road/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE Well I’ve rambled coast to coast seen the cities of the plains Where they know my face but they don’t know my name I made music and whiskey in the hills of Tennessee I forget more places than most folks ever see On the lonesome road I’m headed down The
- [Like We Still Care](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/two-thousand-miles/track/like-we-still-care/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE I go the other way if I see you first And I know you do the same I didn't think I'd see you out tonight 'Til I heard someone speak your name But we don't want to talk And we don't want to share We go through the motions Just
- [Can't Drink Enough to Sing](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/two-thousand-miles/track/cant-drink-enough-to-sing/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE & JAY ALTIZER Dale was painfully shy back in high school But he worked up the nerve and bought Carla a ring And he hits the open mic every Friday But he can't drink enough to sing His momma said, "He shakes his leg like Elvis" And his daddy said,
- [I Just Can't Quit Loving You](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/two-thousand-miles/track/i-just-cant-quit-loving-you/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE I quit smoking, I quit drinking I quit staying out all night I quit drinking from the milk carton Quit starting barroom fights But there's one habit that I don't want to lose I just can't quit loving you I quit paying my bills late I quit driving cars too
- [Demolition Derby](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/two-thousand-miles/track/demolition-derby/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE Racing down a track, a collision course If we crash neither one would survive the force Ramming into each other, fighting over the lane We'll both be twisted metal and a bent up frame Slamming into each other but the wheels are still turning We used to be lovers demolition
- [You Want to Wear That Ring](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/two-thousand-miles/track/you-want-to-wear-that-ring/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE & WADE BOWEN A friend asked me before his wedding day Tell me the truth I want to hear you say Is marriage a blessing or is it a curse I said, it's for better and for sometimes worse You're gonna be happy but sometimes so sad It feels good
- [Red Wine and Tequila](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/two-thousand-miles/track/red-wine-and-tequila/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE Sipping wine then taking shots that's a stupid thing to do Last time I felt this bad, I was spending time with you Drank red wine and tequila now I'm hanging on the floor I've got a sick feeling, we can't do this anymore So I called to say goodbye, I
- [Swear It Off Again](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/two-thousand-miles/track/swear-it-off-again/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE The lights in the arena and the crowd in the stands Fifteen hundred pounds of bull gripped tight in your hands Announcer says your name and the crowd goes wild I've had rodeo dreams since I was a child I ride in a rodeo a few times a year Get
- [Two Thousand Miles](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/two-thousand-miles/track/two-thousand-miles/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE See that U-haul truck filled with all that we own Parked in the driveway of our old home To cross this country by tomorrow night We're gonna hit the road in the morning light With a truck full of dreams And a handful of doubts But we put fear away
- [Jacksboro Highway](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/mountain-home/track/jacksboro-highway/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE & ADAM CARROLL Tinsy Eggleston rode a car bomb to Kingdom Come Elmer Holliday laid in a shallow grave, he had to go away Locals speaking of the Ringside Pub and the Dueces Club Keep voices low, Little Chicago is Fort Worth you know A five mile strip, the further
- [Old Sam](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/mountain-home/track/old-sam/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE & ADAM CARROLL Timber Ridge, Virginia is a mighty fine place From that soil sprung a leader of the human race He had eyes full of thunderstorms and hair like gold He was seven foot tall when he was six years old Old Sam, Big Sam Down in Alabama in
- [One Day Closer to Rain](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/mountain-home/track/one-day-closer-to-rain/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE Well's drying up and the creek is gone Dust is flying, cows are skin and bone Drought like this could drive you from your home But we're one day closer to rain Weatherman stands there waving his arms But there's no more bales of hay down in the barn Corn
- [Medicine Man](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/mountain-home/track/medicine-man/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE, ADAM CARROLL, & GORDY QUIST All over the land he’s spoken of Wise as a snake, gentle as a dove When that wolf wears sheep clothes He shakes dust off his feet before he goes He’s a medicine man He’s a medicine man He walks the lands, you never seen
- [Small Town](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/mountain-home/track/small-town/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE This small town's the kind of place, to wipe a smile off your face They don't mess around in a small town You may know how things go up in San Antonio But they can shut you down in a small town Visiting your friend of a friend, no telling
- [Danger and Good Times](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/mountain-home/track/danger-and-good-times/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE, ADAM CARROLL, & SCOTT NOLAN Slanted eyebrows looking over his glasses Hand on a hip flicking cigarette ashes Listening to music with self-employed stresses Selling all them heaters at midnight in Texas That ain't no microphone pass me a hit I'd just as soon not mess with it Too
- [Fall in Love Every Night](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/mountain-home/track/fall-in-love-every-night/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE Boots and rhinestones Canadian tuxedoes Honky tonk zeros Neon lights Rocky Mountain beer signs Parking lot Thunderbird wine Ten 'til showtime Dim the lights Fall in love every night Metal building stage sound North Texas showdown Feeling high and lowdown Staying up all night That kid's gonna be a star
- [Mountain Home](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/mountain-home/track/mountain-home/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE He's going back to Mountain Home Cedar trees and stone Said he's been gone too long He's going back to Mountain Home Live oak and limestone and rivers when it rains Big sky and cedar trees and cold clear springs Every shade of blue, every shade of green He's had
- [Desdemona](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/mountain-home/track/desdemona/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE I was living south of Beaumont in a muddy cheap hotel I was drilling all my money into a salt dome on the hill You came along and everything changed Gusher came in blowing like a black hurricane Where’d you go Desdemona Where did you go Can’t make it here
- [More Like September](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/rings-on-a-tree/track/more-like-september/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE & WALT WILKINS Spring is all show biz, goes off like a riot A season of passion that just won't be quiet A chaos of color, flowers, and weeds All the poets rave on and on about spring And summer's a trail by fire, by furnace Test of your faith
- [Gentle James](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/rings-on-a-tree/track/gentle-james/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE Hours before the dawn, James opened up his eyes Cotton bursting from the soil from the moment he would rise Apple trees dropped their fruit and bowed before his gaze Harvesting and growing crops was how he spent his days Gentle James His wife Ada hugged him close and so
- [Twenty Years](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/rings-on-a-tree/track/twenty-years/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE & KELLEY MICKWEE If yourself in twenty years was sitting with you here What would she say? Would she tell you not to worry, that there's no need to hurry The direction you were going anyway With her hand on your shoulder, gentle touch of growing older Would you ask
- [Virginia and Hazel](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/rings-on-a-tree/track/virginia-and-hazel/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE & KELLEY MICKWEE Virginia Kelley played the phonograph It was Mamie's Crazy Blues "Getting all dolled up," she said "My gams look good in these shoes" A car pulled up and honked It was a breezer '24 She laid a kiss on her daddy's cheek Scrammed on out the door
- [Churches and Cantinas](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/rings-on-a-tree/track/churches-and-cantinas/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE & HAL KETCHUM She said a prayer to the virgin, crossed herself and sighed Blew out a single candle, she held her loneliness inside One early April morning, so tired of being alone While walking through the market, she saw a man who worked in stone Churches and cantinas He
- [Are We There Yet](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/rings-on-a-tree/track/are-we-there-yet/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE AND BRANDON BOLIN Sitting in the back seat, Roy on the radio Antique roadtrip, 120 miles to go Quanah Texas Panhandle Saturday night Motel 6 parking lot, they left on the light You're twelve years old, all summer long In a car with your parents, singing old songs Windows
- [Wild Seeds](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/rings-on-a-tree/track/wild-seeds/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE & WALT WILKINS Parking lot poured out flat and gray Crack in the middle showed up one day Dirt and the rain had just enough room One week later a flower bloomed From a wild seed on the wind Found a way to grow again We don't know where we're
- [Beautiful Accidents](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/rings-on-a-tree/track/beautiful-accidents/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE & KELLEY MICKWEE He had the smell of tobacco smoke on his clothes Didn't look a day over seventeen years old She had the smell of magnolia on her hair And a southern drawl that stretched from here to there They didn't know what they were doing, but they knew
- [Always Becoming](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/rings-on-a-tree/track/always-becoming/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE & WALT WILKINS Always becoming Rolling and running We're to and from-ing and round back again Grinding and grooving Everything's moving Always becoming not just what we've been Just at the threshold With the thinnest of toeholds Mining for fool's gold, shining for you Rocking and reeling Just barely dealing
- [Fork in the Road](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/rings-on-a-tree/track/fork-in-the-road/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE & JAMIE LIN WILSON There never was a greater man than the one that just died All his flaws and failings get swept to the side Oh the tender mercy of a bad memory That lets us forget what we don't want to see In the garden of Eden, God
- [Can't Stop Won't Stop](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/rings-on-a-tree/track/cant-stop-wont-stop/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE A roadster driving down a railroad track Only one damn fool crazy enough to do that Yeah that's T.L. laying on the horn Laughing at the squares since the days he's born There's a girl jumping fences on a pony bareback She borrowed from the circus never gave it back
- [If You Called](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/general-store/track/if-you-called/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE The lowering sun stretches shadows Across the windy plain And I'm thinking on the time that's passed How you never felt the same When I said it's hard to leave, you said It's hard to watch you go I shouldn't have believed you But back then how could I know
- [Watch It Shine](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/rings-on-a-tree/track/watch-it-shine/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE & WALT WILKINS I am one more pilgrim on this road low and high Through this land of miracles I've been traveling all night I tangled with the darkness I swear at moments I was blind Til the dawn came up around me And I could see the way unwind
- [Days](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/rings-on-a-tree/track/days/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE & WALT WILKINS A place to start and a place to go A mind, a heart, and an open road It all can go a million ways Highs and lows - days A fire at home and work to do Some hard seasons to get through Some fly like arrows,
- [Wanna Wanna Bar](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/general-store/track/wanna-wanna-bar/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE A seagull cry, a child laugh, an old man orders a drink It's been ten years since he got here and it hurts to think That years ago at this beachside bar a woman held his hand He lost his chance for true romance on South Padre Island The woman's
- [Mary](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/general-store/track/mary/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE Like a summer wind I’m walking with you warm Like a bay out on the ocean you can keep me from a storm But now your face shows signs of coming rain Mary what can I do to ease your pain 'Cause Mary, I can’t bear to see you cry Mary,
- [You Never Can Tell](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/general-store/track/you-never-can-tell/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE I spent several days thinking of the ways I would say we're through But when I let you go, I did not know That I still cared for you But last Saturday night 'neath the barroom light I saw you out with him And in a matter of time, I
- [James' Blues](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/general-store/track/james-blues/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE James washed dishes at a barbecue place Fifth Street downtown He'd get his pay and go next door To drink his money down And I was just getting started Playing guitar when I met him there I'd finish a song he'd clap his hands No one else would but he
- [When I Hit San Antone](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/general-store/track/when-i-hit-san-antone/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE This old skyline takes me back to another time Years ago in San Antonio I was yours and you were mine It's been awhile, I hope you're doing well I'm doing fine as far as I can tell I recall a Sunday by the Riverwalk You and me just walking
- [Me and Maria](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/general-store/track/me-and-maria/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE I sent Maria north last summer said I'd follow over soon I'm reminded of my promise 'neath a yellow desert moon I sent Maria north last summer, said I'd follow over soon I'm reminded of my promise 'neath a yellow desert moon I can hear the crickets song again, it's
- [Tennessee Highway](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/general-store/track/tennessee-highway/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE & LENDON LEWIS Tennessee Highway, Tennessee highway Take me home to see my Texas baby Tennessee Highway, Tennessee highway Take me home to see my Texas baby I've been in and out of every bar here in Nashville Seen nothing but broken promises and empty dreams Everyone here thinks they’re
- [Dry Creek](https://owentemple.com/lyrics/general-store/track/dry-creek/) - WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE Just a way down Mount Bonnell Road There’s a little place where the beer is cold Dry Creek Café and Dock No place better come five o’clock Just off the lake, a two story bar You know you’re there when you see the cars Lined up and parked along Jukebox

## Videos

- [Weathered - Made in the Shade](https://owentemple.com/videos/weathered-made-in-the-shade/)
- [Songs from My Living Room - Session for AmericanaUK](https://owentemple.com/videos/songs-from-my-living-room-session-for-americanauk/)
- [Full Concert in La Grange](https://owentemple.com/videos/full-concert-in-la-grange/) - We played a show as an acoustic trio in La Grange, Texas at The Bugle Boy on August 23, 2024. Rick Richards played drums and Josh Flowers played bass. We had a very good time and got a HD video recording of it. We played these songs: Set 1: Looking for Signs Make Something Dry
- [Fork in the Road](https://owentemple.com/videos/fork-in-the-road/) - My childhood dream of becoming a cartoon character came true today. This short film was made by the creative folks at Collection Agency Films, and that’s me in there, singing a song to help get you through whatever wild hazards you’re dodging today. Though Halloween is behind us, there are still plenty of scary things
- [Are We There Yet](https://owentemple.com/videos/are-we-there-yet/) - A new song for your summertime roadtrip soundtrack — it’s single number 3 from the upcoming album Rings on a Tree. Thanks to NASA for sharing footage of some long trips with good views out the window: I wrote the song with Brandon Bolin on a hot summer day when we were remembering the view
- [Beautiful Accidents](https://owentemple.com/videos/beautiful-accidents/) - I'd like to propose a toast to the people who made this day and every other day possible for us -- cheers to our parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents. The 8 adorable people I sketched above are your cousins (we're all cousins) and my great-grandparents. Somehow they got together long enough to make this conversation between
- [Beautiful Accidents (Lyric Video)](https://owentemple.com/videos/beautiful-accidents-lyric-video/) - I'd like to propose a toast to the people who made this day and every other day possible for us -- cheers to our parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents. The 8 adorable people I sketched above are your cousins (we're all cousins) and my great-grandparents. Somehow they got together long enough to make this conversation between
- [The Song of Us](https://owentemple.com/videos/the-song-of-us/)
- [The Recording of Rings on a Tree](https://owentemple.com/videos/the-recording-of-rings-on-a-tree/)
- [Days](https://owentemple.com/videos/days/)
- [Watch It Shine](https://owentemple.com/videos/watch-it-shine/)
- [Preview of Songs from Part 1 of Rings on a Tree](https://owentemple.com/videos/preview-of-songs-from-part-1-of-rings-on-a-tree/)

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