Talk:Owen Temple

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Owen Temple's music has contributed to the Red Dirt country music scene influencing artists such as Pat Green, Cory Morrow, and Jack Ingram, and his music has been cited by Texas journalist and author Rick Koster in the definitive book Texas Music (2000) as an important contributor to the genre "deserving note". See Texas Music (2000) for more information.Owentemp 00:20, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
 * So what part of WP:BAND do you feel he meets?--Crossmr 00:24, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Has released two or more albums on a major label or one of the more important indie labels (i.e. an independent label with a history of more than a few years and a roster of performers, many of which are notable).

The BMG Music Group/Compendia (major label) released Temple's Texas Chart topping hit "No Daring Is Fatal" on its offering of quintessential Red Dirt/Texas Music called Cow Hear This(2003).


 * His work has been included on several releases by one of the most important independent labels of the Red Dirt/Texas Music genre, Compadre Records, which has operated continuously over the last decade from Houston, Texas and is the home of Billy Joe Shaver, James McMurtry, Hayes Carll as well as Temple. Compadre Records released a series of recordings in the early 2000s that defined the subgenre of Red Dirt/ Texas Music and released several of Owen Temple's most successful songs. Texas Roadtrip (2001) that included Temple's "Driving Myself Crazy," Texas Outlaws (2003) included Temple's "Lost Highway."

Has been featured in multiple non-trivial published works in reliable and reputable media (excludes things like school newspapers, personal blogs, etc...).


 * Temple's Music has been cited by Texas journalist and author Rick Koster in the definitive book Texas Music (2000) as an important young contributor to the genre "deserving note". See From Texas Music (2000)

1999 2002 See article from Dallas Morning News (pasted in appendix below - 12/26/2002) that lists Owen Temple as one of the five best performers in the Red Dirt/Texas Music scene.
 * Temple has been cited by the Dallas Morning News as one of the most notable performers of the Red Dirt/Texas Music in:

1997 1999
 * Temple has been cited by the Austin Chronicle as one of the most notable performers of the Red Dirt/Texas Music subgenre in:

2002
 * Temple has been cited by the Houston Press as one of the most notable performers of the Red Dirt/Texas Music subgenre in:

Additionally, Temple:

Has had a charted hit on any national music chart, in at least one large or medium-sized country.[1]
 * OK, Texas is not a country, though it used to be, and it is still big. Temple's single "No Daring Is Fatal" charted in the Top Ten of the Texas Music Chart (a radio chart tracked nationwide). See this copy of the article that appeared in the San Antonio Express News and documents the chart position San Antonio Express News

Is cited in notable and verifiable sources as being influential in style, technique, repertory or teaching in a particular music genre.


 * Temple's music has been cited by Texas journalist and author Rick Koster in the definitive book Texas Music (2000) as an important young contributor to the genre deserving note. Texas Music (2000)

Has composed a number of melodies, tunes or standards used in a notable genre, or tradition or school within a notable genre.
 * Temple's inclusion in releases that typify the genre of Red Dirt/Texas Music country music scene that are referenced above and were released by important independent labels (Compadre) and one major label (BMG/Compendia): Texas Road Trip (2001), Texas Outlaws (2003), Cow Hear This (2003)

Is frequently covered in publications devoted to a notable sub-culture.

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 * Temple has been frequently mentioned in Best in Texas, the major news source covering Red Dirt/Texas Music.

APPENDIX

From Dallas Morning News

Bumper Crop

A who's who that's shaped Texas country

12/26/2002

By MARIO TARRADELL / The Dallas Morning News

It was the year Pat Green became Country Music Television's new favorite, thanks to a pair of highly played videos for "Carry On" and "Three Days." It was also the year Jack Ingram and Deryl Dodd released ill-fated studio albums and a roots-rocking quartet from Stillwater, Okla., with a huge Texas fan base moved to the Lone Star State.

A bag of discs: Albums from Mr. Manders, Mr. Stalling, Owen Temple, Sisters Morales, Billy Joe Shaver and Roger Wallace, among others, make this a fertile season for fresh releases.

The best of the regional discs

1. Mark David Manders, Highs and Lows (Blind Nello) – Plano-based live wire turns introspective and reflective as he dissects his psyche in a most personal collection of tunes. The songwriting is stellar, particularly on "Suicidal Pigeon" and "Hell's Half Acre," and the musicianship is real; potent. His best album yet.

2. Sisters Morales, Para Gloria (Luna) – San Antonio-based siblings Lisa and Roberta Morales step away from their country background to dig through the traditional Mexican songbook for a thoroughly delightful set of boleros and rancheras. Sung completely in Spanish, the harmonies are supreme and the production by brothers Ron and Michael Morales is clean and airy.

3. Billy Joe Shaver, Freedom's Child (Compadre) – Texas legend's first album for Houston-based Compadre Records is also his first effort since the death of his son, Eddy. Child is jubilant and autobiographical, honest and tuneful but never bitter. Amazing, especially when you consider what a downer it could have been. 4. Max Stalling, One of the Ways (Blind Nello) – Third disc from Crystal City, Texas, native offers a more mature batch of songs filled with his inimitable, easy-going style. Highlights include "The Beatles and the Thunder" and "Lay My Burdens Down," but there's not a dud in the bunch.

5. Owen Temple, Right Here and Now (El Paisano) – No. 3 is the charm for Dallas-based singer-songwriter. More cohesive and accomplished than his first two efforts, it brims with memorable tunes such as "Accidentally Break My Heart" and "Move Around Money."

E-mail mtarradell@dallasnews.com 70.226.171.77 04:04, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/Owen Temple
The result of this AfD discussion was keep.  (aeropagitica)   (talk)   09:19, 31 August 2006 (UTC)