User:Mojonesmusic/Brian Owens

Brian Owens/ Singer ... Brian Owens was born on April 26, 1980 in St. Louis, MO.

As a leader singer of the army band Sidewinders, Owens has appeared on Ellen DeGeneres, Entertainment Tonight, & Fox and Friends, where they sang popular cover songs like, “Forget You” by Cee-Lo Green and “Rolling in the Deep” by Adele. Owens recently signed a record deal with Destined 2B1 Records and his first major release, Moods and Messages— a self-proclaimed soundtrack to his journey – is scheduled for release in December 2011. Touring dates are planned to begin in summer of 2012.

Brian’s musical training began at home in his church choir, and continued to Millikin University, where he received formal training, majored in Commercial Music, and helped charter the award-winning a'capella group Chapter 6. After college, Owens joined the Air Force and became a lead vocalist in The United States Air Force Band of Mid America. He then left the air force to attend University of Missouri—St. Louis. He graduated in 2008.

Early in his career, he was one of four vocalists worldwide chosen for Dianne Reeves’ Jazz Master Class at Carnegie Hall. The artist often labels this a career highlight.

Additional television appearances include “Good Morning America”, “The Wayne Brady Show”, and BET’s “Jazz Discovery”.