In a span of two short years, Jackson, TN-based singer/songwriter Ashley Bowers saw his career in music catapult from that of an open-mic night regular to fronting a nationally touring band, a testament to his talent as an artist and to his tireless work ethic. Bowers began his career at the age of ten teaching himself the piano, influenced by the charismatic performances of rock legend Jerry Lee Lewis. At 11, he began performing onstage at church, state fairs and talent contests, and by the age of 15 he had switched to guitar and was writing his own original music. Born and raised in Jackson, TN, Bowers continued to hone his skill as a musician while soaking in the down-home qualities of life in the South that would later shape the direction and tone of his music. In 2003, Bowers formed progressive country band Forty5 South. The bands dynamic stage presence and high-voltage country sound soon caught the eye of the AFE (Armed Forces Entertainment) group, who took the band overseas to Asia, Guam, the Marshall Islands, Korea and Japan to entertain troops. Bowers wrote or co-wrote all songs on the bands debut album, Too Much, Too Fast, which was well-received by critics and propelled the band to the status of hometown favorites. Over the course of the next few years Bowers and Forty5 South toured the U.S. extensively, logging as many as 300 shows each year and performing for crowds as large as 15, 000. Bowers sophomore album, Were Country So We Can, proved a success at Radio with two top 40 singles on the Music Row Chart, and two top 10 singles on the Texas Music Chart . Ashley and his band are self-sustained on the road from the sale of cd's and merchandise, and to-date, some 20,000+ units have been sold in just the past 3 years on the road!....solid proof that Ashley is leaving his musical mark on Country fans far and wide.Now at the age of 24, Ashley Bowers continues to write and sing from the heart about love and heartache, hometown pride and the distractions of youth, Bowers’ strength as a seasoned songwriter along with his signature vocal style has always appealed to a wide audience, and though he’s already achieved a respectable amount of commercial success and a large fan base in a relatively short span of time, Bowers is reinventing his form of artistic expression in pursuit of a successful solo career…and after just one listen to his latest offerings, you will quickly see that Ashley is well on his way to attaining it.
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