Matt Bowlin

From the Burr oak woodlands north of the Missouri Ozarks, to the New Mexico high desert, across the Kansas prairie and rolling in from the surf of coastal Carolina to West Texas, Matt Bowlin is a musical nomad in pursuit of a dream. After serving six years in the United States Marines, Matt left a promising career in the military to gamble on a different roll, one in the music business. "I started writing songs about a year before my second enlistment was up," Matt explained, "Until then, it was an undiscovered God given gift and I figured I'd better do something with it. I wanted to learn to play the guitar, study voice and learn to perform and I remembered a college where you could learn to do just that.” Arriving in Levelland, Texas, Matt enrolled in the commercial music program in the Creative Arts Department at South Plains College. The program is credited with alumnus such as, LeAnne Womack, Heath Wright (Richochet), Natalie Maines (Dixie Chicks), Jedd Hughes and many more. As a student, Matt performed with SPC’s Thursday Nite Live, one of the colleges most prestigious audition ensembles. Later, Matt broadened his performing style, trying his hand at Western Swing and was awarded SPC's 2004-2005 male vocalist of the year in country/western swing. Influenced by a steady diet of country music by the late Waylon Jennings, Texas balladeer George Strait and a hint of the innovative Jim Croce, Matt's booming baritone voice fuses the sounds of traditional country, western swing and southern rock. Bowlin’s versatility allows him to cover a range of classics, as well as his own songs. "I started singing more of my originals after a foot-stomping experience in Luckenbach, Texas, a town made famous by the 1977 number one hit for Willie and Waylon," Matt explains, "The bartender talked me into picking up the house guitar and singing a tune. It's a tradition down there to pass around the house guitar," The song Matt sang, "Honky Tonk Fate", revved up tourists and locals alike. "In a music mecca like Luckenbach, it was amazing to have people clapping, stomping, playing guitars and singing along on the chorus, it was a rush,” Matt says." I was thrilled they were into the song. It was about the best compliment I could have received." Since his experience in Luckenbach, Matt has continued to write and perform his music in traveling bands, as he has been on the road consistently since the spring of 2006. Currently, Matt is working on his first album out in Tennessee. Myspace Layouts and SO much more from WhateverLife.com! ♥
whateverlife.comGET A NEW CONTACT TABLE + MYSPACE LAYOUTS