Brent Rowan

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|05|28}}

| birth_place = Waxahachie, Texas

| origin = Nashville, Tennessee

| genre = Country

| occupation = Session musician
Record producer

| instrument = Guitar

| years_active = 1980–present

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Brent Rowan (born May 28, 1956, in Waxahachie, Texas) is an American session musician and record producer who works primarily in country music. Active since the 1970s, Rowan began working with John Conlee through the recommendation of record producer Bud Logan. Rowan first played on Conlee's "Friday Night Blues", and later became the only guitarist for Conlee's recordings.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/brent-rowan-p120641/biography|title=Brent Rowan biography|last=Seida|first=Linda|work=Allmusic|access-date=6 March 2012}}

He also played guitar for Alabama, Alan Jackson, Chris LeDoux, Clay Walker, Confederate Railroad, Bob Seger, Josh Turner and others.{{cite web|url=http://www.brentrowan.com/discography.php|title=Biography|work=Brent Rowan|access-date=6 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170226021934/http://brentrowan.com/discography.php|archive-date=26 February 2017|url-status=dead}} In 1989, Rowan was awarded Guitarist of the Year by Academy of Country Music.{{cite book|last=Kingsbury|first=Paul|title=The encyclopedia of country music: the ultimate guide to the music|year=2004|page=461}}

Rowan produced Joe Nichols' Man with a Memory.{{cite magazine|last=Stark|first=Phyllis|date=1 February 2003|title=Nashville Scene|magazine=Billboard|page=39|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Q8EAAAAMBAJ&q=%22brent+rowan%22&pg=PA39}} He has also produced for McHayes, Julie Roberts, and Blake Shelton.{{cite web|url=http://www.vintageguitar.com/3690/brent-rowan-2/|title=Brent Rowan: Nashville Trail Blazer|last=Childs|first=Zac|date=22 December 2009|work=Vintage Guitar|access-date=6 March 2012}}