Bryan Bowers

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Bowers became very popular with the audience of the comedy radio program The Dr. Demento Show with his 1980 recording of Mike Cross's song "The Scotsman".{{cite web|url=http://dmdb.org/cgi-bin/plinfo_view.pl?SYN070431|title=details for The Scotsman - Bryan Bowers|publisher=|accessdate=14 March 2017}} In 1993, Bowers was inducted into the Autoharp Hall of Fame whose membership includes Mother Maybelle Carter, Kilby Snow, and Sara Carter.[http://www.mlag.org/Hall_of_fame/inductees.html Autoharp Hall of Fame Inductees] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724032510/http://www.mlag.org/Hall_of_Fame/inductees.html |date=July 24, 2008 }}

In two consecutive years, 2006 and 2007, he released new recordings: Bristlecone Pine and September in Alaska. "Although such guests as Tim O'Brien, Sam Bush, Stuart Duncan, and Enright and O'Bryant play and sing on a number of cuts, this is a Bryan Bowers disc all the way, with his exquisite autoharp flavoring many of the tunes," wrote a November 2006 Bluegrass Unlimited reviewer of Bristlecone Pine. "Bowers selects thematically diverse and lyrically strong material. There are powerful love songs ("When You And I Were True" and "Magnolia") and non-cloying meditations on life and death ("Bristlecone Pine," "Friend For Life," and "When I Go"), as well as haunting instrumentals. He nicely avoids the hackneyed stuff of so many folk/bluegrass/country performers."{{cite web|url=http://www.bluegrassmusic.com/index.php?em192=93094_-1__0_~0~445_-1_3_2008_0_0&issue=190007&search_string=Bowers&em193=|title=Bluegrass Unlimited - Bluegrass Unlimited content|publisher=|accessdate=14 March 2017}} He maintains an active performance and teaching schedule.

• Contemporary Inductee, Autoharp Hall of Fame, 1993.
• Lifetime Achievement Award, California Autoharp Gathering, 2006.[http://www.calautoharp.com/about.html California Autoharp Gathering] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511201800/http://www.calautoharp.com/about.html |date=May 11, 2008 }}
• Induction into Frets Magazine's First Gallery of the Greats[http://www.bryanbowers.com/bio.html Bryan Bowers - Master Autoharpist, Storyteller, singer/songwriter/performing artist] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513193945/http://www.bryanbowers.com/bio.html |date=May 13, 2008 }}

• The View from Home, Flying Fish, 1977
• Home, Home on the Road, Flying Fish, 1980
• By Heart, Flying Fish, 1982
• For You, Flying Fish, 1990
• Friend for Life, Flying Fish, 2002
• Bristlecone Pine, Seattle Sounds, 2006
• September in Alaska, Seattle Sounds, 2007
• Crabby Old Man, 2011
• Live at Winterfolk, 2015
• Woodland Dream, 2019

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