Kevin Bowe

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Kevin Bowe

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|02|27}}

| origin = Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.

| instrument = Guitar

| genre = Alternative rock, roots rock, blues

| occupation = Musician, songwriter, producer

| years_active = 1979–present

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Kevin Bowe (born February 27, 1961) is an American songwriter, record producer and musician from Minneapolis. He is best known for his work with prominent rock and blues artists including Paul Westerberg{{cite news |last=MacDonald |first=Patrick |date=February 18, 2005 |title=Are you a friend of Paul Westerberg? |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/are-you-a-friend-of-paul-westerberg/ |work=The Seattle Times |location=Seattle |access-date=June 8, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170725000244/http://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/are-you-a-friend-of-paul-westerberg/ |archive-date=July 25, 2017 }} and the Replacements;{{cite book|author=Jim Walsh|title=The Replacements: All Over But the Shouting: An Oral History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=huiJW-4qRnQC&pg=PA269|date=November 30, 2009|publisher=Voyageur Press|isbn=978-1-61673-978-2|pages=269–|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180714214134/https://books.google.com/books?id=huiJW-4qRnQC&pg=PA269|archive-date=July 14, 2018}} writing songs for hit albums by Jonny Lang{{AllMusic |class= album|id= lie-to-me-mw0000086420|tab= |label=Jonny Lang – Lie To Me|accessdate= 15 May 2018}}{{AllMusic |class= album|id= wander-this-world-mw0000042723|tab= |label=Jonny Lang – Wander This World|accessdate= 15 May 2018}} and Kenny Wayne Shepherd;{{AllMusic |class= album|id= ledbetter-heights-mw0000176275|tab= |label=Ledbetter Heights|last=Owens |first=Thom |accessdate= 15 May 2018}} as well as Etta James' Grammy-winning Let's Roll.{{AllMusic |class= album|id= lets-roll-mw0000020331|tab= |label=Etta James – Let's Roll|last=Henderson |first=Alex |accessdate= 14 July 2018}} He has contributed to dozens of albums over his career,{{AllMusic |class= artist|id= kevin-bowe-mn0000083209|tab=credits |label= Kevin Bowe – Credits|accessdate= 15 May 2018}} including several of his own as a bandleader; he has appeared on many film and television soundtracks{{cite book|author1=John Bowe|author2=Marisa Bowe|author3=Sabin Streeter|title=Gig: Americans Talk About Their Jobs|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qNul6gQdbj4C&pg=PA327|date=February 4, 2009|publisher=Crown/Archetype|isbn=978-0-307-56576-1|pages=327–|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180714214134/https://books.google.com/books?id=qNul6gQdbj4C&pg=PA327|archive-date=July 14, 2018}} including ESPN{{cite news |last=Bruch |first=Michelle |date=October 29, 2012 |title=An album of his own |url= http://www.southwestjournal.com/news/2012/10/an-album-of-his-own/ |work=Southwest Journal |location=Minneapolis |access-date=July 1, 2018 }} and The Sopranos.{{cite web |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/jots.200156786/ |title=Jazz on the Screen Filmography: The Sopranos |publisher=Library of Congress |access-date=June 29, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180714214134/https://www.loc.gov/item/jots.200156786/ |archive-date=July 14, 2018 }} His songs have been covered by many prominent rock and blues artists, including Joe Cocker, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Robben Ford, and John Mayall.

Career

After growing up in rural Minnesota, Bowe became part of the burgeoning rock scene in early 1980s Minneapolis which spawned Hüsker Dü and The Replacements,{{AllMusic |class= artist|id= kevin-bowe-mn0000083209|tab= |label= Kevin Bowe|last= Hage|first= Erik |accessdate= 15 May 2018}} fronting alternative rock and Americana bands including The Dads,{{cite book|author=Bob Mehr|title=Trouble Boys: The True Story of the Replacements|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UbvCAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT392|date=March 1, 2016|publisher=Da Capo Press|isbn=978-0-306-82203-2|pages=51–52,114,425|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180714214134/https://books.google.com/books?id=UbvCAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT392|archive-date=July 14, 2018}} Summer of Love,{{cite journal |title=Underground |journal=Spin|date=December 1985 |last=Enthal |first=Andrea |volume=1 |issue=8 |pages=34–35 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CBAN_GTP9B4C |access-date=16 May 2018 }} and The Revelators.{{AllMusic |class= album|id= blackie-fords-revenge-mw0000894435|tab= |label=The Revelators – Blackie Ford's Revenge|accessdate= 15 May 2018}} His career began when his Revelators song "Riverside" was covered by Kenny Wayne Shepherd on his platinum-selling album Ledbetter Heights{{AllMusic |class= album|id= ledbetter-heights-mw0000176275|tab= |label=Ledbetter Heights|last=Owens |first=Thom |accessdate= 15 May 2018}} leading to a songwriting contract with rock legends Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller in 1997.{{cite book|title=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2gkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA38|date=August 16, 1997|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|pages=38–}} Bowe discovered blues guitarist Jonny Lang, then still a teenager, at a blues jam in Fargo, North Dakota.{{cite book|author=Paul Metsa|title=Blue Guitar Highway|url=https://archive.org/details/blueguitarhighwa0000mets|url-access=registration|year=2011|publisher=University of Minnesota Press|isbn=978-0-8166-7642-2|pages=[https://archive.org/details/blueguitarhighwa0000mets/page/147 147]}} He contributed songs for Lang's breakthrough hit albums Lie To Me in 1997 and the Grammy-nominated Wander This World in 1998. The next year, Bowe made his debut as a producer with another teenage blues guitarist, Shannon Curfman's Loud Guitars, Big Suspicions.{{AllMusic |class= album|id= loud-guitars-big-suspicions-mw0000251140|tab= |label=Shannon Curfman – Loud Guitars, Big Suspicions|accessdate= 15 May 2018}}

Bowe's most famous work has been as a songwriter for other artists. He co-wrote four songs on Etta James’ 2003 Grammy-winning album Let's Roll,{{Citation | last = Bream | first = Jon | title = What's a Grammy worth? Minnesota winners sound off on music's biggest award | newspaper = Star Tribune | date = February 14, 2016 | url = http://www.startribune.com/what-s-a-grammy-worth-minnesota-winners-sound-off-on-music-s-biggest-award/368672751/ | access-date = 16 May 2018 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180714110833/http://www.startribune.com/what-s-a-grammy-worth-minnesota-winners-sound-off-on-music-s-biggest-award/368672751/ | archive-date = July 14, 2018 }} including "The Blues Is My Business," which was later covered by E Street Band guitarist Little Steven Van Zandt on his solo record Soulfire.{{cite magazine |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |date=May 12, 2017 |title=Little Steven Talks First Album in Two Decades, 'Soulfire,' Listen to 'Blues Is My Business' |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7792965/little-steven-solo-album-soulfire-blues-is-my-business-premiere |magazine=Billboard |access-date=June 7, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021175517/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7792965/little-steven-solo-album-soulfire-blues-is-my-business-premiere |archive-date=October 21, 2017 }} Other notable songs include "Sault Ste. Marie", covered by Three Dog Night{{AllMusic |class= song|id=sault-ste-marie-mt0008555323 |tab= |label=Sault Ste. Marie |accessdate= 15 May 2018}} as well as Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Dead Man Walkin'" (co-written with the band) on the 2003 album Vicious Cycle.{{cite book|author=Randy Poe|title=The New Songwriter's Guide to Music Publishing|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jZbOT-wM2OMC&pg=PA13|date=November 16, 2005|publisher=Writer's Digest Books|isbn=1-59963-330-2|pages=13–}}{{AllMusic |class= song|id= dead-man-walkin-mt0006042097|tab= |label=Lynyrd Skynyrd - Dead Man Walkin'|accessdate= 3 July 2018}}

Bowe has a longstanding friendship and working relationship with Replacements frontman Paul Westerberg, having begun as contemporaries starting out in the Minneapolis music scene.{{cite web |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/everybody-lies-by-kevin-bowe-featuring-paul-westerberg-free-mp3-20120928 |title='Everybody Lies' by Kevin Bowe Featuring Paul Westerberg |newspaper=Rolling Stone |date=September 28, 2012 |access-date=16 May 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161231034149/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/everybody-lies-by-kevin-bowe-featuring-paul-westerberg-free-mp3-20120928 |archive-date=December 31, 2016 }} Bowe's band The Dads were the headliners at the earliest known recorded live performance of the Replacements, at Minneapolis club Jay's Longhorn Bar in July 1980.{{cite web |url=http://replacementslivearchive.blogspot.com/2014/03/july-17-1980-longhorn-bar-minneapolis-mn.html |title=Replacements Live Archive Project: July 17, 1980, Longhorn Bar, Minneapolis, MN |date=March 18, 2014 |access-date=16 May 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180714214134/http://replacementslivearchive.blogspot.com/2014/03/july-17-1980-longhorn-bar-minneapolis-mn.html |archive-date=July 14, 2018 }} He played guitar in Westerberg's solo touring band His Only Friends in the early 2000s,{{cite magazine |last=Tannenbaum |first=Rob |date=October 3, 2012 |title=The Replacements Reunite for Covers EP |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-replacements-reunite-for-covers-ep-20121003 |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=May 30, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180318070627/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-replacements-reunite-for-covers-ep-20121003 |archive-date=March 18, 2018 }} and joined the Replacements in 2012 to record the six-song EP Songs for Slim.{{cite magazine |date=August 17, 2013 |title=The Replacements Complete Lineup With Josh Freese, Dave Minehan |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5657736/the-replacements-complete-lineup-with-josh-freese-dave-minehan |magazine=Billboard |access-date=May 30, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810033406/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5657736/the-replacements-complete-lineup-with-josh-freese-dave-minehan |archive-date=August 10, 2017 }} The band also recorded at Bowe's home studio around that time, though none of the material from those sessions has yet been released.{{cite magazine |last=Gensler |first=Andy |date=April 24, 2015 |title=The Replacements Back on Track: Recording New Music, Vinyl Box Sets, Documentary Planned |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6545755/the-replacements-new-music-box-sets-documentary-book-fall-secret |magazine=Billboard |access-date=May 30, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160619221741/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6545755/the-replacements-new-music-box-sets-documentary-book-fall-secret |archive-date=June 19, 2016 }}

Besides Westerberg, Bowe (often with his band Okemah Prophets) has also frequently been a touring or live backing musician for Freedy Johnston and the Jayhawks' Gary Louris.{{cite news |last= Riemenschneider |first= Chris |date= April 29, 2013 |title= Filling in, Gary Louris fits right in at Dakota debut |url= http://www.startribune.com/filling-in-gary-louris-fits-right-in-at-dakota-debut/ |newspaper= Star Tribune |access-date= May 30, 2018 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Bowe has produced records by several notable Minneapolis bands, including indie-folk band Communist Daughter's 2016 album, The Cracks That Built the Wall,{{cite news |last=Morgan |first=Richard |date=November 10, 2016 |title=How a Minneapolis producer coaxed Communist Daughter into recording one of the year's best albums |url=http://www.startribune.com/how-a-minneapolis-producer-coaxed-communist-daughter-into-recording-one-of-the-year-s-best-albums/400708571/ |work=Star Tribune |location=Minneapolis |access-date=May 30, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161116232511/http://www.startribune.com/how-a-minneapolis-producer-coaxed-communist-daughter-into-recording-one-of-the-year-s-best-albums/400708571/ |archive-date=November 16, 2016 }}{{cite news |last= Danton |first= Eric R. |date= October 28, 2016 |title= Communist Daughter: The Cracks That Built the Wall Review |url= https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/10/communist-daughter-the-cracks-that-built-the-wall.html |work= Paste Magazine |access-date= June 7, 2018 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180714110821/https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/10/communist-daughter-the-cracks-that-built-the-wall.html |archive-date= July 14, 2018 }}{{cite web |url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2016/09/communist-daughter-struggle-to-hold-back-their-emotions-on-new-song-listen/ |title=Communist Daughter struggle to 'Hold Back' their emotions on new song |work=Consequence of Sound |first=Michelle |last=Geslanion |date=September 27, 2016 |access-date=7 June 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114040409/https://consequenceofsound.net/2016/09/communist-daughter-struggle-to-hold-back-their-emotions-on-new-song-listen/ |archive-date=November 14, 2017 }} and punk group Suicide Commandos' comeback album Time Bomb.{{Citation | last = Raihala | first = Ross | title = After nearly 40 years, Suicide Commandos release a second album | newspaper = St. Paul Pioneer Press | date = May 4, 2017 | url = https://www.twincities.com/2017/05/04/after-nearly-four-decades-the-suicide-commandos-release-second-album/ | access-date = 16 May 2018 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170511111248/http://www.twincities.com/2017/05/04/after-nearly-four-decades-the-suicide-commandos-release-second-album/ | archive-date = May 11, 2017 }}{{Cite AV media notes |title=Time Bomb |others=Suicide Commandos |year=2017 |url=http://www.twintone.com/booklet/89403.pdf |page=3 |type=Liner notes |publisher=Twin/Tone |location=Minneapolis |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170615184709/http://www.twintone.com/booklet/89403.pdf |archive-date=June 15, 2017 }}

= Work as a primary performer =

Bowe has released five albums with his roots-rock band the Okemah Prophets, most recently Every Part of the Buffalo. 2012's Natchez Trace included a song co-written with Westerberg, "Everybody Lies," and guest performances by Westerberg, the Meat Puppets, Wilco guitarist Nels Cline; Communist Daughter's Johnny Solomon and Molly Moore; Jayhawks drummer Tim O'Reagan, Freedy Johnston, Chuck Prophet, Phil Solem of the Rembrandts, and Bob Dylan violinist Scarlet Rivera{{Citation | last = Raihala | first = Ross | title = Five years in the making, 'Natchez Trace' gives Kevin Bowe his own spotlight | newspaper = St. Paul Pioneer Press | date = June 6, 2012 | url = https://www.twincities.com/2012/06/06/five-years-in-the-making-natchez-trace-gives-kevin-bowe-his-own-spotlight/ |access-date=16 May 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://blogs.mprnews.org/state-of-the-arts/2012/06/kevin-bowe-performs-his-own-songs-for-a-change/|title=Rocker Kevin Bowe writes for himself on 'Natchez Trace'|work=MPR News|first=Chris|last=Roberts|date=June 8, 2012|access-date=16 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180714214134/https://blogs.mprnews.org/state-of-the-arts/2012/06/kevin-bowe-performs-his-own-songs-for-a-change/|archive-date=July 14, 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.minnpost.com/arts-culture/2012/06/minneapolis-musiciansongwriter-kevin-bowe%E2%80%99s-got-his-own-album-do|title=Minneapolis musician/songwriter Kevin Bowe's got his own album to do|work=MinnPost|first=Jim|last=Walsh|date=June 8, 2012|access-date=16 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140327104302/http://www.minnpost.com/arts-culture/2012/06/minneapolis-musiciansongwriter-kevin-bowe%E2%80%99s-got-his-own-album-do|archive-date=March 27, 2014}} The band is named after folk singer Woody Guthrie's birthplace, Okemah, Oklahoma.{{cite news |last=Davis |first=Sandi |date=July 6, 2001 |title=Woody Guthrie Festival Folk music returns to Okemah this weekend |url=https://newsok.com/article/2747299/woody-guthrie-festival-folk-music-returns-to-okemah-this-weekend |work=The Oklahoman |access-date=June 7, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180714214134/https://newsok.com/article/2747299/woody-guthrie-festival-folk-music-returns-to-okemah-this-weekend |archive-date=July 14, 2018 }} The band has received critical praise for Bowe's songwriting, which No Depression magazine says is "criminally catchy."{{cite news |date=February 29, 2000 |title=Kevin Bowe & The Okemah Prophets – Restoration (Review) |url=http://nodepression.com/album-review/kevin-bowe-okemah-prophets-restoration |work=No Depression |access-date=June 7, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161210232239/http://nodepression.com/album-review/kevin-bowe-okemah-prophets-restoration |archive-date=December 10, 2016 }}

= Personal life =

Bowe also taught music and audio production at Minneapolis' Institute of Production & Recording. His wife, Ruth Whitney Bowe started Fine Line Music Cafe, a Minneapolis nightclub in 1987 and owned it until 1990.{{cite news |last= Riemenschneider |first= Chris |date= July 30, 2013 |title= Fine Line Music Cafe in Minneapolis sold to Aqua nightclub owners |url= http://www.startribune.com/aqua-owners-buy-fine-line-music-cafe/217605471/ |newspaper= Star Tribune |access-date= May 30, 2018 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180702071744/http://www.startribune.com/aqua-owners-buy-fine-line-music-cafe/217605471/ |archive-date= July 2, 2018 }} The couple began dating shortly after Bowe performed at the club around the time of its opening. Prince asked her later to help him open another club in downtown Minneapolis, Glam Slam.{{cite news |date=October 20, 1990 |title=Glam Slam |url= https://www.postbulletin.com/glam-slam/article_c21bcf8a-0f54-5cd9-81d6-15de9b3dceaa.html |work=Rochester Post-Bulletin |location=Rochester, Minnesota |access-date=July 14, 2018 }}{{cite book|author=Ronin Ro|title=Prince: Inside the Music and the Masks|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=11dZsE7iGdcC&pg=PA204|date=October 25, 2011|publisher=St. Martin's Press|isbn=978-0-312-38300-8|pages=204–|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180714214134/https://books.google.com/books?id=11dZsE7iGdcC&pg=PA204|archive-date=July 14, 2018}}

Selected discography

=As main performer=

Kevin Bowe and the Okemah Prophets:{{AllMusic |class= artist|id= kevin-bowe-mn0000083209|tab=discography |label= Kevin Bowe – Discography|accessdate= 15 May 2018}}

Every Part of the Buffalo (2018, Okemah Records)
Natchez Trace (2012, Okemah Records)
Angels on the Freeway (2003, Corazong Records)
Love Songs & Murder Ballads (2001, Okemah Records)
Restoration (2000, Orchard)

The Revelators:

Blackie Ford's Revenge (1994, Sun House Records)

=As writer, producer or backing musician=

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1995: Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Ledbetter Heights (writer)
1997: Jonny Lang, Lie To Me (writer){{AllMusic |class= album|id= lie-to-me-mw0000086420|tab= |label=Lie To Me|accessdate= 15 May 2018}}
1998: Jonny Lang, Wander This World (writer){{AllMusic |class= album|id= wander-this-world-mw0000042723|tab= |label=Wander This World|accessdate= 15 May 2018}}
1999: Shannon Curfman, Loud Guitars, Big Suspicions (writer, producer){{AllMusic |class= album|id= loud-guitars-big-suspicions-mw0000251140|tab= |label=Loud Guitars, Big Suspicions|accessdate= 15 May 2018}}
2000: Peter Case, Flying Saucer Blues (writer){{AllMusic |class= album|id= flying-saucer-blues-mw0000061965|tab= |label=Peter Case – Flying Saucer Blues|accessdate= 15 May 2018}}
2000: Where the Heart Is (Original Soundtrack) (writer){{AllMusic |class= album|id=where-the-heart-is-original-soundtrack-mw0000605791 |tab= |label=Where the Heart Is (Original Soundtrack) |accessdate= 13 July 2018}}
2001: John Mayall, Along for the Ride (writer){{AllMusic |class= album|id= along-for-the-ride-mw0000520850|tab= |label=John Mayall – Along For the Ride|accessdate= 15 May 2018}}
2002: Ana Popović , Hush' (writer){{AllMusic |class= album|id= hush%21-mw0000657926|tab= |label=Ana Popovic – Hush|accessdate= 15 May 2018}}
2001: The Proclaimers, Persevere (guitarist){{AllMusic |class= album|id=persevere-mw0000003970 |tab= |label=The Procl;aimers – Persevere |last=Azpiri |first=Jon |accessdate= 15 May 2018}}
2002: Three Dog Night, Three Dog Night With the London Symphony Orchestra (writer){{AllMusic |class= song|id=sault-ste-marie-mt0008555323 |tab= |label=Sault Ste. Marie |accessdate= 15 May 2018}}
2002: Robben Ford, Blue Moon (writer){{AllMusic |class= album|id= blue-moon-mw0000219508|tab= |label=Robben Ford – Blue Moon|accessdate= 15 May 2018}}
2003: Etta James, Let's Roll (writer){{AllMusic |class= album|id= lets-roll-mw0000020331|tab= |label=Etta James – Let's Roll|last=Henderson |first=Alex |accessdate= 14 July 2018}}
2003: Lynyrd Skynyrd, Vicious Cycle (writer)
2004: Warren Brothers, Well Deserved Obscurity (writer){{AllMusic |class= album|id= well-deserved-obscurity-mw0000329874|tab= |label=Warren Brothers – Well Deserved Obscurity|accessdate= 15 May 2018}}
2005: Tommy Castro, Soul Shaker (writer, producer){{AllMusic |class= album|id= soul-shaker-mw0000140412|tab= |label=Tommy Castro – Soul Shaker|accessdate= 15 May 2018}}
2006: Paul Westerberg, Open Season (producer){{AllMusic |class= album|id=open-season-original-soundtrack-https://www.allmusic.com/artist/kevin-bowe-mn0000083209/biography |tab= |label=Open Season (Original Soundtrack) |accessdate= 15 May 2018}}
2006: John Brannen, Twilight Tattoo (writer){{AllMusic |class= album|id= twilight-tattoo-mw0000542216 |tab= |label= John Brannen – Twilight Tattoo|accessdate= 15 May 2018}}
2007: Tommy Castro, Painkiller (writer){{AllMusic |class= album|id= painkiller-mw0000560941 |tab= |label=Tommy Castro – Painkiller |accessdate= 15 May 2018}}
2009: Meat Puppets, Sewn Together (mixer, guitarist, dulcimer, percussion){{AllMusic |class= album|id= sewn-together-mw0000816109 |tab= |label=Meat Puppets – Sewn Together |accessdate= 15 May 2018}}
2012: Communist Daughter, Lions And Lambs (producer)
2012: Joe Cocker, Fire It Up (writer){{AllMusic |class= album|id= fire-it-up-mw0002423176 |tab= |label=Joe Cocker – Fire It Up|accessdate= 15 May 2018}}
2012: The Replacements, Songs for Slim (guitarist)
2014: Tommy Castro, The Devil You Know (writer){{AllMusic |class= album|id= the-devil-you-know-mw0002600298 |tab= |label= Tommy Castro – The Devil You Know |accessdate= 15 May 2018}}
2014: Mark Boone Jr., Bang Bang (producer, guitarist){{AllMusic |class= album|id=the-devil-you-know-mw0002600298 |tab= |label=Mark Boone Jr. – Bang Bang |accessdate= 15 May 2018}}
2015: Communist Daughter, Sing Sad Christmas (producer)
2015: Tommy Castro & The Painkillers, Method to My Madness (writer){{AllMusic |class= album|id=method-to-my-madness-mw0002873113 |tab= |label=Tommy Castro & The Painkillers – Method to mMy Madness |accessdate= 15 May 2018}}
2016: Communist Daughter, The Cracks That Built The Wall (producer)
2016: Ana Popović , Trilogy (writer){{AllMusic |class= album|id= trilogy-mw0002928658 |tab= |label= Ana Popovic – Trilogy|accessdate= 15 May 2018}}
2017: Steve Van Zandt, Soulfire (writer){{Citation | last = Kaufman | first = Gil | title = Little Steven Talks First Album in Two Decades, 'Soulfire,' Listen to 'Blues Is My Business' | newspaper = Billboard | url = https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7792965/little-steven-solo-album-soulfire-blues-is-my-business-premiere | date = May 12, 2017 | access-date = 29 June 2018 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171021175517/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7792965/little-steven-solo-album-soulfire-blues-is-my-business-premiere | archive-date = October 21, 2017 }}
2017: Suicide Commandos, Time Bomb (producer){{Citation | last = Raihala | first = Ross | title = After nearly 40 years, Suicide Commandos release a second album | newspaper = St. Paul Pioneer Press | date = May 4, 2017 | url = https://www.twincities.com/2017/05/04/after-nearly-four-decades-the-suicide-commandos-release-second-album/ | access-date = 16 May 2018 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170511111248/http://www.twincities.com/2017/05/04/after-nearly-four-decades-the-suicide-commandos-release-second-album/ | archive-date = May 11, 2017 }}{{Cite AV media notes |title=Time Bomb |others=Suicide Commandos |year=2017 |url=http://www.twintone.com/booklet/89403.pdf |page=3 |type=Liner notes |publisher=Twin/Tone |location=Minneapolis |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170615184709/http://www.twintone.com/booklet/89403.pdf |archive-date=June 15, 2017 }}}}

References

External links

{{Official website|http://kevinbowe.com/}}
April 2014 interview on Twin Cities PBS program [https://www.tpt.org/mn-original/video/Kevin-Bowe-623217H-1/ Minnesota Original'']
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKk4bT_U9P4 Jill of All Trades interview with Kevin Bowe, Oct. 7, 2017]

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