Artists: Biography Kevin Fowler  

Kevin Fowler established himself in Texas by making modest honky-tonk country for regular folks. Raised in Amarillo, he left Texas at age 20 for Los Angeles, where he studied music at the Guitar Institute of Technology. Soon after, he returned to

Texas and settled in Austin, where he joined the hard rock band Dangerous Toys. Following this stint, Fowler started his own Southern hard rock band Thunderfoot. He soon realized, however, that he couldn't shake his West Texas roots and gave up hard rock for country.

Fowler put together a country band in 1998 and began playing Tuesday nights on Sixth Street in Austin. Within two years, he'd begun recording albums and struck big with his self-released Beer, Bait and Ammo in 2000. The album sold around 30,000 copies in the Texas area and garnered an impressive amount of airplay, particularly for the album's title track. The song became somewhat of a Texas anthem. Mark Chesnutt made the song part of his live show, and Sammy Kershaw recorded it. Fowler returned in 2002 with his third album, High on the Hog, with guests such as Willie Nelson and David Lee Garza. He offered Loose, Loud & Crazy in 2004 on Equity Records, a label co-founded by Clint Black.