Who We Are-Gene

GENE VOWELL KEEPS BUSY

IN THE NASHVILLE MUSIC SCENE

Gene Vowell began his music career in Waco, Texas, in the 1950s, singing with his brother Wesley. He has been active in the music business ever since.

After serving in the U.S. Air Force, he moved to Nashville in the middle 1960s and quickly entered the music publishing business, working for Ray Baker who, at the time, owned Blue Crest Music. Under Ray’s tutelage, Gene learned the business. Through the years, he has worked in music publishing for Acuff Rose, Hill & Range, Chappel, Merit Music and Jim Reeves Enterprises, to name a few.

He also has had a successful career as a recording artist for Capitol Records. In the mid-1970s, for instance, he was known for “Wife of a Singer in a Honky-Tonk Band.”

He has made many demo recordings to promote new country songs by some of Nashville’s most famous writers, such as Dallas Frasier, Whitey Shafer and Doodle Owens, again to mention a few. He has helped kick start hundreds of songs that have been recorded by various artists such as George Strait, The Oak Ridge Boys and Charley Pride.

Today, Gene is still active in the Nashville music scene, where he continues to pursue his record company, music publishing, and production company interests.

Gene has written hundreds of country songs (75 of which are listed on the BMI Web site), Some of them have been recorded by Gene Watson, Ray Price, John Conley -- again to name a few.