| David Lowery | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | September 10, 1960 Texas, U.S.  |
| Genre(s) | Alternative Rock |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals Guitar |
| Years active | 1983 - present |
| Label(s) | Vanguard Records |
| Associated acts | Camper Van Beethoven, Cracker |
David Lowery (born September 10, 1960) is an American guitarist, vocalist and songwriter; he is the founder of alternative rock band, Camper Van Beethoven, and co-founder of the more traditional rock band, Cracker. Events 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, which is often contrasted with Speech. The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Vanguard Records is a Record label set up in 1950 by brothers Maynard and Seymour Solomon in New York. Camper Van Beethoven is an American Alternative rock group An eclectic band even by the standards of '80s underground music Camper Van Beethoven mixed elements of pop Cracker is an American Alternative rock band featuring Johnny Hickman and Camper Van Beethoven singer and guitarist David Lowery Events 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of Camper Van Beethoven is an American Alternative rock group An eclectic band even by the standards of '80s underground music Camper Van Beethoven mixed elements of pop Cracker is an American Alternative rock band featuring Johnny Hickman and Camper Van Beethoven singer and guitarist David Lowery
Lowery was born in San Antonio, Texas, the son of a career Air Force father. An air force, also known in some countries as an air army or historically an army air corps, is in the broadest sense the national military or armed service His family moved around a great deal during his youth before finally settling in Redlands, California, where he attended high school. Redlands is a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States. Lowery formed Camper Van Beethoven in Santa Cruz, California. Santa Cruz is the County seat and largest city of Santa Cruz County, California, United States. The band is best known for their cover of the Status Quo song "Pictures of Matchstick Men" from the Key Lime Pie LP and their original composition "Take the Skinheads Bowling" from the band's 1985 debut LP, Telephone Free Landslide Victory, later featured in the Michael Moore movie Bowling for Columbine. Status quo is a Latin term meaning the present existing state of affairs or "the state in which" " Pictures of Matchstick Men " was the first hit single by Status Quo, released in January of 1968 Key Lime Pie is a 1989 Album by Camper Van Beethoven, also known as CVB Telephone Free Landslide Victory is a 1985 album by Musical group Camper Van Beethoven, released on Independent Projects Michael Francis Moore (born April 23 1954 is an Academy Award -winning American filmmaker author and liberal Political commentator. Bowling for Columbine is a 2002 American Documentary film written directed produced by and starring Michael Moore.
In the early 1990s, Lowery formed Cracker with guitarist and long-time friend Johnny Hickman, and bassist Davey Faragher. The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999 Johnny Hickman (born September 10, 1956) is an American Musician best known as the Lead guitarist in the rock band Cracker Davey Faragher is an American Bass guitarist from Redlands CA Cracker rejected the roots-rock sound of Camper Van Beethoven in favor of a more traditional rock sound. Cracker's biggest hits were "Teen Angst" (What the World Needs Now) from its eponymous LP released in 1992, and "Low" from 1993's Kerosene Hat. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Kerosene Hat is Cracker 's second Album, released on August 24 1993 Cracker continues to perform today to a loyal following of fans, although Lowery has also re-formed Camper Van Beethoven, which released an interesting cover of the entire Fleetwood Mac album Tusk in 2002. Fleetwood Mac are a British / American Tusk is a Double album released in 1979 (see 1979 in music) by Fleetwood Mac.
Lowery has also done work as a producer at Sound of Music Studios in Richmond, Virginia, working on records by Sparklehorse, Counting Crows, Lauren Hoffman, September 67, Wormburner, L. Sound of Music was founded in 1994 by David Lowery of Cracker / Camper Van Beethoven, John Morand, and Miguel Urbiztondo, and also includes This article is about the city of Richmond the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Sparklehorse is a United States Rock music group led by singer and multi-instrumentalist Mark Linkous, who records much of Sparklehorse's material in his home Counting Crows is a Rock band originating from Berkeley California. P. (lprock. com) and others.
External links
- David Lowery's personal blog and music collection at MOG.com
- David Lowery collection at the Internet Archive's live music archive
- Cracker collection at the Internet Archive's live music archive
- PopGurls Interview: David Lowery
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