COY BOWLES
HOMETOWN // Thomaston, GA
BIRTHDAY // February 20th, 1979
EDUCATION // BA, Jazz Studies, GA State University
INSTRUMENTS // Guitar, Slide Guitar, Dobro, Piano, Organ
BANDS // Member of Zac Brown Band since 2007
SONGWRITING // Collaborative writer on three #1 country singles (Colder Weather, Knee Deep, Sweet Annie)
AWARDS // Three-time Grammy winner
AUTHOR // 5 children's books: Amy Giggles: Laugh Out Loud, Will Powers: Where There's A Will. There's A Way, When You're Feeling Sick, Behind the Little Red Door, Behind The Little Red Door: Can You Touch A Color?, music, blogs and short stories
MUSICAL CAREER
I had a room that
was next to my bedroom at my parent’s house. Actually, it was part of the attic. It was my world
and secret passageway into music and all things creative and awesome. The walls were covered
with photos of my favorite bands, musicians, and skateboarders that had been ripped out of magazines and stuck to the wall with thumbtacks and Scotch tape. There was a hammock in this musical, isolation chamber that was filled with sleeping bags and old pillows. I would sit in the hammock and listen to music everyday. I would sing as loud as I could and fill my body with music. It gave me the feeling that I was connected with a force that drives all things amazing.
When I was a kid,
influences
MUSICAL // Ray Charles, Miles Davis, Donnie Mac, Oliver Wood, Leon Russell,The Beatles, The Allman Brothers, Pearl Jam, Dave Grohl, Misfits
SONGWRITING // Amos Lee, Donnie Mac, Oliver Wood, Darrell Scott, Gregg Allman, Ryan Adams
GUITAR // B.B. King, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Duane Allman, Derek Trucks, Warren Haynes, Jimmy Herring, Sean Costello
SLIDE // Derek Trucks. Duane Allman
RESONATOR // Jerry Douglas, Mike Auldridge
KEYS // Billy Preston, Ray Charles, Kofi Burbridge, John Medeski, Jimmy Smith, Chris Joyner, Leon Russell, Chuck Leavell, Brad Mehldau, David Ellington
WRITING
I started writing blogs while on the road in 2008. That turned into working with Zac on his cook book and writing a few short stories for it. Which then turned into me writing and self publishing a children's book called Amy Giggles "Laugh Out Loud". Which led to present day where I'm about to release two other children's books both of which are going to be published by real deal publishing companies. I'm very fulfilled,honored, and excited where my writing has gone and where it's going. There's always a story floating around in my head and I'm thankful that I get to get it out and to the people.