Johnny Dowd

Johnny Dowd
Born: Jan 1, 1948
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Styles: Alternative Country-Rock, Alternative Country, Americana
Biography: Singer/songwriter Johnny Dowd was almost 50 when Wrong Side of Memphis, his debut solo record of wracked country-folk-rock tunes, drew comparisons to Nick Cave in the alternative press. To a degree, that parallel was justified, as Wrong Side of Memphis devoted itself to murder songs and tales of doomed ...Read full biography
Pictures From Life's Other Side
Released: 1999
Label: Koch Entertainment
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If there was even the tiniest bit of comfort to be wrung from Johnny Dowd's singularly disturbing debut album, Wrong Side of Memphis, it was that the record's stark, homespun tales of murder, misery, and ...Read full review
Wrong Side of Memphis
Released: 1998
Label: Munich
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"I won't say that I'm lonely, 'cause there's too many voices in my head," sings Dowd in "Ft. Worth, Texas." Fair enough warning that this is not your average singer/songwriter; lines like "be content with ...Read full review
More Johnny Dowd albums: Main Albums (7), Singles & EPs (1)
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