Dean Owens / Album Launch Party / Thursday 14 August 2008

The Voodoo Rooms proudly presents: Dean Owens
("Whisky Hearts" Album Launch) Thursday 14 August 2008 8pm - late £10 stbf The Voodoo Rooms 19a West Register St Edinburgh 0131 556 7060 http://www.thevoodoorooms.com/

Edinburgh based Dean Owens is one of
Scotland's most acclaimed and established singer / songwriters, and launches
his new album "Whisky Hearts" with a show at The Voodoo Rooms.

Previously
the front-man of the much loved and lauded Americana act ‘The Felsons', Dean
has subsequently been recording and touring as a successful solo artist for the
last three years.

Dean recorded ‘Whisky Hearts' exclusively in Nashville, Tennessee with a band
that featured many internationally acclaimed musicians including Al Perkins (Flying Burrito Bros, Gram Parsons, Bob Dylan, Rolling Stones and, most
recently, Solomon Burke); Thad Cockrell, Will Kimbrough (Americana
Instrumentalist of the Year award winner; Jen Gunderman (Jayhawks) and Robert Reynolds
and Paul Deakin
(The Mavericks) among
others.

"Bit
of a humdinger that one....."
- Mark Radcliffe
BBC Radio 2

"Dean
Owens is perhaps the most engaging singer / songwriter in Scotland today"
- Irvine
Welsh

"For God's sake buy this record" - Russell Brand on BBC Radio 2. Doors 8pm. Tickets priced £10
(stbf) are available now from Tickets Scotland, Ripping, The Voodoo Rooms,
online at www.ticketweb.co.uk or by phone on 0132 220 3234.