I honestly don’t know where I’ve been on the new Owen Temple record. His criteria for appearance on Songs:Illinois are many (”the force is strong with this one”): he’s an Austin singer songwriter with debts to Guy Clark, Steve Earle and Townes Van Zandt, he is #1 on the Euro Americana chart, and he’s net savvy enough to give away his new record for free.
“Golden Age” is a song about his old Austin stomping grounds (O Henry’s Back Forty) and its demise when the new Hilton went up downtown. Usually you’ve got to take my word on an album with just one song as a sample of its wares. But with Dollars and Dimes you’re free to download the whole thing here courtesy of Owen Temple. In return you should check him out on tour this summer
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